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Debt - Short-term debt (Detail) - EUR (€) € in Millions | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
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Disclosure of debt [Abstract] |  |  |
Short-term bank borrowings | € 71 | € 207 |
Forward contracts | 49 |  |
Other short-term loans |  | 3 |
Current portion of long-term debt | 552 | 1,375 |
Short-term debt | € 672 | € 1,585 | € 1,665

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