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Disposal Group, Including Disposal Operation, Allocated Pre-tax Interest Expense

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Divestment Of Business, Estimated Contractual Adjustments

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Divestment Of Business, Purchase Price

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Divestment (Narrative) (Details) - Divestment Business € in Millions, $ in Millions		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 29, 2019 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Fair value adjustment for inventory			$ 11.2
Divestment related pre-tax costs			13.8
Pre-tax interest expense			$ 14.9
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| VARTAAG
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Purchase price \| €	€ 180.0
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| VARTAAG \| Scenario, Forecast
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Additional amount in connection with divestiture		$ 200.0
Total proceeds anticipated		400.0
Estimated contractual adjustments		$ 100.0