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comparing the financial information reported in chapter “Transparency and creation of economic

value” of the Report with the information included in Costa Crociere’s financial statements as of 30

November 2015 on which we issued our audit opinion, in accordance with article 14 of legislative

decree n° 39 of 27 January 2010, on 14 March 2016;

analysing, through inquiries, the governance system and the process for managing the

sustainability issues relating to Company’s strategy and operations;

analysing the process aimed at defining the significant reporting areas to be disclosed in the

Report, with regard to the methods for their identification, in terms of priority for the various

stakeholders, as well as the internal validation of the process findings;

analysing the processes underlying the generation, recording and management of quantitative data

included in the Report. In detail, we carried out:

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meetings and interviews with management of Costa Crociere to achieve a general

understanding of the information, accounting and reporting systems in use to prepare the

Report, as well as of the internal control processes and procedures supporting the collection,

aggregation, processing and submission of the information to the function responsible for the

Report preparation;

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a sample-based analysis of the documents supporting the preparation of the Report, in order

to obtain evidence of the reliability of processes in place and of the internal control system

underlying the treatment of the information relating to the objectives disclosed in the Report;

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verification onboard the ship Costa Neoclassica, in order to obtain evidence of the reliability of

shipboard processes in place, and of the internal control system underlying the treatment of

the information, as well as, on a sample basis, to cross-check data relating to the said

shipboard processes against supporting documents;

analysing the internal consistency of the qualitative information described in the Report and its

compliance with the guidelines identified in the preceding paragraph “Responsibility of the

Directors for the Sustainability Report”;

analysing the engagement of stakeholders and its results through the existing documentation

concerning the significant matters arisen during Company’s dialogue initiatives;

obtaining a representation letter, signed by the legal representative of Costa Crociere, on the

compliance of the Report with the guidelines identified in the paragraph “Responsibility of the

Directors for the Sustainability Report”, as well as the reliability and completeness of the disclosed

information.

Our limited assurance work was less in scope than a reasonable assurance engagement performed in

accordance with ISAE 3000 (“

reasonable assurance engagement

”) and, consequently, it does not

provide us with a sufficient level of assurance necessary to became aware of all significant facts and

circumstances that might be identified in a reasonable assurance engagement.

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INDEPENDENT REPORT ON THE LIMITED ASSURANCE ENGAGEMENT OF THE 2015

SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

To the Board of Directors of

Costa Crociere SpA

We have carried out a limited assurance engagement on the Sustainability Report (hereinafter also the

“Report”) of Costa Crociere SpA (hereinafter also “Costa Crociere” or the “Company”) for the year

ended 30 November 2015.

Responsibility of the Directors for the sustainability Report

The Directors are responsible for preparing the Report in compliance with the

G4 Sustainability

Reporting Guidelines

defined in 2013 by the

GRI - Global Reporting Initiative

(the “

G4 Sustainability

Reporting Guidelines

”), as indicated in the paragraph “Note concerning the method” of the Report,

and for that part of internal control that they consider necessary to prepare a sustainability report that

is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or unintentional behaviours or events. The

Directors are also responsible for defining the sustainability performance targets of Costa Crociere, for

reporting the sustainability results, as well as for identifying the stakeholders and the significant

aspects to be reported.

Auditor’s responsibility

We are responsible for the preparation of this report on the basis of the work performed. We

conducted our e gag me t in accordance with “

Internati nal Stan ard on Assurance Engagements

3000 (revised) – Assurance Engagements other than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial

Information” (“ISAE 3000”)

, issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board for

limited assurance engagements. The standard requires that we comply with applicable ethical

requirements, including professional independence, and that we plan and perform our work to obtain

limited assurance that the Report is free from material misstatement. The procedures consisted in

interviews, primarily of company personnel responsible for the preparation of the information

presented in the Report, analysis of documents, recalculations and other verification procedures.

The procedures we performed on the Report consisted in verifying its compliance with the principles

for defining the content and the quality of a sustainability report set out in the “

G4 Sustainability

Reporting Guidelines

”, and are summarised as follows:

Conclusion

Based on the work performed, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the

Sustainability Report of Costa Crociere SpA as of 30 November 2015 has not been prepared, in all

material respects, in compliance with the “

G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines

” defined in 2013 by

the GRI -

Global Re orting Initiative

as disclosed in the paragraph “Note concerning the method” of

the Report.

Turin, 5 July 2016

PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory SpA

Signed by

Paolo Bersani

(Partner)

This report has been translated from the original, which was issued in Italian, solely for the

convenience of international readers.

Conclusion

Based on the work performed, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the

Sustainability Report of Costa Crociere SpA as of 30 November 2015 has not been prepared, in all

material respects, in compliance with the “

G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines

” defined in 2013 by

the GRI -

Global Reporting Initiative

as disclosed in the paragraph “Note concerning the method” of

the Report.

Turin, 5 July 2016

PricewaterhouseCoopers Adviso y SpA

Signed by

Paolo Bersani

(Partner)

This report has been translated from the original, which was issued in Italian, solely for the

convenience of international readers.