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Financial risk management | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Financial risk management [Abstract] |
Financial risk management | Note 3. - Financial risk management Atlantica’s activities are exposed to various financial risks: market risk (including currency risk and interest rate risk), credit risk and liquidity risk. Risk is managed by the Company’s Risk Finance and Compliance Departments, which are responsible for identifying and evaluating financial risks quantifying them by project, region and company, in accordance with mandatory internal management rules. Written internal policies exist for global risk management, as well as for specific areas of risk. In addition, there are official written management regulations regarding key controls and control procedures for each company and the implementation of these controls is monitored through internal audit procedures. These Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements do not include all financial risk management information and disclosures required for annual financial statements, and should be read together with the information included in Note 3 to Atlantica’s Annual Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2017.

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