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Other Non-current Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Summary of Other Non-current Assets |
|  | € million |  |  | € million |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Interest in net assets of joint ventures |  |  | 32 |  |  |  | 36 |
Interest in net assets of associates |  |  | 44 |  |  |  | 51 |
Long-term trade and other receivables(a) |  |  | 265 |  |  |  | 306 |
Operating lease prepayments for land |  |  | 116 |  |  |  | 115 |
Fair value of biological assets |  |  | 17 |  |  |  | 51 |
Other non-current assets(b) |  |  | 83 |  |  |  | 159 |
|  |  | 557 |  |  |  | 718 |
(a) | Mainly relate to indirect tax receivables where we do not have the contractual right to receive payment within 12 months.
(b) | 2017 mainly relates to tax assets (2016: assets held in escrow for the UK pension fund and tax assets).
Movements in Interest in Joint Ventures and Associates |
Movements during 2017 and 2016 |  | €million 2017 |  |  | €million 2016 |
Joint ventures(a) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1 January |  |  | 36 |  |  |  | 48 |
Additions |  |  | - |  |  |  | 24 |
Dividends received/reductions |  |  | (155 | ) |  |  | (151 | )
Share of net profit/(loss) |  |  | 155 |  |  |  | 130 |
Currency retranslation |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | (15 | )
31 December |  |  | 32 |  |  |  | 36 |
Associates(b) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1 January |  |  | 51 |  |  |  | 59 |
Additions |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 7 |
Dividend received/reductions |  |  | (10 | ) |  |  | (8 | )
Share of net profit/(loss) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (3 | )
Currency retranslation |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (4 | )
31 December |  |  | 44 |  |  |  | 51 |
(a) | Our principal joint ventures are Unilever Jerónimo Martins for Portugal, the Pepsi/Lipton Partnership for the US and Pepsi Lipton International for the rest of the world.
(b) | Associates as at 31 December 2017 primarily comprise our investments in Langholm Capital Partners. Other Unilever Ventures assets are included under ‘Other non-current non-financial assets’.

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