Definition: Maintenance of materials

Category: National accounts

This heading includes:
- purchases of goods and services for maintenance (i.e. regular replacement of individual damaged or broken parts) and repairs required to keep capital goods in usable condition (cf. 2.55.4. to 2.55.6.);
- purchases of crop protection equipment (excluding preparations for plant protection and pest control, cf. 2.42.), such as detonators, anti-hail protection, anti-frost smoke, etc. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-27-00-782-__-I-EN.pdf