Notes to the consolidated accounts
14 Trade and other receivables
| Trade and other receivables | € million 2007 |
€ million 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Due within one year | ||
| Trade receivables | 2 965 | 3 054 |
| Prepayments and accrued income | 467 | 441 |
| Other receivables | 762 | 759 |
| 4 194 | 4 254 |
Credit terms for customers are determined in individual territories. Concentrations of credit risk with respect to trade receivables are limited, due to the Group's customer base being large and diverse. Our historical experience of collecting receivables, supported by the level of default, is that credit risk is low across territories and so trade receivables are considered to be a single class of financial assets. Other receivables comprise loans and receivables of €362 million (2006: €413 million) and other non-financial assets of €400 million (2006: €346 million).
| Ageing of trade receivables | € million 2007 |
€ million 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Total trade receivables | 3 112 | 3 214 |
| Less impairment provision for trade receivables | (147) | (160) |
| 2 965 | 3 054 | |
| Of which: | ||
| Not overdue | 2 240 | 2 433 |
| Past due less than three months | 649 | 534 |
| Past due more than three months but less than six months | 85 | 82 |
| Past due more than six months but less than one year | 57 | 53 |
| Past due more than one year | 81 | 112 |
| Impairment provision for trade receivables | (147) | (160) |
| 2 965 | 3 054 |
| Impairment provision for trade and other receivables – movements during the year | € million 2007 |
€ million 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | 180 | 258 |
| Charged to current year income statement | 39 | 38 |
| Reductions/releases | (40) | (107) |
| Currency retranslation | (3) | (9) |
| 31 December | 176 | 180 |
