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Significant Items Within the Income Statement (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
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Non-underlying Items |
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€ million |  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Acquisition and disposal-related credit/(costs) |  |  | (122 | ) |  |  | (27 | )
Gain/(loss) on disposal of group companies |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 6 |
Restructuring costs |  |  | (306 | ) |  |  | (391 | )
Non-underlying items within operating profit before tax |  |  | (421 | ) |  |  | (412 | )
Tax on non-underlying items within operating profit |  |  | 97 |  |  |  | 109 |
Non-underlying items within operating profit after tax |  |  | (324 | ) |  |  | (303 | )
Net monetary gain/(loss) arising from hyperinflationary economies |  |  | (29 | ) |  |  | 21 |
Non-underlying items not in operating profit but within net profit before tax |  |  | (29 | ) |  |  | 21 |
Tax impact of non-underlying items not in operating profit but within net profit: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Taxes related to the UK tax audit of intangible income and centralised services |  |  | (6 | ) |  |  | — |
Hyperinflation adjustment for Argentina deferred tax |  |  | (28 | ) |  |  | (7 | )
Non-underlying items not in operating profit but within net profit after tax |  |  | (63 | ) |  |  | 14 |
Non-underlying items after tax (a) |  |  | (387 | ) |  |  | (289 | )
Attributable to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-controlling interests |  |  | (20 | ) |  |  | (14 | )
Shareholders’ equity |  |  | (367 | ) |  |  | (275 | )
(a) | Non-underlying items after tax is calculated as non-underlying items within operating profit after tax plus non-underlying items not in operating profit but within net profit after tax.

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