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15 Financial instruments (Details) - ARS ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
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Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |  |
Financial assets at amortized cost | $ 16,446 | $ 17,608 | $ 7,387
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 4,946 | 3,798 | 1,563
Non-financial assets | 326 |  |
Total | 21,718 | 21,406 | $ 8,950
Trade receivables [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |  |
Financial assets at amortized cost | 14,151 | 16,961 |
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss |  |  |
Non-financial assets |  |  |
Total | 14,151 | 16,961 |
Other receivables [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |  |
Financial assets at amortized cost | 340 | 429 |
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss |  |  |
Non-financial assets | 326 |  |
Total | 666 | 429 |
Cash and cash equivalents [member] | Cash and banks [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |  |
Financial assets at amortized cost | 1,638 | 218 |
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss |  |  |
Non-financial assets |  |  |
Total | 1,638 | 218 |
Cash and cash equivalents [member] | Money market funds [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |  |
Financial assets at amortized cost |  |  |
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 2,724 |  |
Non-financial assets |  |  |
Total | 2,724 |  |
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss [member] | Money market funds [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |  |
Financial assets at amortized cost |  |  |
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss |  | 3,798 |
Non-financial assets |  |  |
Total |  | $ 3,798 |
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss [member] | Government bonds [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |  |
Financial assets at amortized cost |  |  |
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 2,222 |  |
Non-financial assets |  |  |
Total | 2,222 |  |
Financial assets at amortized cost [member] | Government bonds [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [line items] |  |  |
Financial assets at amortized cost | 317 |  |
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss |  |  |
Non-financial assets |  |  |
Total | $ 317 |  |

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- Definition The amount of assets that are: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favourable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to receive a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]; Financial liabilities] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 25 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_25&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 35H -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_35H&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 35I -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_35I&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 35M -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_35M&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 35N -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_35N&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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