Provisions - Schedule of Estimation of Retirement Indemnity to Employee (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [abstract]
% social security contributions	47.13%	47.13%	47.13%
Salary increases	2.50%	2.50%	2.50%
Discount rate	3.81%	3.44%	3.53%
Retirement age	66 years	66 years	66 years

Estimation of retirement indemnity to employee social security contributions percentage.

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Retirement age.

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- Definition

The discount rate used as the significant actuarial assumption to determine the present value of a defined benefit obligation. [Refer: Defined benefit obligation, at present value; Actuarial assumptions [domain]]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name IAS
-Number 19
-IssueDate 2025-01-01
-Paragraph 144
-URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2025-en-r&anchor=para_144&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2025-03-27

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The expected rate of salary increases used as a significant actuarial assumption to determine the present value of a defined benefit obligation. [Refer: Defined benefit plans [domain]; Defined benefit obligation, at present value; Actuarial assumptions [domain]]

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