Disposal group including discontinued operation number of disposal groups.

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Number of Transactions

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Amount of contractual obligation, including but not limited to, long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations, and other commitments.

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- Definition

Period of expected continuing involvement with a discontinued operation after the disposal date, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 205
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4B
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109222650&loc=SL51721665-107760

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Discontinued Operations - Additional Information (Detail) € in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 24, 2016 Group	Sep. 29, 2018 Transaction	Dec. 31, 2016 EUR (€)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of disposal groups \| Group	4
Australia and New Zealand Businesses
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of separate transactions \| Transaction		2
European Business \| Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Warranties on sale and purchase agreement \| €			€ 10
European Business \| Discontinued Operations \| Maximum
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Transition services period		24 months