Level	Code	Description	Rulings	Reference to isic rev. 4	This item includes	This item also includes	This item excludes
1	M	PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES		M	This section includes specialised professional, scientific and technical activities. These activities require a high degree of training, and make specialised knowledge and skills available to users.
2	69	Legal and accounting activities		69	This division includes legal representation of one party's interest against another party, whether or not before courts or other judicial bodies by, or under supervision of, persons who are members of the bar, such as advice and representation in civil cases, advice and representation in criminal actions, advice and representation in connection with labour disputes.	It also includes preparation of legal documents such as articles of incorporation, partnership agreements or similar documents in connection with company formation, patents and copyrights, preparation of deeds, wills, trusts, etc. as well as other activities of notaries public, civil law notaries, bailiffs, arbitrators, examiners and referees. It also includes accounting and bookkeeping services such as auditing of accounting records, preparing financial statements and bookkeeping.
3	69.1	Legal activities		691
4	69.10	Legal activities		6910	This class includes: - legal representation of one party's interest against another party, whether or not before courts or other judicial bodies by, or under supervision of, persons who are members of the bar: • advice and representation in civil cases • advice and representation in criminal cases • advice and representation in connection with labour disputes - general counselling and advising, preparation of legal documents: • articles of incorporation, partnership agreements or similar documents in connection with company formation • patents and copyrights • preparation of deeds, wills, trusts etc. - other activities of notaries public, civil law notaries, bailiffs, arbitrators, examiners and referees		This class excludes: - law court activities, see 84.23
3	69.2	Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy		692
4	69.20	Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy		6920	This class includes: - recording of commercial transactions from businesses or others - preparation or auditing of financial accounts - examination of accounts and certification of their accuracy - preparation of personal and business income tax returns - advisory activities and representation on behalf of clients before tax authorities		This class excludes: - data-processing and tabulation activities, see 63.11 - management consultancy on accounting systems, budgetary control procedures, see 70.22 - bill collection, see 82.91
2	70	Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities		70	This division includes the provision of advice and assistance to businesses and other organisations on management issues, such as strategic and organisational planning; financial planning and budgeting; marketing objectives and policies; human resource policies, practices, and planning; production scheduling; and control planning.	It also includes the overseeing and managing of other units of the same company or enterprise, i.e. the activities of head offices.
3	70.1	Activities of head offices		701
4	70.10	Activities of head offices		7010	This class includes the overseeing and managing of other units of the company or enterprise; undertaking the strategic or organisational planning and decision making role of the company or enterprise; exercising operational control and managing the day-to-day operations of their related units. This class includes activities of: - head offices - centralised administrative offices - corporate offices - district and regional offices - subsidiary management offices		This class excludes: - activities of holding companies, not engaged in managing, see 64.20
3	70.2	Management consultancy activities		702
4	70.21	Public relations and communication activities		7020	This class includes the provision of advice, guidance and operational assistance, including lobbying activities, to businesses and other organisations on public relations and communication.		This class excludes: - advertising agencies and media representation services, see 73.1 - market research and public opinion polling, see 73.20
4	70.22	Business and other management consultancy activities		7020	This class includes the provision of advice, guidance and operational assistance to businesses and other organisations on management issues, such as corporate strategic and organisational planning, business process reengineering, change management, cost reduction and other financial issues; marketing objectives and policies; human resource policies, practices and planning; compensation and retirement strategies; production scheduling and control planning. This provision of business services may include advice, guidance or operational assistance to businesses and the public service regarding: - design of accounting methods or procedures, cost accounting programmes, budgetary control procedures - advice and help to businesses and public services in planning, organisation, efficiency and control, management information etc.		This class excludes: - design of computer software for accounting systems, see 62.01 - legal advice and representation, see 69.10 - accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities, tax consulting, see 69.20 - architectural and engineering advisory activities, see 71.11, 71.12 - environmental, agronomy, security and similar consulting activities, see 74.90 - executive placement or search consulting activities, see 78.10 - educational consulting activities, see 85.60
2	71	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis		71	This division includes the provision of architectural services, engineering services, drafting services, building inspection services and surveying and mapping services.	It also includes the performance of physical, chemical, and other analytical testing services.
3	71.1	Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy		711	This group includes the provision of architectural services, engineering services, drafting services, building inspection services and surveying and mapping services and the like.
4	71.11	Architectural activities		7110	This class includes: - architectural consulting activities: • building design and drafting • town and city planning and landscape architecture		This class excludes: - activities of computer consultants, see 62.02, 62.09 - interior decorating, see 74.10
4	71.12	Engineering activities and related technical consultancy	Construction (Supervision of…) Problem statement: Where in NACE Rev. 2 are "Ingenieurbüros für bautechnische Gesamtplanung" (engineering consultants for constructional overall planning)? In CPA 2002 there are sub-categories 74.20.40 ("integrated engineering services for turnkey projects") and 74.20.60 ("project management services related to construction and civil engineering works"). Solution: Conclusion of the NACE/CPA Task Force 13-15 November 2006. The activity is in NACE Rev. 2 class 71.12. For terminology, see CPA 2002. Decision date: 15.11.2006 Project management Problem statement: [From US] (39/40) The definitions exclude project management. What is the definition of project management? If a general contractor subcontracts out each of the steps in the project to different subs - their role, beyond oversight and responsibility for the entire project, is essentially project management. Can a better term be found to describe what I think is the intent of this exclusion - to be in the engineering area, it might need to have arrangement of financing, site selection, etc. beyond those things that are just related to the construction. Solution: Conclusion of the NACE/CPA Task Force 13-15 November 2006. “Project management activities related to construction” is classified in ISIC Rev. 4 class 7110 and accordingly in NACE Rev. 2 class 71.12. Decision date: 15.11.2006	7110	This class includes: - engineering design (i.e. applying physical laws and principles of engineering in the design of machines, materials, instruments, structures, processes and systems) and consulting activities for: • machinery, industrial processes and industrial plant • projects involving civil engineering, hydraulic engineering, traffic engineering • water management projects • projects elaboration and realisation relative to electrical and electronic engineering, mining engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical, industrial and systems engineering, safety engineering - elaboration of projects using air conditioning, refrigeration, sanitary and pollution control engineering, acoustical engineering etc. - geophysical, geologic and seismic surveying - geodetic surveying activities: • land and boundary surveying activities • hydrologic surveying activities • subsurface surveying activities • cartographic and spatial information activities		This class excludes: - test drilling in connection with mining operations, see 09.10, 09.90 - development or publishing of associated software, see 58.29, 62.01 - activities of computer consultants, see 62.02, 62.09 - technical testing, see 71.20 - research and development activities related to engineering, see 72.19 - industrial design, see 74.10 - aerial photography, see 74.20
3	71.2	Technical testing and analysis		712
4	71.20	Technical testing and analysis	Certification services Problem statement: Where are the following services, rendered by a unit, classified? - Services of certifying units which consist in caring out inspections, documentation analysis (which prove conformity with current standards) – concerning quality system standards and staff. - Services of certifying units which consist in comparing of materials used in production with documentation, in comparing of used materials with certificate etc. in order to give the quality certificate. - Services of certifying units which consist in caring out inspections, giving or withdrawing certificates in field of ecological agriculture production, collection of wild plants or parts of them. Solution: Even though it is recognised that there exists a great variety of certification activities, NACE Rev. 2 class 71.20 (technical testing and analysis) covers all aspects of this wide range of certification related activities. Ultimately the certification process is the same, no matter what is being certified. For that reason the certification activities referred to are and should stay classified to NACE Rev. 2 class 71.20 (technical testing and analysis), where they have always been classified. In terms of CPA 2008 the corresponding service is classified to subcategory 71.20.19 (other technical testing and analysis services). Decision date: 18.04.2008	7120	This class includes the performance of physical, chemical and other analytical testing of all types of materials and products, such as: • acoustics and vibration testing • testing of composition and purity of minerals etc. • testing activities in the field of food hygiene, including veterinary testing and control in relation to food production • testing of physical characteristics and performance of materials, such as strength, thickness, durability, radioactivity etc. • qualification and reliability testing • performance testing of complete machinery: motors, automobiles, electronic equipment etc. • radiographic testing of welds and joints • failure analysis • testing and measuring of environmental indicators: air and water pollution etc. - certification of products, including consumer goods, motor vehicles, aircraft, pressurised containers, nuclear plants etc. - periodic road-safety testing of motor vehicles - testing with use of models or mock-ups (e.g. of aircraft, ships, dams etc.) - operation of police laboratories		This class excludes: - testing of animal specimens, see 75.00 - diagnostic imaging, testing and analysis of medical and dental specimens, see 86
2	72	Scientific research and development		72	This division includes the activities of three types of research and development: 1) basic research: experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without particular application or use in view, 2) applied research: original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge, directed primarily towards a specific practical aim or objective and 3) experimental development: systematic work, drawing on existing knowledge gained from research and/or practical experience, directed to producing new materials, products and devices, to installing new processes, systems and services, and to improving substantially those already produced or installed. Research and experimental development activities in this division are subdivided into two categories: natural sciences and engineering; social sciences and the humanities.		This division excludes: - market research, see 73.20
3	72.1	Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering		721	This group comprises basic research, applied research, experimental development in natural sciences and engineering.
4	72.11	Research and experimental development on biotechnology		7210	This class includes research and experimental development on biotechnology: - DNA/RNA: genomics, pharmacogenomics, gene probes, genetic engineering, DNA/RNA sequencing/synthesis/amplification, gene expression profiling, and use of antisense technology - proteins and other molecules: sequencing/synthesis/engineering of proteins and peptides (including large molecule hormones); improved delivery methods for large molecule drugs; proteomics, protein isolation and purification, signalling, identification of cell receptors - cell and tissue culture and engineering: cell/tissue culture, tissue engineering (including tissue scaffolds and biomedical engineering), cellular fusion, vaccine/immune stimulants, embryo manipulation - process biotechnology techniques: fermentation using bioreactors, bioprocessing, bioleaching, biopulping, biobleaching, biodesulphurisation, bioremediation, biofiltration and phytoremediation - gene and RNA vectors: gene therapy, viral vectors - bioinformatics: construction of databases on genomes, protein sequences; modelling complex biological processes, including systems biology - nanobiotechnology: applies the tools and processes of nano/microfabrication to build devices for studying biosystems and applications in drug delivery, diagnostics etc.
4	72.19	Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering		7210	This class includes: - research and experimental development on natural science and engineering other than biotechnological research and experimental development: • research and development on natural sciences • research and development on engineering and technology • research and development on medical sciences • research and development on agricultural sciences • interdisciplinary research and development, predominantly on natural sciences and engineering
3	72.2	Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities		722
4	72.20	Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities		7220	This class includes: - research and development on social sciences - research and development on humanities - interdisciplinary research and development, predominantly on social sciences and humanities		This class excludes: - market research, see 73.20
2	73	Advertising and market research		73	This division includes the creation of advertising campaigns and placement of such advertising in periodicals, newspapers, radio and television, or other media as well as the design of display structures and sites.
3	73.1	Advertising		731
4	73.11	Advertising agencies	Media agencies Problem statement: Where is an agency rendering the following services classified? 1) Competitiveness analysis, including market and media analysis, 2) strategies, recommendations, 3) negotiation, including tactics planning and media buying and 4) client's satisfaction degree at tracking and control campaign, as well as closing up summary and invoicing campaigns. Solution: The activities could also be classified to NACE Rev. 2 class 73.20, but the emphasis is in NACE Rev. 2 class 73.11. Decision date: 01.07.2007	7310	This class includes the provision of a full range of advertising services (i.e., through in-house capabilities or subcontracting), including advice, creative services, production of advertising material, and buying. It includes: - creation and realisation of advertising campaigns: • creating and placing advertising in newspapers, periodicals, radio, television, the Internet and other media • creating and placing of outdoor advertising, e.g. billboards, panels, bulletins and frames, window dressing, showroom design, car and bus carding etc. • aerial advertising • distribution or delivery of advertising material or samples • creation of stands and other display structures and sites - conducting marketing campaigns and other advertising services aimed at attracting and retaining customers • promotion of products • point-of-sale marketing • direct mail advertising • marketing consulting		This class excludes: - publishing of advertising material, see 58.19 - production of commercial messages television and film, see 59.11 - production of commercial messages for radio, see 59.20 - market research, see 73.20 - advertising photography, see 74.20 - convention and trade show organisers, see 82.30 - mailing activities, see 82.19
4	73.12	Media representation		7310	This class includes - media representation, i.e. sale or re-sale of time and space for various media soliciting advertising		This class excludes: - sale of advertising time or space directly by owners of the time or space (publishers etc.), see the corresponding activity class - public-relations activities, see 70.21
3	73.2	Market research and public opinion polling		732
4	73.20	Market research and public opinion polling		7320	This class includes: - investigation into market potential, awareness, acceptance and familiarity of goods and services and buying habits of consumers for the purpose of sales promotion and development of new goods and services, including statistical analyses of the results - investigation into collective opinions of the public about political, economic and social issues and statistical analysis thereof
2	74	Other professional, scientific and technical activities		74	This division includes the provision of professional scientific and technical services (except legal and accounting activities; architecture and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis; management and management consultancy activities; research and development and advertising activities).
3	74.1	Specialised design activities		741
4	74.10	Specialised design activities		7410	This class includes: - fashion design related to textiles, wearing apparel, shoes, jewellery, furniture and other interior decoration and other fashion goods as well as other personal or household goods - industrial design, i.e. creating and developing designs and specifications that optimise the use, value and appearance of products, including the determination of the materials, mechanism, shape, colour and surface finishes of the product, taking into consideration human characteristics and needs, safety, market appeal in distribution, use and maintenance - activities of graphic designers - activities of interior decorators		This class excludes: - design and programming of web pages, see 62.01 - architectural design, see 71.11 - engineering design, i.e. applying physical laws and principles of engineering in the design of machines, materials, instruments, structures, processes and systems, see 71.12
3	74.2	Photographic activities		742
4	74.20	Photographic activities		7420	This class includes: - commercial and consumer photograph production: • portrait photography for passports, schools, weddings etc. • photography for commercials, publishers, fashion, real estate or tourism purposes • aerial photography • videotaping of events: weddings, meetings etc. - film processing: • developing, printing and enlarging from client-taken negatives or cine-films • film developing and photo printing laboratories • one hour photo shops (not part of camera stores) • mounting of slides • copying and restoring or transparency retouching in connection with photographs - activities of photojournalists	This class also includes: - microfilming of documents	This class excludes: - processing motion picture film related to the motion picture and television industries, see 59.12 - cartographic and spatial information activities, see 71.12 - operation of coin-operated (self-service) photo machines, see 96.09
3	74.3	Translation and interpretation activities		749
4	74.30	Translation and interpretation activities		7490
3	74.9	Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.		749
4	74.90	Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.		7490	This class includes a great variety of service activities generally delivered to commercial clients. It includes those activities for which more advanced professional, scientific and technical skill levels are required, but does not include ongoing, routine business functions that are generally of short duration. This class includes: - business brokerage activities, i.e. arranging for the purchase and sale of small and medium-sized businesses, including professional practices, but not including real estate brokerage - patent brokerage activities (arranging for the purchase and sale of patents) - appraisal activities other than for real estate and insurance (for antiques, jewellery, etc.) - bill auditing and freight rate information - weather forecasting activities - security consulting - agronomy consulting - environmental consulting - other technical consulting - activities of consultants other than architecture, engineering and management consultants - activities of quantity surveyors	This class also includes: - activities carried out by agents and agencies on behalf of individuals usually involving the obtaining of engagements in motion picture, theatrical production or other entertainment or sports attractions and the placement of books, plays, artworks, photographs etc., with publishers, producers etc.	This class excludes: - wholesale of used motor vehicles by auctioning, see 45.1 - online auction activities (retail), see 47.91 - activities of auctioning houses (retail), see 47.79 - activities of real estate brokers, see 68.31 - bookkeeping activities, see 69.20 - activities of management consultants, see 70.22 - activities of architecture and engineering consultants, see 71.1 - industrial and machinery design, see 71.12, 74.10 - veterinary testing and control in relation to food production, see 71.20 - display of advertisement and other advertising design, see 73.11 - creation of stands and other display structures and sites, see 73.11 - activities of convention and trade show organisers, see 82.30 - activities of independent auctioneers, see 82.99 - administration of loyalty programmes, see 82.99 - consumer credit and debt counselling, see 88.99
2	75	Veterinary activities		75	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.
3	75.0	Veterinary activities		750
4	75.00	Veterinary activities		7500	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	This class excludes: - farm animal boarding activities without health care, see 01.62 - sheep shearing, see 01.62 - herd testing services, droving services, agistment services, poultry caponising, see 01.62 - activities related to artificial insemination, see 01.62 - pet animal boarding activities without health care, see 96.09