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Provisions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Summary of Other Provisions |
|  | € million |  |  | € million |
Provisions |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Due within one year |  |  | 547 |  |  |  | 620 |
Due after one year |  |  | 583 |  |  |  | 664 |
Total provisions |  |  | 1,130 |  |  |  | 1,284 |
|  | € million |  |  | € million |  |  | € million |  |  | € million |  |  | € million |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Brazil |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Movements during 2020 |  | Restructuring |  |  | Legal |  |  | indirect taxes |  |  | Other |  |  | Total |
1 January 2020 |  |  | 470 |  |  |  | 149 |  |  |  | 128 |  |  |  | 537 |  |  |  | 1,284 |
Additions through business combinations |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 57 |  |  |  | 61 |
Income Statement: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Charges |  |  | 151 |  |  |  | 129 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 140 |  |  |  | 424 |
Releases |  |  | (87 | ) |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  | (20 | ) |  |  | (59 | ) |  |  | (171 | )
Utilisation |  |  | (252 | ) |  |  | (27 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (44 | ) |  |  | (324 | )
Currency translation |  |  | (18 | ) |  |  | (23 | ) |  |  | (37 | ) |  |  | (66 | ) |  |  | (144 | )
31 December 2020 |  |  | 264 |  |  |  | 227 |  |  |  | 74 |  |  |  | 565 |  |  |  | 1,130 |

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