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23. OTHER EXPENSES

These are detailed as follows:

2014

2013 (*)

Professional services

34

33

Insurance

46

52

Maintenance costs

64

71

Selling costs

70

88

Utilities

138

143

Travel costs

40

39

Vessel charter

65

88

Increases in/(releases of) provisions for risks

21

(5)

Losses on disposal of assets

-

1

Sundry expenses

117

112

Other costs

687

610

Non-recurring other expenses:

Business reorganisation

6

16

Antitrust investigations

(31)

(6)

Environmental remediation and other costs

-

(3)

Non-recurring other expenses

23

19

Total non-recurring other expenses

(2)

26

Total

1,280

1,258

(*) The previously published prior year consolidated financial statements have been restated following the adoption of IFRS 10 and IFRS 11. Further details can

be found in Section C. Restatement of comparative figures.

The Group incurred Euro 71 million in research and development costs in 2014 (Euro 65 million in 2013).

(in millions of Euro)