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SECTION M. PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC

AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES

This section includes specialized professional,

scientific and technical activities. These activities
require a high degree of training, and make
specialized knowledge and skills available to users.

DIVISION 69. LEGAL AND ACCOUNTING

ACTIVITIES

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 statement and bookkeeping.

691 6910 69100 Legal activities K74110 6910 691

This class includes :

Legal representation of one party's interest againts

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

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Other activities of notaries public, civil law notaries,

bailiffs, arbitrators, examiners and referees.

This class excludes law court activities, see 8423.

692 6920 69200 Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax K74120 6920 692
consultancy

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 6311;

Management consultancy activities, such as design

of accounting systems, cost accounting
programmes, budgetary control procedures, see
7020;

Bill collection, see 8291.

DIVISION 70. ACTIVITIES OF HEAD

OFFICES; MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY
ACTIVITIES

This division includes the provision of advice and

assistance to businesses and other organizations on
management issues, such as strategic and
organizational 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.

701 7010 70100 Activities of head offices K74960 7010 701

This class includes the overseeing and managing of

other units of the company or enterprise; undertaking
the strategic or organizational planning and decision
making role of the company or enterprise. Units in
this class exercise operational control and manage
the day-to-day operations of their related units.

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This class also includes activities of head offices,

centralized administrative offices, corporate offices,
district and regional offices, subsidiary management
offices.

This class excludes activities of holding companies,

not engaged in managing, see 6420.

702 7020 70200 Management consultancy activities K74140 7020 702

This class includes the provision of advice, guidance

and operational assistance to businesses and other
organizations on management issues, such as
strategic and organizational planning; decision areas
that are financial in nature; marketing objectives and
policies; human resource policies, practices and
planning; production scheduling and control
planning.

This provision of business services may include

advice, guidance or operational assistance to
businesses and the public service regarding :

public relations and communication

lobbying activities

design of accounting methods or procedures, cost

accounting programmes, budgetary control
procedures

advice and help to business and public services in

planning, organization, efficiency and control,
management information etc.

This class excludes :

Design of computer software for accounting

systems, see 6201;

Legal advice and representation, see 6910;

Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities, tax

consulting, see 6920;

Architectural, engineering and other technical

advisory activities, see 7110, 7490;

Advertising activities, see 7310;

Market research and public opinion polling, see

7320;

Executive placement or search consulting services,

see 7810;

Educational consulting activities, see 8550.

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DIVISION 71. ARCHITECTURE AND
ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES; TECHNICAL
TESTING AND ANALYSIS

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.

711 7110 Architectural and engineering activities and related

technical consultancy

This class includes the provision of architectural

services, engineering services, drafting services,
building inspection services and surveying and
mapping services and the like.

This class includes :

Architectural consulting activities :

building design and drafting

town and the city planning and landscape

architecture

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 realization relative to

electrical and electronic engineering, mining
engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical,
industrial and systems engineering, safety
engineering

project management activities related to

construction

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

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hydrologic surveying activities

subsurface surveying activities

cartograhic and spatial information activities

This class also includes environmental engineering

activities such as: management and provision of anti-
pollution technologies covering wastewater treatment
or pollution control and solid and hazardous waste
management, etc.

This class excludes :

Test drilling in connection with mining operations,

see 0910,0990;

Development or publishing of associated software,

see 5820,6201;

Activities of computer consultants, see 6202,6209;

Technical testing, see 7120;

Research and development activities related to

engineering, see 7210;

Industrial design, see 7410;

Interior decorating, see 7410;

Aerial photograhy, see 7420.

71101 Environmental engineering activities K74211 part 7110 711

71102 Architectural and other engineering activities K74211 part 7110 711
71103 Land surveying services K74212 7110 711
71109 Other technical activities related to architectural and K74219 7110 711
engineering

712 7120 71200 Technical testing and analysis K74220 7120 712

This class includes the performance of physical,

chemical and other analytical testing of all types of
materials and products, including :

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 reliabilty testing

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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, pressurized 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 7500;

Medical laboratory testing, see 8690.

DIVISION 72. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT

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 knowldege, 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 7320.

721 7210 Research and experimental development on natural

sciences and engineering

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This class includes :

research and development on natural sciences

research and development on biotechnology

research and development on engineering and

technology

research and development on medical sciences

research and development on agricultural sciences

interdiciplinary research and development,

predominantly on natural sciences and engineering

72101 Research and experimental development in natural K73110 7210 721

sciences
72102 Research and experimental development in K73120 part 7210 721
engineering and technology
72103 Research and experimental development in health K73140 7210 721
sciences
72104 Research and experimental development in K73130 7210 721
agricultural sciences

722 7220 72200 Research and experimental development on social (K73220 7220 722
sciences and humanities (K73210

This class includes :

Research and development on social sciences

Research and development on humanities

Interdiciplinary research and development,

predominantly on social sciences and humanities

This class excludes market research, see 7320.

723 7230 72300 Research and experimental development in (K73300 7230 723
information technology (K73120
part
(K73900

This subclass includes R & D in :

Human interface technologies, which are largely

graphical in structure, facilitate communication
between computer systems and their users;
communication technologies which comprise the
information infrastructure for improving computer-to-
computer communication.

Systems support technologies which include

development of softwares programmed to carry out
specific tasks in a system.

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DIVISION 73. ADVERTISING AND MARKET
RESEARCH

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.

731 7310 Advertising

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,
media planning, and buying.

This class includes :

Creation and realization 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,

media representation, i,e, sale of time and space

for various media soliciting advertising

aerial advertising

distribution or delivery of advertising material or

samples

provision of advertising space on billboards etc.

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 5819;

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Production of commercial messages for radio,
television and film, see 5911;

Public-relations activities, see 7020;

Market research, see 7320;

Graphic design activities, see 7410;

Advertising photography, see 7420;

Convention and trade show organizers, see 8230;

Mailing activities, see 8219.

73101 Advertising agency, except billboard and outdoor K74301 7310 731
advertising
73102 Billboard and outdoor adverstising services K74302 7310 731
73103 Media representation K74303 7310 731
73104 Commercial art services K74304 7310 731
73109 Advertising services, n.e.c. K74309 7310 731

732 7320 73200 Market research and public opinion polling K74130 7320 732

This subclass includes :

Investigation into market potential, acceptance and

familiarity of products and buying habits of
consumers for the purpose of sales promotion and
development of new products, including statistical
analyses of the results.

Investigation into collective opinions of the public

about political, economic and social issues and
statistical analysis thereof.

DIVISION 74. OTHER PROFESSIONAL,

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES

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).

741 7410 Specialized design activities

This class includes :

Fashion design related to textiles, wearing apparel,

shoes, jewelry, furniture and other interior decoration
and other fashion goods as well as other personal or
household goods.

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Industrial design, i.e. creating and developing
designs and specifications that optimize the use,
value and appearance of products, including the
determination of the materials, construction,
mechanism, shape, colour and surface finishes of
the product, taking into consideration human
characteristics and needs, safety, market appeal and
efficiency in production, distribution, use and
maintenance.

Activities of graphic designers

Activities of interior decorators

This class excludes :

Design and programming of web pages, see 6201;

Architectural design, see 7110;

Engineering design, i.e. applying physical laws and

principles of engineering in the design of machines,
materials, instruments, structures, processes and
systems, see 7110.

Theatrical stage-set design, see 9000.

74101 Fashion design K74994 7410 741

74102 Interior decoration services other than those in class K74995 7410 741
4330

742 7420 Photographic activities

This class includes the commercial and consumer

photograph production such as :

digital photograph processing

portrait photography for passport, schools,

weddings, etc.

photography for commercial, 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 slides

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copying and restoring or transparency retouching
in connections 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 5912;

Cartographic and spatial information activities, see

7110.

74201 Digital photograph processing NEW 7420 742

(K74942
part
74202 Commercial and consumer photograph production K74941 7420 742
(except aerial photography)
74203 Photograph and motion pictures processing (not K74942 7420 742
related to motion pictures and TV industries)
74204 Film developing and printing and photograph K74944 7420 742
enlarging
74205 Aerial photography K74943 7420 742
74206 Microfilming activities K74945 7420 742
74207 Underwater photography K74946 7420 742
74209 Photographic activities, n.e.c. K74949 7420 742

749 7490 Other professional, scientific and technical activities,

n.e.c.

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 :

Translation and interpretation activities

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

Activities of quantity surveyors

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Weather forecasting activities

Security consulting

Agronomy consulting

Environmental consulting

Other technical consulting

Activities of consultants other than architecture,

engineering and management consultants

This class also includes :

Activities carried on 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

4510;

Online auction activities (retail), see 4791;

Activities of auctioning houses (retail), see 4799;

Activities of real estate brokers, see 6820;

Bookkeeping activities, see 6920;

Activities of management consultants, see 7020;

Activities of architecture and engineering

Engineering design activities, see 7110;

Industrial and machinery design activities, see 7110;

Display of advertisement and other advertising

design, see 7310;

Creation of stands and other display structures and

sites, see 7310;

Activities of convention and trade show

organizers,see 8230;

Activities of independent auctioneers, see 8299;

Administration of loyalty programmes, see 8299;

Consumer credit and debt counselling, see 8890;

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Activities of authors of scientific and technical books,

see 9000;

Activities of independent journalists, see 9000.

74901 Business brokerage activities K74992 7490 749

74902 Weather forecasting and meteorological services K74213 7490 749
74903 Translation and interpretation services K74999 part 7490 749
74904 Environmental consulting services K74999 part 7490 749
74909 Other professional, scientific and technical activities, K74999 part 7490 749
n.e.c.

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.

750 7500 75000 Veterinary activities N85200 7500 750

This class includes animal health care and control

activities for farm and pet animals.

This 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 auxillary

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 0162;

Sheep shearing, see 0162;

Herd testing services, droving services, agistment

services, poultry caponizing, see 0162;

Activities related to artificial insemination, see 0162;

Pet animal boarding activities without health care,

see 9609.

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