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The amount received or receivable from the issuance of the entity's shares in excess of nominal value.

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-Paragraph 78
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The amount of additional corporate tax that would be applied on regulatory reserves to make them distributable, if the parent company's reserves were to be wholly distributed.

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The percentage of net income that must be transferred to the legal reserve until the legal reserve reaches a certain percentage of the share capital.

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The threshold required statutory reserve, as a percentage of the nominal value of share capital, upon reaching which the requirement to transfer a percentage of net income has been satisfied.

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Shareholders' equity and share-based payments - Paid-in surplus and Reserves (Details) € in Millions, $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2017 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Shareholders' equity and share-based payments
Paid-in surplus \| €	€ 32,882		€ 28,961		€ 30,265
Reserves
Percentage of net income that must be transferred to legal reserve	5.00%	5.00%
Required legal reserve as a percentage of share capital	10.00%	10.00%
Additional corporation tax if unrestricted reserves were wholly distributed \| $		$ 750		$ 569		$ 630