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Other Non-current Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Summary of Other Non-current Assets |
|  | € million 2020 |  |  | € million 2019 |
Interest in net assets of joint ventures |  |  | 29 |  |  |  | 35 |
Interest in net assets of associates |  |  | 34 |  |  |  | 37 |
Long-term trade and other receivables (a) |  |  | 465 |  |  |  | 380 |
Fair value of biological assets |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 17 |
Other non-current assets (b) |  |  | 391 |  |  |  | 184 |
|  |  | 931 |  |  |  | 653 |
(a) | Mainly relates to indirect tax receivables where we do not have the contractual right to receive payment within 12 months.
(b) | Includes direct tax assets, withholding tax assets, interest on tax assets and contingent assets. During 2020 contingent assets of €73 million were recognised as part of the Horlicks acquisition, see note 21 for further details.
Movements in Interest in Joint Ventures and Associates |
Movements during 2020 and 2019 |  | € million 2020 |  |  | € million 2019 |
Joint ventures (a) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1 January |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | 14 |
Additions |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | — |
Dividends received/reductions |  |  | (182 | ) |  |  | (158 | )
Share of net profit/(loss) |  |  | 177 |  |  |  | 179 |
Currency retranslation |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | — |
31 December |  |  | 29 |  |  |  | 35 |
Associates (b) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1 January |  |  | 37 |  |  |  | 40 |
Additions |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |
Dividend received/reductions |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Share of net profit/(loss) |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (3 | )
Currency retranslation |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (1 | )
31 December |  |  | 34 |  |  |  | 37 |
(a) | Our principal 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.
(b) | Associates as at 31 December 2020 primarily comprise our investments in Langholm Capital Partners.

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