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Changes in the scope of the consolidated financial statements (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Changes in the scope of the consolidated condensed interim financial statements [Abstract] |
Amount of assets and liabilities integrated at the effective acquisition date | The amount of assets and liabilities integrated at the effective acquisition date for the aggregated change in scope is shown in the following table:
|  | Asset Acquisition for the year ended December 31, 2018 |
|  | ($ in thousands) |
Concessional assets |  |  | 155,909 |
Investments carried under the equity method |  |  | 1 |
Current assets |  |  | 5,646 |
Project debt long term |  |  | (79,016 | )
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (590 | )
Project debt short term |  |  | (2,346 | )
Other current and non-current liabilities |  |  | (3,000 | )
Asset acquisition - purchase price |  |  | (76,604 | )
Net result of the asset acquisition |  |  | - |

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