7 Inventories

Inventories

 
Euro 000s 30.9.2009 30.9.2008  
Raw materials and supplies 30 323  30 533 
Unfinished and finished products and services and merchandise 20 465  26 243  
Advance payments  312  
  50 788  57 088  

There were no restrictions on disposal or other encumbrances (apart from retentions of title). Write-downs of Euro 730 thousand were recognised on inventories (previous year: Euro 499 thousand; including write-backs of Euro 609 thousand). Write-downs were based on the inventory turnover rates of the assets in question.