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5 Financial risk management (Details 4) - ARS ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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Less than 3 months [member] |  |
Summary of financial risk management [line items] |  |
Non-derivative financial liabilities | $ 19,908 | $ 21,746
Less than 3 months [member] | Trade and other payables [member] |  |
Summary of financial risk management [line items] |  |
Non-derivative financial liabilities | 19,908 | 21,746
Less than 3 months [member] | Borrowings [member] |  |
Summary of financial risk management [line items] |  |
Non-derivative financial liabilities |  |
More than 5 years [member] |  |
Summary of financial risk management [line items] |  |
Non-derivative financial liabilities |  | 290
More than 5 years [member] | Trade and other payables [member] |  |
Summary of financial risk management [line items] |  |
Non-derivative financial liabilities |  | 290
More than 5 years [member] | Borrowings [member] |  |
Summary of financial risk management [line items] |  |
Non-derivative financial liabilities |  |
No deadline [member] | Trade and other payables [member] |  |
Summary of financial risk management [line items] |  |
Non-derivative financial liabilities | 18,169 | 1,045
No deadline [member] | Borrowings [member] |  |
Summary of financial risk management [line items] |  |
Non-derivative financial liabilities |  |
From 1 to 2 years [Member] | Trade and other payables [member] |  |
Summary of financial risk management [line items] |  |
Non-derivative financial liabilities | 200 | 284
From 1 to 2 years [Member] | Borrowings [member] |  |
Summary of financial risk management [line items] |  |
Non-derivative financial liabilities | 8,261 |
From 2 to 5 years [member] | Trade and other payables [member] |  |
Summary of financial risk management [line items] |  |
Non-derivative financial liabilities | 8,856 | 6,809
From 2 to 5 years [member] | Borrowings [member] |  |
Summary of financial risk management [line items] |  |
Non-derivative financial liabilities |  | 11,159
No deadline [member] |  |
Summary of financial risk management [line items] |  |
Non-derivative financial liabilities | 18,169 | 1,045
From 1 to 2 years [Member] |  |
Summary of financial risk management [line items] |  |
Non-derivative financial liabilities | 8,461 | 284
From 2 to 5 years [member] |  |
Summary of financial risk management [line items] |  |
Non-derivative financial liabilities | $ 8,856 | $ 17,968

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- Definition The amount of contractual undiscounted cash flows in relation to non-derivative financial liabilities. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 39 -Subparagraph a -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_39_a&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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