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Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Summary of Assets and Liabilities Classified as Held for Sale |
|  | € million |  |  | € million |  |  | € million |
|  | 2017 Spreads(a) |  |  | 2017 Total |  |  | 2016 Total(b) |
Property, plant and equipment held for sale |  |  | - |  |  |  | 30 |  |  |  | 22 |
Disposal groups held for sale |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill and intangibles |  |  | 2,311 |  |  |  | 2,311 |  |  |  | 98 |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | 548 |  |  |  | 552 |  |  |  | 46 |
Deferred tax assets |  |  | 145 |  |  |  | 145 |  |  |  | - |
Other non-current assets |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | - |
|  |  | 3,005 |  |  |  | 3,009 |  |  |  | 144 |
Current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Inventories |  |  | 130 |  |  |  | 130 |  |  |  | 34 |
Trade and other receivables |  |  | 17 |  |  |  | 18 |  |  |  | 1 |
Current tax assets |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | - |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | - |
Other |  |  | - |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 5 |
|  |  | 179 |  |  |  | 185 |  |  |  | 40 |
Assets held for sale |  |  | 3,184 |  |  |  | 3,224 |  |  |  | 206 |
Current liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade payables and other current liabilities |  |  | 106 |  |  |  | 106 |  |  |  | 1 |
Current tax liabilities |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | - |
Provisions |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | - |
|  |  | 118 |  |  |  | 118 |  |  |  | 1 |
Non-current liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pensions and post-retirement healthcare liabilities |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | - |
Provisions |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | - |
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  | 42 |  |  |  | 42 |  |  |  | - |
|  |  | 52 |  |  |  | 52 |  |  |  | - |
Liabilities held for sale |  |  | 170 |  |  |  | 170 |  |  |  | 1 |
(a) | Refer to note 21 for an explanation of this disposal.
(b) | In 2016, disposal groups held for sale were primarily related to the AdeS soy beverage business in Latin America.

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