Productivity, Integration and Restructuring Initiatives (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2008
Productivity Initiatives [Member] | Severance pay and benefits
Productivity, Integration and Restructuring Initiatives Disclosures
Accrued Balance, Beginning Balance	$ 28	$ 59
Cost incurred	4	16
Payments	8	32
Noncash and exchange	1	(18)
Accrued Balance, Ending Balance	25	25
Integration of CCE's North American Operations [Member] | Severance pay and benefits
Productivity, Integration and Restructuring Initiatives Disclosures
Accrued Balance, Beginning Balance	33	48
Cost incurred	(5)	6
Payments	9	36
Noncash and exchange	(1)	0
Accrued Balance, Ending Balance	18	18
Outside services | Productivity Initiatives [Member]
Productivity, Integration and Restructuring Initiatives Disclosures
Accrued Balance, Beginning Balance	4	6
Cost incurred	1	12
Payments	1	15
Noncash and exchange	0	1
Accrued Balance, Ending Balance	4	4
Outside services | Integration of CCE's North American Operations [Member]
Productivity, Integration and Restructuring Initiatives Disclosures
Accrued Balance, Beginning Balance	31	9
Cost incurred	14	55
Payments	17	36
Noncash and exchange	0	0
Accrued Balance, Ending Balance	28	28
Other direct costs [Member] | Productivity Initiatives [Member]
Productivity, Integration and Restructuring Initiatives Disclosures
Accrued Balance, Beginning Balance	3	9
Cost incurred	17	48
Payments	13	42
Noncash and exchange	(1)	(9)
Accrued Balance, Ending Balance	6	6
Other direct costs [Member] | Integration of CCE's North American Operations [Member]
Productivity, Integration and Restructuring Initiatives Disclosures
Accrued Balance, Beginning Balance	37	12
Cost incurred	40	154
Payments	40	128
Noncash and exchange	(4)	(5)
Accrued Balance, Ending Balance	33	33
Productivity Initiatives [Member]
Productivity, Integration and Restructuring Initiatives Disclosures
Accrued Balance, Beginning Balance	35	74
Cost incurred	22	76
Payments	22	89
Noncash and exchange	0	(26)
Accrued Balance, Ending Balance	35	35
Restructuring and related costs incurred to date		428
Restructuring costs, expected cost		500
Operational synergies expected per year		500
Integration of CCE's North American Operations [Member]
Productivity, Integration and Restructuring Initiatives Disclosures
Accrued Balance, Beginning Balance	101	69
Cost incurred	49	215
Payments	66	200
Noncash and exchange	(5)	(5)
Accrued Balance, Ending Balance	79	79
Restructuring and related costs incurred to date		350
Restructuring costs, expected cost		425
Operational synergies expected per year		350
Operational synergies, phase in period (in years)	4	4
Cost of integration initiatives, period of recognition (in years)	3	3
Integration of German Bottling and Distribution Oper [Member]
Productivity, Integration and Restructuring Initiatives Disclosures
Accrued Balance, Beginning Balance		34
Cost incurred	13	49
Accrued Balance, Ending Balance	37	37
Restructuring and related costs incurred to date		274
Number of German bottling and distribution operations for which integration initiatives began in 2008			18
Other Restructuring Initiatives [Member]
Productivity, Integration and Restructuring Initiatives Disclosures
Cost incurred	$ 5	$ 30