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Taxation | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
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Taxation | 5 TAXATION The effective tax rate for the first half was 22.7% compared to 22.3% in 2020. The tax rate is calculated by dividing the tax charge by pre-tax profit excluding the contribution of joint ventures and associates. Tax effects of components of other comprehensive income were as follows:
|  | First Half 2021 |  |  | First Half 2020 |
€ million |  | Before tax |  |  | Tax (charge)/ credit |  |  | After tax |  |  | Before tax |  |  | Tax (charge)/ credit |  |  | After tax |
Gains/(losses) on |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity instruments at fair value through other comprehensive incom e |  |  | 56 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 55 |  |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 20 |
Cash flow hedges |  |  | 143 |  |  |  | (6 | ) |  |  | 137 |  |  |  | 71 |  |  |  | (28 | ) |  |  | 43 |
Remeasurements of defined benefit pension plans (a) |  |  | 1,404 |  |  |  | (436 | ) |  |  | 968 |  |  |  | (242 | ) |  |  | 41 |  |  |  | (201 | )
Currency retranslation gains/(losses) |  |  | 653 |  |  |  | (36 | ) |  |  | 617 |  |  |  | (1,516 | ) |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | (1,481 | )
Other comprehensive income |  |  | 2,256 |  |  |  | (479 | ) |  |  | 1,777 |  |  |  | (1,668 | ) |  |  | 49 |  |  |  | (1,619 | )
| (a) | Remeasurement of defined benefit pension plans in 2021 is driven by positive investment returns and increase in interest rates.

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