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Inventories - Additional Information (Detail) - EUR (€) € in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Disclosure of inventories [line items] |  |
Inventories carried at net realisable value | € 92 | € 110
Damaged, obsolete and lost inventories | 109 | 113
Inventory provisions utilised or released to income statement | 90 | € 113
Spreads business [member] |  |
Disclosure of inventories [line items] |  |
Inventory | € 129 |

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- Definition The amount of assets: (a) held for sale in the ordinary course of business; (b) in the process of production for such sale; or (c) in the form of materials or supplies to be consumed in the production process or in the rendering of services. Inventories encompass goods purchased and held for resale including, for example, merchandise purchased by a retailer and held for resale, or land and other property held for resale. Inventories also encompass finished goods produced, or work in progress being produced, by the entity and include materials and supplies awaiting use in the production process. [Refer: Current finished goods; Current merchandise; Current work in progress; Land] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2016-01-13 -Paragraph 54 -Subparagraph g -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=1&date=2016-03-30&anchor=para_54_g&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2016-03-31 + Details
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- Definition The amount of expense recognised related to the write-down of inventories to net realisable value. [Refer: Inventories] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 2 -IssueDate 2016-01-13 -Paragraph 36 -Subparagraph e -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=2&date=2016-03-30&anchor=para_36_e&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2016-03-31 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2016-01-13 -Paragraph 98 -Subparagraph a -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=1&date=2016-03-30&anchor=para_98_a&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2016-03-31 + Details
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