25 Trade and other payables
| (€ million) | December 31, 2017 | December 31, 2016 | ||||||
| Trade payables | 10,890 | 11,038 | ||||||
| Advances | 797 | 526 | ||||||
| Other payables | ||||||||
| - related to capital expenditures | 2,094 | 2,158 | ||||||
| - others | 2,967 | 2,981 | ||||||
| 5,061 | 5,139 | |||||||
| 16,748 | 16,703 | |||||||
Down payments and advances for €797 million (€526 million at December 31, 2016) related to the Exploration & Production segment for €444 million (€153 million at December 31, 2016) and included €180 million of advances denominated in local currency relating to future supplies of equity hydrocarbons to our Egyptian State-owned partners in relation to the operations of Eni’s Concession Agreements in the Country for the next four-year period and in particular, among these, the Zohr project. Those advances have further reduced the Group net exposure towards the Country.
Other payables were as follows:
| (€ million) | December 31, 2017 | December 31, 2016 | ||||||
| Payables related to capital expenditures due to | ||||||||
| Suppliers in relation to investing activities | 1,804 | 1,835 | ||||||
| Joint venture partners in exploration and production activities | 264 | 219 | ||||||
| Other | 26 | 104 | ||||||
| 2,094 | 2,158 | |||||||
| Other payables | ||||||||
| Joint venture partners in exploration and production activities | 1,968 | 2,057 | ||||||
| Employees | 184 | 180 | ||||||
| Social security entities | 84 | 94 | ||||||
| Non-financial government entities | 23 | 6 | ||||||
| Other | 708 | 644 | ||||||
| 2,967 | 2,981 | |||||||
| 5,061 | 5,139 | |||||||
Because of the short-term maturity and conditions of remuneration of trade payables, the fair value approximated the carrying amount.
Payables due to related parties are described in note 47 — Transactions with related parties.