Debt (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended																								1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011 banks percent customers		Dec. 31, 2010		Sep. 30, 2011 Commercial Paper [Member] U.S. Dollar [Member] percent		Dec. 31, 2010 Commercial Paper [Member] U.S. Dollar [Member] percent		Sep. 30, 2011 U.S. dollar Notes Due 2013-2021 [Member] percent		Dec. 31, 2010 U.S. dollar Notes Due 2013-2021 [Member] percent		Sep. 30, 2011 Euro Notes Due 2017 [Member] percent		Dec. 31, 2010 Euro Notes Due 2017 [Member] percent		Sep. 30, 2011 Swiss Franc Notes Due 2013 [Member] percent		Dec. 31, 2010 Swiss Franc Notes Due 2013 [Member] percent		Sep. 30, 2011 Capital Lease Obligations [Member]		Dec. 31, 2010 Capital Lease Obligations [Member]		Feb. 28, 2011 4.5% Notes Due 2021 [Member] percent	Feb. 28, 2011 Floating Rate Notes Due 2014 [Member]	Aug. 31, 2011 Two Point Five Percent Notes Due in 2016 [Member] percent	Aug. 31, 2011 Three Point Three Percent Notes Due 2021 [Member] percent	Jul. 01, 2011 Swiss Franc [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal balance	$ 3,034,000,000	[1],[2]	$ 2,286,000,000	[1],[2]	$ 0		$ 145,000,000		$ 2,289,000,000	[3]	$ 1,393,000,000	[3]	$ 468,000,000		$ 468,000,000		$ 220,000,000	[4]	$ 214,000,000	[4]	$ 57,000,000	[5]	$ 66,000,000	[5]
Less: current portion of third party debt	18,000,000		162,000,000
Third party debt, less current portion	3,016,000,000		2,124,000,000
Debt issued																									300,000,000	100,000,000	250,000,000	250,000,000
Rates					0.00%	[6]	0.30%	[6]	2.60%	[3],[6]	2.40%	[3],[6]	3.10%	[6]	3.10%	[6]	3.80%	[4],[6]	3.80%	[4],[6]					4.50%		2.00%	3.30%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date																									Sep. 01, 2021	Feb. 18, 2014	Aug. 19, 2016	Aug. 19, 2021	Mar. 13, 2013
Debt issued by subsidiaries, guaranteed by CCE	257,000,000
Total fair value of outstanding third party debt	3,100,000,000		2,200,000,000
Facility maturity date	2014
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	1,000,000,000
Credit facility, number of banks in syndicate	8
Revolving credit facility, borrowing capacity available	$ 1,000,000,000

[1] At September 30, 2011, approximately $257 million of our outstanding third party debt was issued by our subsidiaries and guaranteed by CCE.

[2] The total fair value of our outstanding third party debt was $3.1 billion and $2.2 billion at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The fair value of our third party debt is determined using quoted market prices for publicly traded instruments, and for non-publicly traded instruments through a variety of valuation techniques depending on the specific characteristics of the debt instrument, taking into account credit risk.

[3] In February 2011, we issued $300 million, 4.5 percent notes due 2021, and $100 million, floating rate notes due 2014. In August 2011, we issued $250 million, 2.0 percent notes due 2016, and $250 million, 3.3 percent notes due 2021.

[4] Our Swiss franc notes due 2013 are guaranteed by Legacy CCE, as well as CCE.

[5] These amounts represent the present value of our minimum capital lease payments.

[6] These rates represent the weighted average interest rates or effective interest rates on the balances outstanding, as adjusted for the effects of interest rate swap agreements, if applicable.