ANNEX IVActivities related to the categories of professional experience referred to in Articles 17, 18 and 19

List IMajor groups covered by Directive 64/427/EEC, as amended by Directive 69/77/EEC, and by Directives 68/366/EEC and 82/489/EEC

1Directive 64/427/EEC(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

2Directive 68/366/EEC(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

3Directive 82/489/EECISIC nomenclature

ex 855

hairdressing establishments (excluding chiropodists' activities and beauticians' training schools)

List IIMajor groups of Directives 75/368/EEC, 75/369/EEC and 82/470/EEC

1Directive 75/368/EEC (activities referred to in Article 5(1))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)

2Directive 75/369/EEC (Article 6: where the activity is regarded as being of an industrial or small craft nature)ISIC nomenclature

The following itinerant activities:

  1. (a)

    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.

  2. (b)

    activities covered by transitional measures already adopted that expressly exclude or do not mention the pursuit of such activities on an itinerant basis.

3Directive 82/470/EEC (Article 6(1) and (3))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:

    1. (aa)

      by concluding contracts with transport contractors, on behalf of principals

    2. (bb)

      by choosing the method of transport, the firm and the route considered most profitable for the principal

    3. (cc)

      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)

    4. (dd)

      by completing the formalities connected with the transport such as the drafting of way bills; by assembling and dispersing shipments

    5. (ee)

      by coordinating the various stages of transportation, by ensuring transit, reshipment, transshipment and other termination operations

    6. (ff)

      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)).

List IIIDirectives 64/222/EEC, 68/364/EEC, 68/368/EEC, 75/368/EEC, 75/369/EEC, 70/523/EEC and 82/470/EEC

1Directive 64/222/EEC(liberalisation Directives 64/223/EEC and 64/224/EEC)

  1. 1.

    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).

  2. 2.

    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.

  3. 3.

    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.

  4. 4.

    Professional activities of an intermediary who enters into commercial transactions in his own name on behalf of others.

  5. 5.

    Professional activities of an intermediary who carries out wholesale selling by auction on behalf of others.

  6. 6.

    Professional activities of an intermediary who goes from door to door seeking orders.

  7. 7.

    Provision of services, by way of professional activities, by an intermediary in the employment of one or more commercial, industrial or small craft undertakings.

2Directive 68/364/EEC(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

3Directive 68/368/EEC(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).

4Directive 75/368/EEC (Article 7)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:

  • Sporting activities (sports grounds, organising sporting fixtures, etc.), except the activities of sports instructors

  • Games (racing stables, areas for games, racecourses, etc.)

  • Other recreation services (circuses, amusement parks and other entertainment)

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:

  • Disinfecting and pest control

  • Hiring of clothes and storage facilities

  • Marriage bureaux and similar services

  • Astrology, fortune telling and the like

  • Sanitary services and associated activities

  • Undertaking and cemetery maintenance

  • Couriers and interpreter-guides

5Directive 75/369/EEC (Article 5)

The following itinerant activities:

  1. (a)

    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

  2. (b)

    activities covered by transitional measures already adopted that expressly exclude or do not mention the pursuit of such activities on an itinerant basis.

6Directive 70/523/EEC

Activities of self-employed persons in the wholesale coal trade and activities of intermediaries in the coal trade (ex Group 6112, ISIC nomenclature)

7Directive 82/470/EEC (Article 6(2))

(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.