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Trade Payables and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Summary of Trade Payables and Other Liabilities |
Trade payables and other liabilities |  | € million 2017 |  |  | € million 2016 |
Current: due within one year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade payables |  |  | 8,217 |  |  |  | 8,591 |
Accruals |  |  | 3,666 |  |  |  | 3,655 |
Social security and sundry taxes |  |  | 539 |  |  |  | 468 |
Deferred consideration |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | 151 |
Others |  |  | 978 |  |  |  | 1,006 |
|  |  | 13,426 |  |  |  | 13,871 |
Non-current: due after more than one year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accruals |  |  | 146 |  |  |  | 159 |
Deferred consideration |  |  | 485 |  |  |  | 443 |
Others |  |  | 69 |  |  |  | 65 |
|  |  | 700 |  |  |  | 667 |
Total trade |  |  | 14,126 |  |  |  | 14,538 |

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