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Significant accounting policies - Text details (Detail) - EUR (€) € in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Disclosure of significant accounting policies [Line items] |  |  |
Impact on net income due to tax adjustments |  |  | € 20.0
Impact on opening retained earnings due to tax adjustments |  | € 55.0 |
Company [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of significant accounting policies [Line items] |  |  |
Classification and measurement remaining available for sale equity investments carried at FVOCI | € 130.0 |  |
IFRS 9 [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of significant accounting policies [Line items] |  |  |
Redesignated financial asset as at fair value through profit or loss | 21.0 |  |
Reclassification fair value OCI to retained earnings, available-for-sale financial assets | 5.0 |  |
Classification and measurement remaining available for sale equity investments carried at FVOCI | 396.0 |  |
Classification and measurement debt investments classified as available-for-sale impact | 29.0 |  |
Classification and measurement debt investments classified as held-to-maturity measured at amortized cost impact | 0.6 |  |
Classification and measurement impact on hold to collect and sell factored receivables | 48.0 |  |
IFRS 9 [Member] | Company [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of significant accounting policies [Line items] |  |  |
Redesignated financial asset as at fair value through profit or loss | 14.0 |  |
Reclassification fair value OCI to retained earnings, available-for-sale financial assets | 5.0 |  |
Classification and measurement debt investments classified as available-for-sale impact |  |  |
Classification and measurement debt investments classified as held-to-maturity measured at amortized cost impact |  |  |
Classification and measurement impact on hold to collect and sell factored receivables |  |  |
IFRS 15 - Costs of obtaining a contract [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of significant accounting policies [Line items] |  |  |
Impact on equity | 51.0 |  |
Costs of obtaining a contract gross impact | 68.0 |  |
Costs of obtaining a contract tax impact | 17.0 |  |
IFRS 15 - Royalty income [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of significant accounting policies [Line items] |  |  |
Deferred revenue recorded as an increase in retained earnings | 34.0 |  |
Release of deferred tax assets | 7.0 |  |
Impact on equity | 25.0 |  |
IFRS 16 [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of significant accounting policies [Line items] |  |  |
Off-balance operating lease obligations (undiscounted) | € 741.0 |  |
Bottom of range [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of significant accounting policies [Line items] |  |  |
Presumed significant influence, voting rights | 20.00% |  |
Top of range [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of significant accounting policies [Line items] |  |  |
Presumed significant influence, voting rights | 50.00% |  |

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