guidelines: "This item should include expenditures for various kinds of purchased services such as travel expenses, postal charges, printing expenses and other." Ql. Concerning subitem 1.2.4, "Real estatc rents", Indonesia stated that its expenditures reported under this item were coafined to the use of electricity, telephone, water and yas and that there mere no rents, because almost al1 1 facilities, including lanas used b?~ military units for establishments, TTere 1 government properties. Sweden pointed to the fact that expenditures for the use ) of buildings and other facilities could be reported in the tested matrix under ' severa1 subitems and suggested that respondents should be requested to report al1 kinds o-f rent costs under one single item. (b) Panel's assessment 70. Concerning subitems 1.2.2 and 1,2.)-c, no change seems to be called for. I ! Subitem 1.2.3? with its related guidelines, ou$it to be modified according to the) SVedish proposition as described abave. 1 / . . . -21- Procurement (ro77 2.1) (a) Re~spondents' comments 71. In the Panel's guidelines to the matrix, respondents mere requested ta submit information concerning retirement and average-length-of-service rates for various kinds of equipment. Only one country did in fact supply such information. Canada explicitly stated that as a result of deferrals in most re-eq.uipment proqrammes over the past severa1 yyears, average-length-of-service rates would not be particularly meaningfult. 72. Italy su,-;gested that respondents chould be requcsted 3.1~0 to report the unit costs of the largest items of equipment (missiles, tanks and combat aircraft), in order to make it easier to compare individual militar:: budgets. 73. The United States noted that outlays under official United States procurement appropriation accounts, except for their personnel compensation component, were assigned in their entirety to the most applicable cells of the matrix. (b) Panel's assessment 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing guidelines and assessments related to military budgets and expenditures, specifically focusing on the classification and reporting of certain types of expenses. The language used is technical and refers to specific military equipment and facilities, suggesting that the topic is closely related to defense and military spending.

**Category**
Industry, Transport and communication