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Note 5 - Inventories
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]
5—INVENTORIES
 
Inventories consist of the following:
 
    December 31,
    2018   2017
Components, spare parts    
3,496
     
3,909
 
Work-in-progress    
576
     
729
 
Finished goods – own manufactured products    
2,672
     
1,167
 
Finished goods – distribution  products    
1,442
     
1,656
 
Total gross inventories    
8,186
     
7,461
 
Less: allowance for slow-moving inventory and net realizable value    
(974
)    
(722
)
Total    
7,212
     
6,739
 
 
The provision for slow moving inventory relates to components and spare parts. The allowance for slow moving inventory (excluding exchange rate impact), the changes in which are classified within cost of sales, amounted to a cost of
€227
thousand for the year ended
December 31, 2018,
an income of
€41
thousand for the year ended
December 31, 2017,
and a cost of
€55
thousand for the year ended
December 31, 2016,
respectively.