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Related Party Transactions | 12 Months Ended
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Related Party Transactions | 23. Related party transactions A related party is a person or entity that is related to the Group. These include both people and entities that have, or are subject to, the influence or control of the Group. Joint ventures The following related party balances existed with associate or joint venture businesses at 31 December:
Related party balances |  | € million 2020 Total |  |  | € million 2019 Total |
Sales to joint ventures |  |  | 1,004 |  |  |  | 839 |
Purchases from joint ventures |  |  | 118 |  |  |  | 113 |
Receivables from joint ventures |  |  | 80 |  |  |  | 92 |
Payables to joint ventures |  |  | 43 |  |  |  | 38 |
Loans to joint ventures |  |  | 255 |  |  |  | 289 |
Royalties and service fees |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | 23 |
Significant joint ventures are Unilever FIMA Lda for Portugal, Binzagr Unilever Distribution and Al Gurg Unilever for Middle East, the Pepsi/Lipton Partnership for the US and Pepsi Lipton International Ltd for the rest of the world. Associates There are no trading balances from/to associates. Langholm Capital II was launched in 2009. Unilever has invested €64 million in Langholm II, with an outstanding commitment at the end of 2020 of €2 million (2019: €11 million). During 2020, Unilever received €nil (2019: €nil) from its investment in Langholm Capital II.

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