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Other operating expenses	6 Months Ended
Other operating expenses	Jun. 30, 2022
Other operating expenses [Abstract]
Other operating expenses	15 Other operating expenses Other operating expenses 1 January to 30 June in EUR million 2022 2021 Regulatory costs 863 759 Audit and non-audit services 17 16 IT related expenses 402 387 Advertising and public relations 144 149 External advisory fees 129 147 Office expenses 139 141 Travel and accommodation expenses 39 24 Contributions and subscriptions 58 59 Postal charges 16 20 Depreciation of property and equipment 244 285 Amortisation of intangible assets 113 133 (Reversals of) impairments of tangible assets 7 -1 (Reversals of) impairments of intangible assets 40 24 Addition to / (unused amounts reversed of) provision for reorganisations 125 88 Addition to / (unused amounts reversed of) other provisions 5 49 Other 366 341 2,706 2,621 Regulatory costs Regulatory costs represent contributions to the Deposit Guarantee Schemes (DGS), The Single Resolution Fund (SRF), local bank taxes and local resolution funds. Included in Regulatory costs for 2022, are contributions to DGS of EUR 304 million (first six months of 2021: EUR 260 million) mainly related to the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Poland and contributions to the SRF and local resolution funds of EUR 354 million (first six months of 2021: EUR 308 million). In 2022 local bank taxes increased by EUR 14 million from EUR 191 million in 2021 to EUR 205 million. In 2022, ING Bank Slaski, together with seven other Polish banks, has established an Institutional Protection Scheme (IPS). The fund can be used to ensure the liquidity and solvency of each of its participants, and to assist in the resolution of participating and non-participating banks. The contribution by ING amounts to EUR 92 million and is recognized as regulatory costs (DGS).