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Receivables - Allowance for accounts receivable (Detail) - Doubtful accounts receivable [Member] - EUR (€) € in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
Receivables [Line Items] |  |  |
Allowance account for credit losses of financial assets at beginning of period |  | € 211 | € 194
Additional allowance recognised in profit or loss, allowance account for credit losses of financial assets |  | 19 | 23
Utilisation, allowance account for credit losses of financial assets | [1] | (17) | (9)
Increase (decrease) through other changes, allowance account for credit losses of financial assets |  | (16) | 3
Allowance account for credit losses of financial assets at end of period |  | 195 | € 211
Other assets [member] |  |  |
Receivables [Line Items] |  |  |
Utilisation, allowance account for credit losses of financial assets |  | € (1) |
[1] | Write-offs for which an allowance was previously provided.

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- Definition The amount of additional allowance for credit losses of financial assets recognised in profit or loss. [Refer: Allowance account for credit losses of financial assets] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Note Expiry date 2021-01-01 -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 16 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2017-en-b&anchor=para_16&doctype=Standard&book=b -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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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 2021-01-01 -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 16 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2017-en-b&anchor=para_16&doctype=Standard&book=b -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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- Definition The increase (decrease) in allowance account for credit losses of financial assets resulting from changes that the entity does not separately disclose in the same statement or note. [Refer: Allowance account for credit losses of financial assets] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Note Expiry date 2021-01-01 -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 16 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2017-en-b&anchor=para_16&doctype=Standard&book=b -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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- Definition The decrease in an allowance account for credit losses of financial assets resulting from the utilisation of the allowance. [Refer: Allowance account for credit losses of financial assets] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Note Expiry date 2021-01-01 -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 16 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2017-en-b&anchor=para_16&doctype=Standard&book=b -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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