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Remuneration of Auditors - Summary of Services from Auditors and its Associates (Detail) - EUR (€) € in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure of Auditors Remuneration [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Total statutory audit fees |  | € 19 |  | € 17 | € 16 |
Fees payable to the Group's auditors for the audit of non-statutory financial statements |  | 6 | [1] | 0 | 4 | [1]
Audit-related assurance services | [2] | 0 |  | 0 | 0 |
Other taxation advisory services |  | 0 |  | 0 | 0 |
Services relating to corporate finance transactions |  | 0 |  | 0 | 0 |
Other assurance services | [3] | 1 |  | 0 | 1 |
All other non-audit services | [2] | 0 |  | 0 | 0 |
Total fees payable |  | 26 |  | 17 | 21 |
Unilever Group [member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Auditors Remuneration [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Total statutory audit fees | [4] | 6 |  | 5 | 6 |
Subsidiaries [member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Auditors Remuneration [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Total statutory audit fees | [5],[6] | € 13 |  | € 12 | € 10 |
[1] | 2020 includes €6 million for the audit of carve-out financial statements of the Tea business. 2018 includes €4 million for audits of carve-out financial statements of the Spreads business.
[2] | Amounts paid in relation to each type of service are less than €1 million individually and in aggregate (2019: less than €1 million and in aggregate; 2018: less than €1 million).
[3] | 2020 includes €1 million for assurance work on Unification. 2018 includes €1 million for assurance work on Simplification.
[4] | Of which €1 million was payable to KPMG Accountants N.V. (2019: €1 million; 2018: €1 million) and €5 million was payable to KPMG LLP (2019: €4 million; 2018: €5 million).
[5] | Amount payable to KPMG in respect of services supplied to associated pension schemes was less than €1 million individually and in aggregate (2019: less than €1 million individually and in aggregate; 2018: less than €1 million individually and in aggregate).
[6] | Comprises fees payable to the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative for audit work on statutory financial statements and Group reporting returns of subsidiary companies.

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