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Post-employment benefits - Pre-tax costs for post-employment benefits (Detail) - EUR (€) € in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Disclosure of post-employment benefits [Line items] |  |  |  |
Post-employment benefit expense defined benefit plans | € 95 | € 58 |  | € 566
Post-employment benefit expense defined contribution plans | 397 | 392 |  | 299
Post-employment benefits costs, pre-tax | 492 | 450 |  | 865
Included in income from operations [Member] |  |  |  |
Disclosure of post-employment benefits [Line items] |  |  |  |
Post-employment benefit expense defined benefit plans | 32 | (19) | [1] | 467
Post-employment benefit expense defined contribution plans | 315 | 299 |  | 240
Included in financial expense [Member] |  |  |  |
Disclosure of post-employment benefits [Line items] |  |  |  |
Post-employment benefit expense defined benefit plans | 37 | 48 |  | 70
Included in discontinued operations [Member] |  |  |  |
Disclosure of post-employment benefits [Line items] |  |  |  |
Post-employment benefit expense defined benefit plans | 26 | 29 |  | 29
Post-employment benefit expense defined contribution plans | € 82 | € 93 |  | € 59
[1] | The net income mainly relates to the settlement of the pension related legal claim in the UK.

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- Definition The amount of post-employment benefit expense relating to defined contribution plans. Defined contribution plans are post-employment benefit plans under which an entity pays fixed contributions into a separate entity (a fund) and will have no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employee benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 53 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=19&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_53&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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