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Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Summary of Assets and Liabilities Classified as Held for Sale |
|  | € million 2020 Total |  |  | € million 2019 Total |
Disposal groups held for sale (a) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill and intangibles |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 3 |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 13 |
Inventories |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 9 |
Trade and other receivables |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |
Other |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3 |
|  |  | 11 |  |  |  | 29 |
Property, plant and equipment held for sale (b) |  |  | 17 |  |  |  | 53 |
Assets held for sale |  |  | 28 |  |  |  | 82 |
Liabilities held for sale |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |
(a) | In 2020, disposal groups held for sale consists of assets mainly relating to manufacturing assets.
(b) | 2019 includes manufacturing assets held for sale in various countries.

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