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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 ¤214,889 thousand, representing a net increase of
¤2,412 thousand over 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: 3,647 5,657 (2,010)
Maintenance expenses
Costs for Eurocontrol 76,265 73,860 2,405
contributions
Costs for utilities and 40,535 41,694 (1,159)
telecommunications
Insurance premiums 42,087 38,707 3,380
Cleaning and security
Other personnel costs 6,732 6,510 222
Professional services 5,858 7,022 (1,164)
Other costs for services 7,282 9,121 (1,839)
Total costs for services 19,051 10,119 8,932
Leases and rentals 5,657 6,328
Other operating costs 203,467 193,361 (671)
4,596 4,914 10,106
Total 3,179 8,545 (318)
214,889 212,477 (5,366)
2,412

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
¤1,573 thousand and in 2014 to only negative ¤7 thousand.

Costs for services rose by a net amount of ¤10,106 thousand over the
previous year and relate to: i) maintenance costs relating mainly to
operational maintenance at Ciampino airport, for which ENAV has been
responsible since May 2014, and costs for new maintenance 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