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Capital and Funding - Summary of Treasury Shares Movements (Detail) - EUR (€) € in Millions | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items] |  |  |  |  |
1 January |  | € (703) | [1] | € (10,181) |
Other purchases and utilisations |  | 220 |  | 64 |
Adjustment on translation of PLC's ordinary capital | [2] |  |  | (148) | € (150)
31 December | [1] | € (483) |  | (703) |
Unilever PLC [member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment on translation of PLC's ordinary capital |  |  |  | (2) |
Unilever PLC [member] | Nv [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Cancellation of NV and PLC shares |  |  |  | € 9,416 |
[1] | Shortly before Unification 4,523,367 NV and PLC ordinary shares, 892,155 NV NYRSs and 468,989 PLC ADSs held by NV in connection with share-based compensation plans were transferred to an employee share ownership trust at their carrying value. See note 4C for details.
[2] | Prior to Unification, a conversion rate of £1 = €5.143 was used in accordance with the Equalisation Agreement, which ceased to exist as a result of Unification. The ordinary share capital of PLC is now translated using the conversion rate at 29 November 2020 of £1 = € 1.121. The difference between the conversion rates was released through Other Reserves as presented in the “Other effects of Unification” line in the Statement of Changes in Equity.

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