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Commitments and Contingent Liabilities - Summary of Long-term Finance Lease Commitments (Detail) - EUR (€) € in Millions | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
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Disclosure of Finance Lease by Lessee [Line Items] |  |
Future minimum lease payments | € 187 | € 206
Finance Cost | 59 | 75
Present value | 128 | 131
Within 1 year [Member] |  |
Disclosure of Finance Lease by Lessee [Line Items] |  |
Future minimum lease payments | 20 | 20
Finance Cost | 7 | 9
Present value | 13 | 11
Later than 1 year but not later than 5 years [Member] |  |
Disclosure of Finance Lease by Lessee [Line Items] |  |
Future minimum lease payments | 71 | 68
Finance Cost | 20 | 23
Present value | 51 | 45
Later than 5 years [Member] |  |
Disclosure of Finance Lease by Lessee [Line Items] |  |
Future minimum lease payments | 96 | 118
Finance Cost | 32 | 43
Present value | 64 | 75
Buildings [member] |  |
Disclosure of Finance Lease by Lessee [Line Items] |  |
Future minimum lease payments | 174 | 195
Finance Cost | 57 | 75
Present value | 117 | 120
Plant and machinery [Member] |  |
Disclosure of Finance Lease by Lessee [Line Items] |  |
Future minimum lease payments | 13 | 11
Finance Cost | 2 |
Present value | € 11 | € 11

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- Definition The amount representing the difference between the future minimum finance lease payments and their present value. Minimum lease payments are payments over the lease term that the lessee is or can be required to make, excluding contingent rent, costs for services and taxes to be paid by, and reimbursed to, the lessor, together with: (a) for a lessee, any amounts guaranteed by the lessee or by a party related to the lessee; or (b) for a lessor, any residual value guaranteed to the lessor by: (i) the lessee; (ii) a party related to the lessee; or (iii) a third party unrelated to the lessor that is financially capable of discharging the obligations under the guarantee. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Expiry date 2019-01-01 -Name IAS -Number 17 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 31 -Subparagraph b -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=17&date=2017-03-02&anchor=para_31_b&doctype=Standard&book=B -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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- Definition The amount of payments over the finance lease term that the lessee is or can be required to make, excluding contingent rent, costs for services and taxes to be paid by, and reimbursed to, the lessor, together with any amounts guaranteed by the lessee or by a party related to the lessee. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Expiry date 2019-01-01 -Name IAS -Number 17 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 31 -Subparagraph b -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=17&date=2017-03-02&anchor=para_31_b&doctype=Standard&book=B -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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