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Significant Items Within the Income Statement - Summary of Non-underlying Items Related to Gross Profit and Operating Costs (Detail) - EUR (€) € in Millions | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019 | Jun. 30, 2018
Disclosure of non underlying items [abstract] |  |  |  |
Acquisition and disposal-related credit/(costs) | [1] | € (77) | € 148 |
Gain/(loss) on disposal of group companies | [2] | 66 |  |
Restructuring costs |  | (454) | (367) |
Impairment and other one-off items | [3] |  | (219) |
Non-underlying items within operating profit before tax |  | (465) | (438) |
Tax on non-underlying items within operating profit |  | 89 | 170 |
Non-underlying items within operating profit after tax |  | (376) | (268) |
Share of gain on disposal of Spreads business in Portugal JV |  | 3 |  |
Net monetary gain arising from hyperinflationary economies |  | 29 |  |
Non-underlying items not in operating profit but within net profit before tax |  | 32 |  |
Tax impact of non-underlying items not in operating profit but within net profit: |  |  |  |
Impact of US tax reform |  |  | (29) |
Non-underlying items not in operating profit but within net profit after tax |  | 32 | (29) |
Non-underlying items after tax | [4] | (344) | (297) |
Attributable to: |  |  |  |
Non-controlling interests |  | (8) | (10) |
Shareholders' equity |  | € (336) | € (287) | [5]
[1] | 2018 includes a credit of €277 million from early settlement of contingent consideration relating to Blueair.
[2] | 2019 includes a gain of €60 million relating to disposal of Alsa baking and dessert business.
[3] | 2018 includes a charge of €208 million relating to impairment of Blueair intangible asset.
[4] | Non-underlying items after tax is calculated as non-underlying items within operating profit after tax plus non-underlying items not in operating profit but within net profit after tax.
[5] | Restated following adoption of IFRS 16. Refer note 1 and note 9.

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- Definition The amount of expense relating to restructuring. Restructuring is a programme that is planned and controlled by management and materially changes either the scope of a business undertaken by an entity or the manner in which that business is conducted. Such programmes include: (a) the sale or termination of a line of business; (b) closure of business locations in a country or region or the relocation of activities from one country or region to another; (c) changes in management structure; and (d) fundamental reorganisations that have a material effect on the nature and focus of the entity's operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 98 -Subparagraph b -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=1&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_98_b&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2018-03-16 + Details
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- Definition The gains (losses) representing the difference resulting from the restatement of non-monetary assets, owners' equity and items in the statement of comprehensive income and the adjustment of index linked assets and liabilities in hyperinflationary reporting. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 29 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=29&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_9&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2018-03-16 + Details
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