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- Class 0210
Silviculture and other forestry activities
This class includes:
~ growing of standing timber: planting, replanting, transplanting, thinning and conserving of forests and timber tracts
~ growing of coppice, pulpwood and fire wood
~ operation of forest tree nurseries
These activities can be carried OUT in natural or planted forests.
- Class 0240
Support services to forestry
This class includes carrying OUT part of the forestry operation on a fee or contract basis.
This class includes:
~ forestry service activities:
~ forestry inventories
~ forest management consulting services
~ timber evaluation
~ forest fire fighting and protection
~ forest pest control
~ logging service activities:
~ transport of logs within the forest
- Class 3830
Materials recovery
This class includes:
~ processing of metal and non-metal waste and scrap and other articles into secondary raw materials, usually involving a mechanical or chemical transformation process
~ recovery of materials from waste streams in the form of:
~ separating and sorting recoverable materials from non-hazardous waste streams (i.e. garbage)
~ separating and sorting of commingled recoverable materials, such as paper, plastics, used beverage cans and metals, into distinct categories
Examples of the mechanical or chemical transformation processes that are undertaken are:
~ mechanical crushing of metal waste such as used cars, washing machines, bikes etc. with subsequent sorting and separation
~ dismantling of automobiles, computers, televisions and other equipment for materials recovery
~ mechanical reduction of large iron pieces such as railway wagons
~ shredding of metal waste, end-of-life vehicles etc.
~ other methods of mechanical treatment as cutting, pressing to reduce the volume
~ ship-breaking
~ reclaiming metals OUT of photographic waste, e.g. fixer solution or photographic films and paper
~ reclaiming of rubber such as used tires to produce secondary raw material
~ sorting and pelleting of plastics to produce secondary raw material for tubes, flower pots, pallets and the like
~ processing (cleaning, melting, grinding) of plastic or rubber waste to granulates
~ crushing, cleaning and sorting of glass
~ crushing, cleaning and sorting of other waste such as demolition waste to obtain secondary raw material
~ processing of used cooking oils and fats into secondary raw materials
~ processing of other food, beverage and tobacco waste and residual substances into secondary raw materials
- Class 4100
Construction of buildings
This class includes the construction of complete residential or non-residential buildings, on own account for sale or on a fee or contract basis. Outsourcing parts or even the whole construction process is possible. If only specialized parts of the construction process are carried OUT, the activity is classified in division 43.
This class includes:
~ construction of all types of residential buildings:
~ single-family houses
~ multi-family buildings, including high-rise buildings
~ construction of all types of non-residential buildings:
~ buildings for industrial production, e.g. factories, workshops, assembly plants etc.
~ hospitals, schools, office buildings
~ hotels, stores, shopping malls, restaurants
~ airport buildings
~ indoor sports facilities
~ parking garages, including underground parking garages
~ warehouses
~ religious buildings
~ assembly and erection of prefabricated constructions on the site
This class also includes:
~ remodeling or renovating existing residential structures
- Class 4921
Urban and suburban passenger land transport
This class includes:
~ land transport of passengers by urban or suburban transport systems. This may include different modes of land transport, such as by motorbus, tramway, streetcar, trolley bus, underground and elevated railways etc. The transport is carried OUT on scheduled routes normally following a fixed time schedule, entailing the picking up and setting down of passengers at normally fixed stops.
This class also includes:
~ town-to-airport or town-to-station lines
~ operation of funicular railways, aerial cableways etc. if part of urban or suburban transit systems
- Class 5310
Postal activities
This class includes the activities of postal services operating under a universal service obligation. The activities include use of the universal service infrastructure, including retail locations, sorting and processing facilities, and carrier routes to pickup and deliver the mail. The delivery can include letter-post, i.e. letters, postcards, printed papers (newspaper, periodicals, advertising items, etc.), small packets, goods or documents. Also included are other services necessary to support the universal service obligation.
This class includes:
~ pickup, sorting, transport and delivery (domestic or international) of letter-post and (mail-type) parcels and packages by postal services operating under a universal service obligation. One or more modes of transport may be involved and the activity may be carried OUT with either self-owned (private) transport or via public transport.
~ collection of letter-mail and parcels from public letter-boxes or from post offices
~ distribution and delivery of mail and parcels
- Class 5320
Courier activities
This class includes courier activities not operating under a universal service obligation.
This class includes:
~ pickup, sorting, transport and delivery (domestic or international) of letter-post and (mail-type) parcels and packages by firms not operating under a universal service obligation. One or more modes of transport may be involved and the activity may be carried OUT with either self-owned (private) transport or via public transport.
~ distribution and delivery of mail and parcels
This class also includes:
~ home delivery services
- Class 5610
Restaurants and mobile food service activities
This class includes the provision of food services to customers, whether they are served while seated or serve themselves from a display of items, whether they eat the prepared meals on the premises, take them OUT or have them delivered. This includes the preparation and serving of meals for immediate consumption from motorized vehicles or non-motorized carts.
This class includes activities of:
~ restaurants
~ cafeterias
~ fast-food restaurants
~ pizza delivery
~ take OUT,eating places
~ ice cream truck vendors
~ mobile food carts
~ food preparation in market stalls
This class also includes:
~ restaurant and bar activities connected to transportation, when carried OUT by separate units
- Class 6110
Wired telecommunications activities
This class includes:
~ operating, maintaining or providing access to facilities for the transmission of voice, data, text, sound and video using a wired telecommunications infrastructure, including:
~ operating and maintaining switching and transmission facilities to provide point-to-point communications via landlines, microwave or a combination of landlines and satellite linkups
~ operating of cable distribution systems (e.g. for distribution of data and television signals)
~ furnishing telegraph and other non-vocal communications using own facilities
The transmission facilities that carry OUT these activities, may be based on a single technology or a combination of technologies.
This class also includes:
~ purchasing access and network capacity from owners and operators of networks and providing telecommunications services using this capacity to businesses and households
~ provision of Internet access by the operator of the wired infrastructure
- Class 6419
Other monetary intermediation
This class includes the receiving of deposits and/or close substitutes for deposits and extending of credit or lending funds. The granting of credit can take a variety of forms, such as loans, mortgages, credit cards etc. These activities are generally carried OUT by monetary institutions other than central banks, such as:
~ banks
~ savings banks
~ credit unions
This class also includes:
~ postal giro and postal savings bank activities
~ credit granting for house purchase by specialized deposit-taking institutions
~ money order activities
- Class 7500
Veterinary activities
This class includes:
~ animal health care and control activities for farm animals
~ animal health care and control activities for pet animals
These activities are carried OUT by qualified veterinarians when working in veterinary hospitals as well as when visiting farms, kennels or homes, in own consulting and surgery rooms or elsewhere.
This class also includes:
~ activities of veterinary assistants or other auxiliary veterinary personnel
~ clinico-pathological and other diagnostic activities pertaining to animals
~ animal ambulance activities
- Class 8020
Security systems service activities
This class includes:
~ monitoring or remote monitoring of electronic security alarm systems, such as burglar and fire alarms, including their maintenance
~ installing, repairing, rebuilding, and adjusting mechanical or electronic locking devices, safes and security vaults
The units carrying OUT these activities may also engage in selling such security systems, mechanical or electronic locking devices, safes and security vaults.
- Class 8110
Combined facilities support activities
This class includes:
~ provision of a combination of support services within a client's facility, such as general interior cleaning, maintenance, trash disposal, guard and security, mail routing, reception, laundry and related services to support operations within facilities
Units classified here provide operating staff to carry OUT these support activities, but are not involved with or responsible for the core business or activities of the client.
- Class 8422
Defence activities
This class includes:
~ administration, supervision and operation of military defence affairs and land, sea, air and space defence forces such as:
~ combat forces of army, navy and air force
~ engineering, transport, communications, intelligence, material, personnel and other non-combat forces and commands
~ reserve and auxiliary forces of the defence establishment
~ military logistics (provision of equipment, structures, supplies etc.)
~ health activities for military personnel in the field
~ administration, operation and support of civil defence forces
~ support for the working OUT of contingency plans and the carrying OUT of exercises in which civilian institutions and populations are involved
~ administration of defence-related R&D policies and related funds
- Class 8610
Hospital activities
This class includes:
~ short- or long-term hospital activities, i.e. medical, diagnostic and treatment activities, of general hospitals (e.g. community and regional hospitals, hospitals of non-profit organizations, university hospitals, military-base and prison hospitals) and specialized hospitals (e.g. mental health and substance abuse hospitals, hospitals for infectious diseases, maternity hospitals, specialized sanatoriums)
The activities are chiefly directed to inpatients, are carried OUT under the direct supervision of medical doctors and include:
~ services of medical and paramedical staff
~ services of laboratory and technical facilities, including radiologic and anaesthesiologic services
~ emergency room services
~ provision of operating room services, pharmacy services, food and other hospital services
~ services of family planning centres providing medical treatment such as sterilization and termination of pregnancy, with accommodation
- Class 8620
Medical and dental practice activities
This class includes:
~ medical consultation and treatment in the field of general and specialized medicine by general practitioners and medical specialists and surgeons
~ dental practice activities of a general or specialized nature, e.g. dentistry, endodontic and pediatric dentistry; oral pathology
~ orthodontic activities
~ family planning centres providing medical treatment, such as sterilization and termination of pregnancy, without accommodation
These activities can be carried OUT in private practice, group practices and in hospital outpatient clinics, and in clinics such as those attached to firms, schools, homes for the aged, labour organizations and fraternal organizations, as well as in patients' homes.
This class also includes:
~ dental activities in operating rooms
~ private consultants' services to inpatients
- Class 8690
Other human health activities
This class includes:
~ activities for human health not performed by hospitals or by medical doctors or dentists:
~ activities of nurses, midwives, physiotherapists or other paramedical practitioners in the field of optometry, hydrotherapy, medical massage, occupational therapy, speech therapy, chiropody, homeopathy, chiropractice, acupuncture etc.
These activities may be carried OUT in health clinics such as those attached to firms, schools, homes for the aged, labour organizations and fraternal organizations and in residential health facilities other than hospitals, as well as in own consulting rooms, patients' homes or elsewhere. These activities do not involve medical treatment.
This class also includes:
~ activities of dental paramedical personnel such as dental therapists, school dental nurses and dental hygienists, who may work remote from, but are periodically supervised by, the dentist
~ activities of medical laboratories such as:
~ X-ray laboratories and other diagnostic imaging centres
~ blood analysis laboratories
~ activities of blood banks, sperm banks, transplant organ banks etc.
~ ambulance transport of patients by any mode of transport including airplanes. These services are often provided during a medical emergency.
- Class 8790
Other residential care activities
This class includes the provision of residential and personal care services for persons, except the elderly and disabled, who are unable to fully care for themselves or who do not desire to live independently.
This class includes:
~ activities provided on a round-the-clock basis directed to provide social assistance to children and special categories of persons with some limits on ability for self-care, but where medical treatment or education are not important elements:
~ orphanages
~ children's boarding homes and hostels
~ temporary homeless shelters
~ institutions that take care of unmarried mothers and their children
The activities may be carried OUT by public or private organizations.
This class also includes:
~ activities of:
~ halfway group homes for persons with social or personal problems
~ halfway homes for delinquents and offenders
~ disciplinary camps
- Class 8810
Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
This class includes:
~ social, counselling, welfare, referral and similar services which are aimed at the elderly and disabled in their homes or elsewhere and carried OUT by public or by private organizations, national or local self-help organizations and by specialists providing counselling services:
~ visiting of the elderly and disabled
~ day-care activities for the elderly or for handicapped adults
~ vocational rehabilitation and habilitation activities for disabled persons provided that the education component is limited
- Class 8890
Other social work activities without accommodation
This class includes:
~ social, counselling, welfare, refugee, referral and similar services which are delivered to individuals and families in their homes or elsewhere and carried OUT by public or by private organizations, disaster relief organizations and national or local self-help organizations and by specialists providing counselling services:
~ welfare and guidance activities for children and adolescents
~ adoption activities, activities for the prevention of cruelty to children and others
~ household budget counselling, marriage and family guidance, credit and debt counselling services
~ community and neighbourhood activities
~ activities for disaster victims, refugees, immigrants etc., including temporary or extended shelter for them
~ vocational rehabilitation and habilitation activities for unemployed persons provided that the education component is limited
~ eligibility determination in connection with welfare aid, rent supplements or food stamps
~ child day-care activities, including for handicapped children
~ day facilities for the homeless and other socially weak groups
~ charitable activities like fund-raising or other supporting activities aimed at social work
- Group 259
Manufacture of other fabricated metal products; metalworking service activities
This group includes general activities for the treatment of metal, such as forging or pressing, plating, coating, engraving, boring, polishing, welding etc., which are typically carried OUT on a fee or contract basis. This group also includes the manufacture of a variety of metal products, such as cutlery; metal hand tools and general hardware; cans and buckets; nails, bolts and nuts; metal household articles; metal fixtures; ships propellers and anchors; assembled railway track fixtures etc. for a variety of household and industrial uses.
- Group 821
Office administrative and support activities
This group includes the provision of a range of day-to-day office administrative services, such as financial planning, billing and record keeping, personnel and physical distribution and logistics for others on a contract or fee basis.
This group includes also support activities for others on a contract or fee basis, that are ongoing routine business support functions that businesses and organizations traditionally do for themselves.
Units classified in this group do not provide operating staff to carry OUT the complete operations of a business. Units engaged in one particular aspect of these activities are classified according to that particular activity.
- Division 02
Forestry and logging
This division includes the production of roundwood for the forest-based manufacturing industries (ISIC divisions 16 and 17) as well as the extraction and gathering of wild growing non-wood forest products. Besides the production of timber, forestry activities result in products that undergo little processing, such as fire wood, charcoal, wood chips and roundwood used in an unprocessed form (e.g. pit-props, pulpwood etc.). These activities can be carried OUT in natural or planted forests.
- Division 10
Manufacture of food products
This division includes the processing of the products of agriculture, forestry and fishing into food for humans or animals, and includes the production of various intermediate products that are not directly food products. The activity often generates associated products of greater or lesser value (for example, hides from slaughtering, or oilcake from oil production).
This division is organized by activities dealing with different kinds of products: meat, fish, fruit and vegetables, fats and oils, milk products, grain mill products, animal feeds and other food products. Production can be carried OUT for own account, as well as for third parties, as in custom slaughtering.
Some activities are considered manufacturing (for example, those performed in bakeries, pastry shops, and prepared meat shops etc. which sell their own production) even though there is retail sale of the products in the producers' own shop. However, where the processing is minimal and does not lead to a real transformation, the unit is classified to Wholesale and retail trade (section G).
Production of animal feeds from slaughter waste or by-products is classified in 1080, while processing food and beverage waste into secondary raw material is classified to 3830, and disposal of food and beverage waste in 3821.
- Division 75
Veterinary activities
This division includes the provision of animal health care and control activities for farm animals or pet animals. These activities are carried OUT by qualified veterinarians in veterinary hospitals as well as when visiting farms, kennels or homes, in own consulting and surgery rooms or elsewhere. It also includes animal ambulance activities.
- Division 17
Manufacture of paper and paper products
This division includes the manufacture of pulp, paper and converted paper products. The manufacture of these products is grouped together because they constitute a series of vertically connected processes. More than one activity is often carried OUT in a single unit. There are essentially three activities: The manufacture of pulp involves separating the cellulose fibers from other impurities in wood or used paper. The manufacture of paper involves matting these fibers into a sheet. Converted paper products are made from paper and other materials by various cutting and shaping techniques, including coating and laminating activities. The paper articles may be printed (e.g. wallpaper, gift wrap etc.), as long as the printing of information is not the main purpose.
The production of pulp, paper and paperboard in bulk is included in class 1701, while the remaining classes include the production of further-processed paper and paper products.
- Division 18
Printing and reproduction of recorded media
This division includes printing of products, such as newspapers, books, periodicals, business forms, greeting cards, and other materials, and associated support activities, such as bookbinding, plate-making services, and data imaging. The support activities included here are an integral part of the printing industry, and a product (a printing plate, a bound book, or a computer disk or file) that is an integral part of the printing industry is almost always provided by these operations.
Processes used in printing include a variety of methods for transferring an image from a plate, screen, or computer file to a medium, such as paper, plastics, metal, textile articles, or wood. The most prominent of these methods entails the transfer of the image from a plate or screen to the medium through lithographic, gravure, screen or flexographic printing. Often a computer file is used to directly ''drive'' the printing mechanism to create the image or electrostatic and other types of equipment (digital or non-impact printing).
Though printing and publishing can be carried OUT by the same unit (a newspaper, for example), it is less and less the case that these distinct activities are carried OUT in the same physical location.
This division also includes the reproduction of recorded media, such as compact discs, video recordings, software on discs or tapes, records etc.
This division excludes publishing activities (see section J).
- Division 42
Civil engineering
This division includes general construction for civil engineering objects. It includes new work, repair, additions and alterations, the erection of pre-fabricated structures on the site and also construction of temporary nature.
Included is the construction of heavy constructions such as motorways, streets, bridges, tunnels, railways, airfields, harbours and other water projects, irrigation systems, sewerage systems, industrial facilities, pipelines and electric lines, outdoor sports facilities, etc. This work can be carried OUT on own account or on a fee or contract basis. Portions of the work and sometimes even the whole practical work can be subcontracted OUT.
- Division 43
Specialized construction activities
This division includes specialized construction activities (special trades), i.e. the construction of parts of buildings and civil engineering works without responsibility for the entire project. These activities are usually specialized in one aspect common to different structures, requiring specialized skills or equipment, such as pile driving, foundation work, carcass work, concrete work, brick laying, stone setting, scaffolding, roof covering, etc. The erection of steel structures is included, provided that the parts are not produced by the same unit. Specialized construction activities are mostly carried OUT under subcontract, but especially in repair construction it is done directly for the owner of the property.
Also included are building finishing and building completion activities.
Included is the installation of all kind of utilities that make the construction function as such. These activities are usually performed at the site of the construction, although parts of the job may be carried OUT in a special shop. Included are activities such as plumbing, installation of heating and air-conditioning systems, antennas, alarm systems and other electrical work, sprinkler systems, elevators and escalators, etc. Also included are insulation work (water, heat, sound), sheet metal work, commercial refrigerating work, the installation of illumination and signalling systems for roads, railways, airports, harbours, etc. Also included is the repair of the same type as the above-mentioned activities.
Building completion activities encompass activities that contribute to the completion or finishing of a construction such as glazing, plastering, painting, floor and wall tiling or covering with other materials like parquet, carpets, wallpaper, etc., floor sanding, finish carpentry, acoustical work, cleaning of the exterior, etc. Also included is the repair of the same type as the above-mentioned activities.
The renting of construction equipment with operator is classified with the associated construction activity.
- Division 50
Water transport
This division includes the transport of passengers or freight over water, whether scheduled or not. Also included are the operation of towing or pushing boats, excursion, cruise or sightseeing boats, ferries, water taxis etc. Although the location is an indicator for the separation between sea and inland water transport, the deciding factor is the type of vessel used. All transport on sea-going vessels is classified in group 501, while transport using other vessels is classified in group 502.
This division excludes restaurant and bar activities on board ships (see class 5610, 5630), if carried OUT by separate units.
- Division 61
Telecommunications
This division includes the activities of providing telecommunications and related service activities, i.e. transmitting voice, data, text, sound and video. The transmission facilities that carry OUT these activities may be based on a single technology or a combination of technologies. The commonality of activities classified in this division is the transmission of content, without being involved in its creation. The breakdown in this division is based on the type of infrastructure operated.
In the case of transmission of television signals this may include the bundling of complete programming channels (produced in division 60) in to programme packages for distribution.
- Division 77
Rental and leasing activities
This division includes the renting and leasing of tangible and non-financial intangible assets, including a wide array of tangible goods, such as automobiles, computers, consumer goods and industrial machinery and equipment to customers in return for a periodic rental or lease payment. It is subdivided into: (1) the renting of motor vehicles, (2) the renting of recreational and sports equipment and personal and household equipment, (3) the leasing of other machinery and equipment of the kind often used for business operations, including other transport equipment and (4) the leasing of intellectual property products and similar products.
Only the provision of operating leases is included in this division.
This division excludes financial leasing activities (see class 6491), renting of real estate (see section L) and the renting of equipment with operator. The latter is classified according to the activities carried OUT with this equipment, e.g. construction (section F) or transportation (section H).
- Division 82
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
This division includes the provision of a range of day-to-day office administrative services, as well as ongoing routine business support functions for others, on a contract or fee basis.
This division also includes all support service activities typically provided to businesses not elsewhere classified.
Units classified in this division do not provide operating staff to carry OUT the complete operations of a business.
- Division 98
Undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of private households for own use
This division includes the undifferentiated subsistence goods-producing and services-producing activities of households.
Households should be classified here only if it is impossible to identify a primary activity for the subsistence activities of the household. If the household engages in market activities, it should be classified according to the primary market activity carried OUT.
- Section B
Mining and quarrying
This section includes the extraction of minerals occurring naturally as solids (coal and ores), liquids (petroleum) or gases (natural gas). Extraction can be achieved by different methods such as underground or surface mining, well operation, seabed mining etc.
This section also includes supplementary activities aimed at preparing the crude materials for marketing, for example, crushing, grinding, cleaning, drying, sorting, concentrating ores, liquefaction of natural gas and agglomeration of solid fuels. These operations are often carried OUT by the units that extracted the resource and/or others located nearby.
Mining activities are classified into divisions, groups and classes on the basis of the principal mineral produced. Divisions 05, 06 are concerned with mining and quarrying of fossil fuels (coal, lignite, petroleum, gas); divisions 07, 08 concern metal ores, various minerals and quarry products.
Some of the technical operations of this section, particularly related to the extraction of hydrocarbons, may also be carried OUT for third parties by specialized units as an industrial service, which is reflected in division 09.
This section excludes the processing of the extracted materials (see section C - Manufacturing), which also covers the bottling of natural spring and mineral waters at springs and wells (see class 1104) or the crushing, grinding or otherwise treating certain earths, rocks and minerals not carried OUT in conjunction with mining and quarrying (see class 2399). This section also excludes the usage of the extracted materials without a further transformation for construction purposes (see section F - Construction), the collection, purification and distribution of water (see class 3600), separate site preparation activities for mining (see class 4312) and geophysical, geologic and seismic surveying activities (see class 7110).
- Section C
Manufacturing
This section includes the physical or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products, although this cannot be used as the single universal criterion for defining manufacturing (see remark on processing of waste below). The materials, substances, or components transformed are raw materials that are products of agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining or quarrying as well as products of other manufacturing activities. Substantial alteration, renovation or reconstruction of goods is generally considered to be manufacturing.
Units engaged in manufacturing are often described as plants, factories or mills and characteristically use power-driven machines and materials-handling equipment. However, units that transform materials or substances into new products by hand or in the worker's home and those engaged in selling to the general public of products made on the same premises from which they are sold, such as bakeries and custom tailors, are also included in this section. Manufacturing units may process materials or may contract with other units to process their materials for them. Both types of units are included in manufacturing.
The output of a manufacturing process may be finished in the sense that it is ready for utilization or consumption, or it may be semi-finished in the sense that it is to become an input for further manufacturing. For example, the output of alumina refining is the input used in the primary production of aluminium; primary aluminium is the input to aluminium wire drawing; and aluminium wire is the input for the manufacture of fabricated wire products.
Manufacture of specialized components and parts of, and accessories and attachments to, machinery and equipment is, as a general rule, classified in the same class as the manufacture of the machinery and equipment for which the parts and accessories are intended. Manufacture of unspecialized components and parts of machinery and equipment, e.g. engines, pistons, electric motors, electrical assemblies, valves, gears, roller bearings, is classified in the appropriate class of manufacturing, without regard to the machinery and equipment in which these items may be included. However, making specialized components and accessories by moulding or extruding plastics materials is included in class 2220.
Assembly of the component parts of manufactured products is considered manufacturing. This includes the assembly of manufactured products from either self-produced or purchased components.
The recovery of waste, i.e. the processing of waste into secondary raw materials is classified in class 3830 (Materials recovery). While this may involve physical or chemical transformations, this is not considered to be a part of manufacturing. The primary purpose of these activities is considered to be the treatment or processing of waste and they are therefore classified in Section E (Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities). However, the manufacture of new final products (as opposed to secondary raw materials) is classified in manufacturing, even if these processes use waste as an input. For example, the production of silver from film waste is considered to be a manufacturing process.
Specialized maintenance and repair of industrial, commercial and similar machinery and equipment is, in general, classified in division 33 (Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment). However, the repair of computers and personal and household goods is classified in division 95 (Repair of computers and personal and household goods), while the repair of motor vehicles is classified in division 45 (Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles).
The installation of machinery and equipment, when carried OUT as a specialized activity, is classified in 3320.
Remark: The boundaries of manufacturing and the other sectors of the classification system can be somewhat blurry.
- Section E
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
This section includes activities related to the management (including collection, treatment and disposal) of various forms of waste, such as solid or non-solid industrial or household waste, as well as contaminated sites. The output of the waste or sewage treatment process can either be disposed of or become an input into other production processes. Activities of water supply are also grouped in this section, since they are often carried OUT in connection with, or by units also engaged in, the treatment of sewage.
- Section F
Construction
This section includes general construction and specialized construction activities for buildings and civil engineering works. It includes new work, repair, additions and alterations, the erection of prefabricated buildings or structures on the site and also construction of a temporary nature.
General construction is the construction of entire dwellings, office buildings, stores and other public and utility buildings, farm buildings etc., or the construction of civil engineering works such as motorways, streets, bridges, tunnels, railways, airfields, harbours and other water projects, irrigation systems, sewerage systems, industrial facilities, pipelines and electric lines, sports facilities etc.
This work can be carried OUT on own account or on a fee or contract basis. Portions of the work and sometimes even the whole practical work can be subcontracted OUT. A unit that carries the overall responsibility for a construction project is classified here.
Also included is the repair of buildings and engineering works.
This section includes the complete construction of buildings (division 41), the complete construction of civil engineering works (division 42), as well as specialized construction activities, if carried OUT only as a part of the construction process (division 43).
The renting of construction equipment with operator is classified with the specific construction activity carried OUT with this equipment.
This section also includes the development of building projects for buildings or civil engineering works by bringing together financial, technical and physical means to realize the construction projects for later sale. If these activities are carried OUT not for later sale of the construction projects, but for their operation (e.g. renting of space in these buildings, manufacturing activities in these plants), the unit would not be classified here, but according to its operational activity, i.e. real estate, manufacturing etc.
- Section G
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
This section includes wholesale and retail sale (i.e. sale without transformation) of any type of goods and the rendering of services incidental to the sale of these goods. Wholesaling and retailing are the final steps in the distribution of goods. Goods bought and sold are also referred to as merchandise.
Also included in this section are the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.
Sale without transformation is considered to include the usual operations (or manipulations) associated with trade, for example sorting, grading and assembling of goods, mixing (blending) of goods (for example sand), bottling (with or without preceding bottle cleaning), packing, breaking bulk and repacking for distribution in smaller lots, storage (whether or not frozen or chilled), cleaning and drying of agricultural products, cutting OUT of wood fibreboards or metal sheets as secondary activities.
Division 45 includes all activities related to the sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, while divisions 46 and 47 include all other sale activities. The distinction between division 46 (wholesale) and division 47 (retail sale) is based on the predominant type of customer.
Wholesale is the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional or professional users, or to other wholesalers, or involves acting as an agent or broker in buying goods for, or selling goods to, such persons or companies. The principal types of businesses included are merchant wholesalers, i.e. wholesalers who take title to the goods they sell, such as wholesale merchants or jobbers, industrial distributors, exporters, importers, and cooperative buying associations, sales branches and sales offices (but not retail stores) that are maintained by manufacturing or mining units apart from their plants or mines for the purpose of marketing their products and that do not merely take orders to be filled by direct shipments from the plants or mines. Also included are merchandise brokers, commission merchants and agents and assemblers, buyers and cooperative associations engaged in the marketing of farm products. Wholesalers frequently physically assemble, sort and grade goods in large lots, break bulk, repack and redistribute in smaller lots, for example pharmaceuticals; store, refrigerate, deliver and install goods, engage in sales promotion for their customers and label design.
Retailing is the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods mainly to the general public for personal or household consumption or utilization, by shops, department stores, stalls, mail-order houses, door-to-door sales persons, hawkers and peddlers, consumer cooperatives, auction houses etc. Most retailers take title to the goods they sell, but some act as agents for a principal and sell either on consignment or on a commission basis.
- Section L
Real estate activities
This section includes acting as lessors, agents and/or brokers in one or more of the following: selling or buying real estate, renting real estate, providing other real estate services such as appraising real estate or acting as real estate escrow agents. Activities in this section may be carried OUT on own or leased property and may be done on a fee or contract basis. Also included is the building of structures, combined with maintaining ownership or leasing of such structures.
This section includes real estate property managers.
- Section O
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
This section includes activities of a governmental nature, normally carried OUT by the public administration. This includes the enactment and judicial interpretation of laws and their pursuant regulation, as well as the administration of programmes based on them, legislative activities, taxation, national defence, public order and safety, immigration services, foreign affairs and the administration of government programmes. This section also includes compulsory social security activities.
The legal or institutional status is not, in itself, the determining factor for an activity to belong in this section, rather than the activity being of a nature specified in the previous paragraph. This means that activities classified elsewhere in ISIC do not fall under this section, even if carried OUT by public entities. For example, administration of the school system (i.e. regulations, checks, curricula) falls under this section, but teaching itself does not (see section P), and a prison or military hospital is classified to health (see section Q). Similarly, some activities described in this section may be carried OUT by non-government units.