Unrecognized contractual commitments (excluding Orange Bank) - Property lease commitments - IFRS 16 (Details)	Jan. 01, 2019 EUR (€)
Unrecognized contractual commitments [abstract]
Exemption one	contracts with a duration of less than 12 months
Exemption one, maximum duration	12 months
Exemption two	those for which the new value of the underlying asset is less than 5,000 euros
Exemption two, underlying asset new value	€ 5,000

The statement that the lessee accounts for leases of low-value assets using the recognition exemption in paragraph 6 of IFRS 16.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 16
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 60
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=16&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_60&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

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The statement that the lessee accounts for short-term leases using the recognition exemption in paragraph 6 of IFRS 16. Short-term lease is a lease that, at the commencement date, has a lease term of 12 months or less. A lease that contains a purchase option is not a short-term lease.

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