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Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Summary of Lease and Other Commitments |
Lease commitments and other commitments fall due as follows: |  | € million Leases 2020 |  |  | € million Leases 2019 |  |  | € million Other commitments 2020 |  |  | € million Other commitments 2019 |
Within 1 year |  |  | 69 |  |  |  | 69 |  |  |  | 844 |  |  |  | 791 |
Later than 1 year but not later than 5 years |  |  | 80 |  |  |  | 111 |  |  |  | 694 |  |  |  | 684 |
Later than 5 years |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 43 |  |  |  | 18 |  |  |  | 23 |
|  |  | 158 |  |  |  | 223 |  |  |  | 1,556 |  |  |  | 1,498 |
Summary of Contingent Liabilities |
|  | € million |  |  | € million |
Summary of contingent liabilities |  |  | 2020 |  |  |  | 2019 |
Corporate reorganisation – IPI, PIS and COFINS taxes and penalties |  |  | 2,040 |  |  |  | 2,235 |
Inputs for PIS and COFINS taxes |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | 43 |
Goodwill amortisation |  |  | 137 |  |  |  | 184 |
Other tax assessments – approximately 600 cases |  |  | 650 |  |  |  | 959 |
Total Brazil tax |  |  | 2,862 |  |  |  | 3,421 |
Other contingent liabilities |  |  | 648 |  |  |  | 789 |
Total contingent liabilities |  |  | 3,510 |  |  |  | 4,210 |

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