Definition: Operating costs linked to buildings and equipment

Category: Structural business statistics

Operating costs linked to buildings and equipment consist of:

Costs related to buildings, including
- rents, payments for energy for heating and electricity and the maintenance and repair of buildings,
- operating leasing payments;

Expenses related to equipment, including
- payments for maintenance and repair of all machines (including computers and vehicles) and the cost of renting,
- payments for operational leasing of machines.

This heading forms part of "Purchases of goods and services". http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:1998:344:0049:0080:EN:PDF