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Intangible assets excluding goodwill | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Intangible assets excluding goodwill [Abstract] |
Disclosure of intangible assets excluding goodwill [Text block] | #### Intangible assets excluding goodwill The changes were as follows: Philips Group Intangible assets excluding goodwill in millions of EUR 2018
| brand names | customer relationships | technology | product development | product development construction in progress | software | other | total
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Balance as of January 1, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost | 670 | 2,342 | 1,985 | 1,848 | 487 | 605 | 105 | 8,042
Amortization/ impairments | (392) | (1,338) | (1,161) | (1,262) | (51) | (431) | (84) | (4,720)
Book value | 278 | 1,004 | 824 | 586 | 436 | 174 | 21 | 3,322
Changes in book value: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchases |  | 7 | 14 |  | 92 | 92 | 1 | 205
Internally generated assets |  |  |  |  | 203 |  |  | 203
Assets available for use |  |  |  | 256 | (256) |  |  |
Acquisitions | 11 | 17 | 330 |  |  | - | 56 | 415
Amortization | (34) | (114) | (116) | (221) |  | (59) | (4) | (549)
Impairments | (52) | (16) | (9) | (16) | (1) | (5) | (2) | (101)
Translation differences and other | 3 | 36 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 94
Total changes | (72) | (70) | 246 | 34 | 45 | 30 | 53 | 267
Balance as of December 31, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost | 689 | 2,421 | 2,400 | 2,103 | 532 | 684 | 168 | 8,997
Amortization/ impairments | (484) | (1,488) | (1,330) | (1,483) | (51) | (480) | (93) | (5,408)
Book Value | 205 | 934 | 1,070 | 621 | 481 | 204 | 75 | 3,589
Philips Group Intangible assets excluding goodwill in millions of EUR 2017
| brand names | customer relationships | technology | product development | product development construction in progress | software | other | total
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Balance as of January 1, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost | 1,088 | 3,429 | 2,074 | 1,899 | 578 | 580 | 134 | 9,782
Amortization/ impairments | (633) | (2,188) | (1,491) | (1,362) | (36) | (421) | (99) | (6,230)
Book value | 455 | 1,241 | 583 | 537 | 542 | 159 | 34 | 3,552
Changes in book value: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchases |  | - | 23 |  | 149 | 86 | 3 | 261
Internally generated assets |  |  |  |  | 189 |  |  | 189
Assets available for use |  |  |  | 363 | (363) |  |  |
Acquisitions | 7 | 431 | 470 |  |  | 2 | 16 | 926
Amortization | (40) | (142) | (100) | (213) | - | (52) | (3) | (550)
Impairments |  |  | (12) | (43) | (27) | (1) |  | (83)
Divestments and transfers to assets classified as held for sale | (120) | (438) | (103) | (23) | (11) | (19) | (6) | (721)
Translation differences | (24) | (89) | (37) | (35) | (43) | (1) | (23) | (252)
Total changes | (178) | (238) | 241 | 49 | (106) | 15 | (13) | (230)
Balance as of December 31, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost | 670 | 2,342 | 1,985 | 1,848 | 487 | 605 | 105 | 8,042
Accumulated amortization | (392) | (1,338) | (1,161) | (1,262) | (51) | (431) | (84) | (4,720)
Book Value | 278 | 1,004 | 824 | 586 | 436 | 174 | 21 | 3,322
The acquisitions through business combinations in 2018 mainly consist of the acquired intangible assets of EPD Solutions Ltd. For more information, please refer to Acquisitions and divestments. The amortization of intangible assets is specified in Income from operations. The expected useful lives of the intangible assets excluding goodwill are as follows: Philips Group Expected useful lives of intangible assets excluding goodwill in years
Brand names | 2-20
Customer relationships | 2-25
Technology | 3-20
Other | 1-10
Software | 1-10
Product development | 3-7
The weighted average expected remaining life of brand names, customer relationships, technology and other intangible assets is 9.3 years as of December 31, 2018 (2017: 9.6 years). At December 31, 2018 the carrying amount of customer relationships of Sleep & Respiratory Care was EUR 278 million with a remaining amortization period of 5 years (2017: EUR 315 million; 6 years). For the intangibles relating to the acquisition of Spectranetics refer to Acquisitions and divestments.

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