The amount of an allowance account used to record impairments to financial assets due to credit losses. [Refer: Financial assets]

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-Note Expiry date 2021-01-01
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2018-01-01
-Paragraph 16
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=7&date=2017-03-02&anchor=para_16&doctype=Standard&book=b
-URIDate 2018-03-16

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- Definition

The amount of an allowance account used to record impairments to financial assets due to credit losses under IAS 39.

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- Definition

The amount remeasurement in allowance account used to record impairments to financial assets upon transition to IFRS 9.

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Adoption of IFRS 9 - Reconciliation of the Impairment to the Expected Credit Loss Allowance Upon Transition to IFRS 9 (Details) - EUR (€) € in Millions	Dec. 31, 2018	Jan. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Trade receivables and contract assets
Adoption of new standards
Loss Allowance under IAS 39		€ 74
Remeasurement Upon Transition to IFRS 9		25
Loss Allowance under IFRS 9	€ 107	99
AC \| Trade receivables and contract assets
Adoption of new standards
Loss Allowance under IAS 39			€ 74
Remeasurement Upon Transition to IFRS 9		25
Loss Allowance under IFRS 9		99
AC \| Cash at banks, time deposits, debt securities and loans and other receivables
Adoption of new standards
Loss Allowance under IAS 39			€ 1
Remeasurement Upon Transition to IFRS 9		6
Loss Allowance under IFRS 9		€ 7