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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Enav Group 131

24. Costs for goods and services, lease and rental costs and other
operating costs

Costs for goods and services, lease and rental costs and other operating
costs amount in total to ¤170,336 thousand,essentially in line with
the figure for the previous year. Details of these costs are set out in the
following table:

Purchases of goods 31.12.2014 31.12.2013 Change
Costs for services: 7,257 9,394 (2,137)
Maintenance expenses
Costs for Eurocontrol 20,973 20,548 425
contributions
Costs for utilities and 40,535 41,694 (1,159)
telecommunications
Insurance premiums 42,548 39,103 3,445
Cleaning and security
Other personnel costs 7,282 7,034 248
Professional services 6,190 7,022 (832)
Other costs for services 9,544 11,333 (1,789)
Total costs for services 18,425 13,328 5,097
Leases and rentals 7,801 5,734 2,067
Other operating costs 153,298 145,796 7,502
6,972 7,346 (374)
Total 2,809 8,154 (5,345)
170,336 170,690 (354)

Purchases of goods consist mainly of the costs incurred to purchase spare
parts for systems and equipment used for air traffic control and the relative
change in stocks of these items, which in 2013 amounted to negative
¤1,579 thousandand in 2014 to positive ¤13 thousand.

Costs for services rose by a net amount of ¤7,502 thousand over the
previous year and relate to: i)maintenance costs for new contracts
concluded during the year such as the support and maintenance of the
SIPRO – AIRNAS systems; ii) costs for utilities and telecommunications
for the new systems linked to the E-net network in 2014; iii) professional
services specialist support at an intragroup and European project level, as
well as other activities connected with the privatization and transition to
international accounting standards with the related requirement to adapt
supporting procedures and information systems. The increase is also due
to the recognition in the income statement of expenditure that does not
qualify for classification as intangible assets, as was the case under Italian
accounting standards. This item also benefits from a reduction in security