Note 12. Trade accounts payable

Trade accounts payable as at 31 December 2000 and 1999 comprise:

	Consolidated			Company
	2000	1999		2000	1999
		Restated
	Baht	Baht		Baht	Baht
Trade accounts payable
– Third parties	21,791,607	21,562,516		12,791,411	17,705,857
– Related companies
Hachette Filipacchi Post Company Limited	6,135,039	4,811,620		12,520,488	9,819,633
Hachette Filipacchi Post - ACP Company Limited	4,216,878	3,944,615		8,605,873	8,050,235
Others	1,301,220	1,149,979		–	–
Total trade accounts payable	33,444,744	31,468,730		33,917,772	35,575,725

Note 13. Short-term loans from and amounts due to subsidiary and related companies

	Consolidated			Company
	2000	1999		2000	1999
		Restated
	Baht	Baht		Baht	Baht
Short-term loans from – Related companies
Hachette Filipacchi Medias Company Limited	7,497,000	7,497,000		–	–
Publishing and Broadcasting International Limited	4,998,000	4,998,000		–	–
Total short-term loans from related companies	12,495,000	12,495,000		–	–
Amounts due to
– Subsidiary companies	–	122,556		–	122,556
– Related companies
Hachette Filipacchi Medias Company Limited	151,172	674,730		–	–
Publishing and Broadcasting International Limited	100,782	1,062,120		–	–
Others	137,129	179,214		–	–
	389,083	1,916,064		–	–
Total amounts due to subsidiary and related companies	389,083	2,038,620		–	122,556
Total short-term loans from and amounts due to subsidiary and related companies	12,884,083	14,533,620		–	122,556

Hachette Filipacchi Medias Company Limited is a shareholder of Hachette Filipacchi Post Company Limited, holding 49% of its share capital.

Publishing and Broadcasting International Limited is the Group’s related company as it is a shareholder of Hachette Filipacchi Post - ACP Company Limited, which is a subsidiary company of Hachette Filipacchi Post Company Limited.

Short-term loans from related companies are unsecured and denominated in Thai Baht. The loans are repayable on demand and bear interest at rate of 8% per annum (as at 31 December 1999: 9% per annum).