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Accounts receivable (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Account/Finance receivables [Abstract] |
Accounts receivable |
As of December 31 (in thousands) |  | 2012 EUR |  |  | 2011 EUR |
Accounts receivable, gross |  |  | 607,359 |  |  |  | 883,209 |
Allowance for doubtful receivables |  |  | (2,071) |  |  |  | (2,582) |
Accounts receivable, net |  |  | 605,288 |  |  |  | 880,627 |
Allowance for doubtful receivables |
Year ended December 31 (in thousands) |  | 2012 EUR |  |  | 2011 EUR |
Balance at beginning of year |  |  | (2,582) |  |  |  | (1,945) |
Addition for the year1 |  |  | (458) |  |  |  | (849) |
Utilization of the provision |  |  | 969 |  |  |  | 212 |
Allowance for doubtful receivables |  |  | (2,071) |  |  |  | (2,582) |
1 | Addition for the year is recorded in cost of sales.

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