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Commitments, contingencies and guarantees (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Commitments, contingencies and guarantees/Legal contingencies [Abstract] |
Contractual obligations |
Payments due by period (in thousands) |  | Total EUR |  |  | 1 year EUR |  |  | 2 year EUR |  |  | 3 year EUR |  |  | 4 year EUR |  |  | 5 year EUR |  |  | After 5 years EUR |
Long-Term Debt Obligations, including interest expense 1 |  |  | 831,194 |  |  |  | 39,801 |  |  |  | 39,726 |  |  |  | 39,726 |  |  |  | 39,726 |  |  |  | 639,726 |  |  |  | 32,489 |
Operating Lease Obligations |  |  | 98,827 |  |  |  | 32,195 |  |  |  | 22,267 |  |  |  | 17,192 |  |  |  | 13,465 |  |  |  | 5,265 |  |  |  | 8,443 |
Purchase Obligations |  |  | 1,643,955 |  |  |  | 1,557,021 |  |  |  | 84,012 |  |  |  | 2,876 |  |  |  | 32 |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | - |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, including interest expense |  |  | 59,967 |  |  |  | 2,964 |  |  |  | 4,209 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 16,957 |  |  |  | 35,837 |
Total Contractual Obligations |  |  | 2,633,943 |  |  |  | 1,631,981 |  |  |  | 150,214 |  |  |  | 59,794 |  |  |  | 53,223 |  |  |  | 661,962 |  |  |  | 76,769 |
1 | See Note 14 for the amounts excluding interest expenses.
Purchase options |
Purchase options due by period (in thousands) |  | Total EUR |  |  | 1 year EUR |  |  | 2 year EUR |  |  | 3 year EUR |  |  | 4 year EUR |  |  | 5 year EUR |  |  | After 5 years EUR |
Purchase options |  |  | 22,982 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 8,999 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 13,983 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the aggregate amount of payments due on known contractual obligations for the five years following the date of the latest balance sheet and the combined aggregate amount of maturities of known contractual obligations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-K (SK) -Number 229 -Section 303 -Paragraph a -Subparagraph 5 + Details
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