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Receivables - Text details (Detail) - EUR (€) € in Millions | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Receivables [Line items] |  |  |
Current trade receivables | € 3,609 | € 4,992 |
Other current receivables | 278 |  |
Financial assets individually assessed for credit losses [Member] |  |  |
Receivables [Line items] |  |  |
Allowance account for credit losses of financial assets | 197 | 289 | € 272
Diagnosis & Treatment [Member] |  |  |
Receivables [Line items] |  |  |
Customer financing | 47 | 47 |
Current trade receivables | 1,489 | 1,476 |
Legacy items US [Member] |  |  |
Receivables [Line items] |  |  |
Insurance receivables | 47 | € 55 |
Investment in associates [Member] |  |  |
Receivables [Line items] |  |  |
Other current receivables | € 22 |  |

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- Definition The amount of an allowance account used to record impairments to financial assets due to credit losses. [Refer: Financial assets] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Expiry date 2018-01-01 -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 16 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=7&date=2017-03-02&anchor=para_16&doctype=Standard&book=B -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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