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Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (Text with EEA relevance)
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(liberalisation Directive 64/429/EEC)
NICE nomenclature (corresponding to ISIC major groups 23 to 40)
Major group | 23 | Manufacture of textiles |
232 | Manufacturing and processing of textile materials on woollen machinery | |
233 | Manufacturing and processing of textile materials on cotton machinery | |
234 | Manufacturing and processing of textile materials on silk machinery | |
235 | Manufacturing and processing of textile materials on flax and hemp machinery | |
236 | Other textile fibre industries (jute, hard fibres, etc.), cordage | |
237 | Manufacture of knitted and crocheted goods | |
238 | Textile finishing | |
239 | Other textile industries | |
Major group | 24 | Manufacture of footwear, other wearing apparel and bedding |
241 | Machine manufacture of footwear (except from rubber or wood) | |
242 | Manufacture by hand and repair of footwear | |
243 | Manufacture of wearing apparel (except furs) | |
244 | Manufacture of mattresses and bedding | |
245 | Skin and fur industries | |
Major group | 25 | Manufactures of wood and cork, except manufacture of furniture |
251 | Sawing and industrial preparation of wood | |
252 | Manufacture of semi-finished wood products | |
253 | Series production of wooden building components including flooring | |
254 | Manufacture of wooden containers | |
255 | Manufacture of other wooden products (except furniture) | |
259 | Manufacture of straw, cork, basketware, wicker-work and rattan products; brush-making | |
Major group | 26 | 260 Manufacture of wooden furniture |
Major group | 27 | Manufacture of paper and paper products |
271 | Manufacture of pulp, paper and paperboard | |
272 | Processing of paper and paperboard, and manufacture of articles of pulp | |
Major group | 28 | 280 Printing, publishing and allied industries |
Major group | 29 | Leather industry |
291 | Tanneries and leather finishing plants | |
292 | Manufacture of leather products | |
ex major group | 30 | Manufacture of rubber and plastic products, man-made fibres and starch products |
301 | Processing of rubber and asbestos | |
302 | Processing of plastic materials | |
303 | Production of man-made fibres | |
ex major group | 31 | Chemical industry |
311 | Manufacture of chemical base materials and further processing of such materials | |
312 | Specialised manufacture of chemical products principally for industrial and agricultural purposes (including the manufacture for industrial use of fats and oils of vegetable or animal origin falling within ISIC group 312) | |
313 | Specialised manufacture of chemical products principally for domestic or office use [excluding the manufacture of medicinal and pharmaceutical products (ex ISIC group 319)] | |
Major group | 32 | 320 Petroleum industry |
Major group | 33 | Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products |
331 | Manufacture of structural clay products | |
332 | Manufacture of glass and glass products | |
333 | Manufacture of ceramic products, including refractory goods | |
334 | Manufacture of cement, lime and plaster | |
335 | Manufacture of structural material, in concrete, cement and plaster | |
339 | Stone working and manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products | |
Major group | 34 | Production and primary transformation of ferrous and non-ferrous metals |
341 | Iron and steel industry (as defined in the ECSC treaty, including integrated steelworks-owned coking plants) | |
342 | Manufacture of steel tubes | |
343 | Wire-drawing, cold-drawing, cold-rolling of strip, cold-forming | |
344 | Production and primary transformation of non-ferrous metals | |
345 | Ferrous and non-ferrous metal foundries | |
Major group | 35 | Manufacture of metal products (except machinery and transport equipment) |
351 | Forging, heavy stamping and heavy pressing | |
352 | Secondary transformation and surface-treatment | |
353 | Metal structures | |
354 | Boilermaking, manufacture of industrial hollow-ware | |
355 | Manufacture of tools and implements and finished articles of metal (except electrical equipment) | |
359 | Ancillary mechanical engineering activities | |
Major group | 36 | Manufacture of machinery other than electrical machinery |
361 | Manufacture of agricultural machinery and tractors | |
362 | Manufacture of office machinery | |
363 | Manufacture of metal-working and other machine-tools and fixtures and attachments for these and for other powered tools | |
364 | Manufacture of textile machinery and accessories, manufacture of sewing machines | |
365 | Manufacture of machinery and equipment for the food-manufacturing and beverage industries and for the chemical and allied industries | |
366 | Manufacture of plant and equipment for mines, iron and steel works foundries, and for the construction industry; manufacture of mechanical handling equipment | |
367 | Manufacture of transmission equipment | |
368 | Manufacture of machinery for other specific industrial purposes | |
369 | Manufacture of other non-electrical machinery and equipment | |
Major group | 37 | Electrical engineering |
371 | Manufacture of electric wiring and cables | |
372 | Manufacture of motors, generators, transformers, switchgear, and other similar equipment for the provision of electric power | |
373 | Manufacture of electrical equipment for direct commercial use | |
374 | Manufacture of telecommunications equipment, meters, other measuring appliances and electromedical equipment | |
375 | Manufacture of electronic equipment, radio and television receivers, audio equipment | |
376 | Manufacture of electric appliances for domestic use | |
377 | Manufacture of lamps and lighting equipment | |
378 | Manufacture of batteries and accumulators | |
379 | Repair, assembly, and specialist installation of electrical equipment | |
ex major group | 38 | Manufacture of transport equipment |
383 | Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts thereof | |
384 | Repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and cycles | |
385 | Manufacture of motorcycles, cycles and parts thereof | |
389 | Manufacture of transport equipment not elsewhere classified | |
Major group | 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries |
391 | Manufacture of precision instruments, and measuring and controlling instruments | |
392 | Manufacture of medico-surgical instruments and equipment and orthopaedic appliances (except orthopaedic footwear) | |
393 | Manufacture of photographic and optical equipment | |
394 | Manufacture and repair of watches and clocks | |
395 | Jewellery and precious metal manufacturing | |
396 | Manufacture and repair of musical instruments | |
397 | Manufacture of games, toys, sporting and athletic goods | |
399 | Other manufacturing industries | |
Major group | 40 | Construction |
400 | Construction (non-specialised); demolition | |
401 | Construction of buildings (dwellings or other) | |
402 | Civil engineering; building of roads, bridges, railways, etc. | |
403 | Installation work | |
404 | Decorating and finishing |
(liberalisation Directive 68/365/EEC)
NICE nomenclature
Major group | 20A | 200 Industries producing animal and vegetable fats and oils |
20B | Food manufacturing industries (excluding the beverage industry) | |
201 | Slaughtering, preparation and preserving of meat | |
202 | Milk and milk products industry | |
203 | Canning and preserving of fruits and vegetables | |
204 | Canning and preserving of fish and other sea foods | |
205 | Manufacture of grain mill products | |
206 | Manufacture of bakery products, including rusks and biscuits | |
207 | Sugar industry | |
208 | Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery | |
209 | Manufacture of miscellaneous food products | |
Major group | 21 | Beverage industry |
211 | Production of ethyl alcohol by fermentation, production of yeasts and spirits | |
212 | Production of wine and other unmalted alcoholic beverages | |
213 | Brewing and malting | |
214 | Soft drinks and carbonated water industries | |
ex 30 | Manufacture of rubber products, plastic materials, artificial and synthetic fibres and starch products | |
304 | Manufacture of starch products |
ISIC nomenclature
ex 855 | hairdressing establishments (excluding chiropodists' activities and beauticians' training schools) |
ISIC nomenclature
ex 04 | Fishing | |
043 | Inland water fishing | |
ex 38 | Manufacture of transport equipment | |
381 | Shipbuilding and repairing | |
382 | Manufacture of railroad equipment | |
386 | Manufacture of aircraft (including space equipment) | |
ex 71 | Activities allied to transport and activities other than transport coming under the following groups: | |
ex 711 | Sleeping- and dining-car services; maintenance of railway stock in repair sheds; cleaning of carriages | |
ex 712 | Maintenance of stock for urban, suburban and interurban passenger transport | |
ex 713 | Maintenance of stock for other passenger land transport (such as motor cars, coaches, taxis) | |
ex 714 | Operation and maintenance of services in support of road transport (such as roads, tunnels and toll-bridges, goods depots, car parks, bus and tram depots) | |
ex 716 | Activities allied to inland water transport (such as operation and maintenance of waterways, ports and other installations for inland water transport; tug and piloting services in ports, setting of buoys, loading and unloading of vessels and other similar activities, such as salvaging of vessels, towing and the operation of boathouses) | |
73 | Communications: postal services and telecommunications | |
ex 85 | Personal services | |
854 | Laundries and laundry services, dry-cleaning and dyeing | |
ex 856 | Photographic studios: portrait and commercial photography, except journalistic photographers | |
ex 859 | Personal services not elsewhere classified (only maintenance and cleaning of buildings or accommodation) |
ISIC nomenclature
The following itinerant activities:
the buying and selling of goods:
by itinerant tradesmen, hawkers or pedlars (ex ISIC Group 612)
in covered markets other than from permanently fixed installations and in open-air markets.
activities covered by transitional measures already adopted that expressly exclude or do not mention the pursuit of such activities on an itinerant basis.
Groups 718 and 720 of the ISIC nomenclature
The activities comprise in particular:
organising, offering for sale and selling, outright or on commission, single or collective items (transport, board, lodging, excursions, etc.) for a journey or stay, whatever the reasons for travelling (Article 2(B)(a))
acting as an intermediary between contractors for various methods of transport and persons who dispatch or receive goods, and carrying out related activities:
by concluding contracts with transport contractors, on behalf of principals
by choosing the method of transport, the firm and the route considered most profitable for the principal
by arranging the technical aspects of the transport operation (e.g. packing required for transportation); by carrying out various operations incidental to transport (e.g. ensuring ice supplies for refrigerated wagons)
by completing the formalities connected with the transport such as the drafting of way bills; by assembling and dispersing shipments
by coordinating the various stages of transportation, by ensuring transit, reshipment, transshipment and other termination operations
by arranging both freight and carriers and means of transport for persons dispatching goods or receiving them:
assessing transport costs and checking the detailed accounts
taking certain temporary or permanent measures in the name of and on behalf of a shipowner or sea transport carrier (with the port authorities, ship's chandlers, etc.).
(The activities listed under Article 2(A)(a), (b) and (d)).
(liberalisation Directives 64/223/EEC and 64/224/EEC)
Activities of self-employed persons in wholesale trade, with the exception of wholesale trade in medicinal and pharmaceutical products, in toxic products and pathogens and in coal (ex Group 611).
Professional activities of an intermediary who is empowered and instructed by one or more persons to negotiate or enter into commercial transactions in the name of and on behalf of those persons.
Professional activities of an intermediary who, while not being permanently so instructed, brings together persons wishing to contract directly with one another or arranges their commercial transactions or assists in the completion thereof.
Professional activities of an intermediary who enters into commercial transactions in his own name on behalf of others.
Professional activities of an intermediary who carries out wholesale selling by auction on behalf of others.
Professional activities of an intermediary who goes from door to door seeking orders.
Provision of services, by way of professional activities, by an intermediary in the employment of one or more commercial, industrial or small craft undertakings.
(liberalisation Directive 68/363/EEC)
ISIC ex Group 612: Retail trade
Activities excluded:
012 | Letting out for hire of farm machinery |
640 | Real estate, letting of property |
713 | Letting out for hire of automobiles, carriages and horses |
718 | Letting out for hire of railway carriages and wagons |
839 | Renting of machinery to commercial undertakings |
841 | Booking of cinema seats and renting of cinematograph films |
842 | Booking of theatre seats and renting of theatrical equipment |
843 | Letting out for hire of boats, bicycles, coin-operated machines for games of skill or chance |
853 | Letting of furnished rooms |
854 | Laundered linen hire |
859 | Garment hire |
(liberalisation Directive 68/367/EEC)
ISIC nomenclature
ISIC ex major Group 85
1. | Restaurants, cafes, taverns and other drinking and eating places (ISIC Group 852). |
2. | Hotels, rooming houses, camps and other lodging places (ISIC Group 853). |
All the activities in the Annex to Directive 75/368/EEC, except the activities listed in Article 5(1) of this Directive (List II, point 1, of this Annex).
ISIC nomenclature
ex 62 | Banks and other financial institutions | |
ex 620 | Patent buying and licensing companies | |
ex 71 | Transport | |
ex 713 | Road passenger transport, excluding transportation by means of motor vehicles | |
ex 719 | Transportation by pipelines of liquid hydrocarbons and other liquid chemical products | |
ex 82 | Community services | |
827 | Libraries, museums, botanical and zoological gardens | |
ex 84 | Recreation services | |
843 | Recreation services not elsewhere classified:
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ex 85 | Personal services | |
ex 851 | Domestic services | |
ex 855 | Beauty parlours and services of manicurists, excluding services of chiropodists and professional beauticians' and hairdressers' training schools | |
ex 859 | Personal services not elsewhere classified, except sports and paramedical masseurs and mountain guides, divided into the following groups:
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The following itinerant activities:
the buying and selling of goods:
by itinerant tradesmen, hawkers or pedlars (ex ISIC Group 612)
in covered markets other than from permanently fixed installations and in open-air markets
activities covered by transitional measures already adopted that expressly exclude or do not mention the pursuit of such activities on an itinerant basis.
Activities of self-employed persons in the wholesale coal trade and activities of intermediaries in the coal trade (ex Group 6112, ISIC nomenclature)
(Activities listed in Article 2(A)(c) and (e), (B)(b), (C) and (D))
These activities comprise in particular:
hiring railway cars or wagons for transporting persons or goods
acting as an intermediary in the sale, purchase or hiring of ships
arranging, negotiating and concluding contracts for the transport of emigrants
receiving all objects and goods deposited, on behalf of the depositor, whether under customs control or not, in warehouses, general stores, furniture depots, coldstores, silos, etc.
supplying the depositor with a receipt for the object or goods deposited
providing pens, feed and sales rings for livestock being temporarily accommodated while awaiting sale or while in transit to or from the market
carrying out inspection or technical valuation of motor vehicles
measuring, weighing and gauging goods.
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