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01 01.1 01.2 02 02.1 02.2 02.3 03 03.1 03.2 04 04.5 05 05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 05.5 05.6 Annex 2 Classiﬁcation of Individual Consumption according to Purpose (COICOP)-Extract COICOP: BREAKDOWN OF INDIVIDUAL CON- SUMPTION EXPENDITURE OF HOUSEHOLDS BY DIVISION AND GROUP FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEV- ERAGES FOOD NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, TOBACCO AND NARCOTICS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TOBACCO NARCOTICS CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR CLOTHING FOOTWEAR HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS ACTUAL RENTALS FOR HOUSING IMPUTED RENTALS FOR HOUSING 04.1 04.2 04.3 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE DWELLING 04.4 WATER SUPPLY AND MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES RELATING TO THE DWELLING ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS FURNISHINGS, HOUSEHOLD EQUIP- MENT AND ROUTINE HOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCE FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS, CAR- PETS AND OTHER FLOOR COVERINGS HOUSEHOLD TEXTILES HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES GLASSWARE, TABLEWARE AND HOUSEHOLD UTENSILS TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR HOUSE AND GARDEN GOODS AND SERVICES FOR ROUTINE HOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCE HEALTH 06 06.1 MEDICAL PRODUCTS, APPLIANCES 06.2 06.3 07 07.1 07.2 07.3 08 08.1 08.2 08.3 AND EQUIPMENT OUTPATIENT SERVICES HOSPITAL SERVICES TRANSPORT PURCHASE OF VEHICLES OPERATION OF PERSONAL TRANS- PORT EQUIPMENT TRANSPORT SERVICES COMMUNICATION POSTAL SERVICES TELEPHONE AND TELEFAX EQUIPMENT TELEPHONE AND TELEFAX SERVICES 09 09.1 09.2 09.3 09.4 09.5 09.6 10 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 11 11.1 11.2 12 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 RECREATION AND CULTURE AUDIO-VISUAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC AND INFORMATION
 PROCESSING EQUIP- MENT OTHER MAJOR DURABLES FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE OTHER RECREATIONAL ITEMS AND EQUIPMENT, GARDENS AND PETS RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL SER- VICES NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS AND STATION- ERY PACKAGE HOLIDAYS EDUCATION PRE-PRIMARY AND PRIMARY EDUCA- TION SECONDARY EDUCATION POST-SECONDARY NON-TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION EDUCATION NOT DEFINABLE BY LE- VEL RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS CATERING SERVICES ACCOMMODATION SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SER- VICES PERSONAL CARE PROSTITUTION PERSONAL EFFECTS N.E.C.
SOCIAL PROTECTION INSURANCE FINANCIAL SERVICES N.E.C.

OTHER SERVICES N.E.C.

COICOP: DEFINITION BY CLASS 01–12 INDIVIDUAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDI- TURE OF HOUSEHOLDS 01 FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 01.1 FOOD food products The food products classiﬁed here are those purchased for consumption at home.

The sold for group excludes: immediate consumption away from the home by hotels, restaurants, cafe´ s, bars, kiosks, street vendors, automatic vending machines, etc.
(11.1.1); cooked dishes prepared by restaurants for consumption oﬀ their premises (11.1.1); cooked dishes prepared by catering contractors whether collected by the customer or delivered to the customer’s home (11.1.1); and products sold speciﬁcally as pet foods (09.3.4).
01.1.1 Bread and cereals (ND) – Rice in all forms; – maize, wheat, barley, oats, rye and other cer- eals in the form of grain, ﬂour or meal; 465 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX MANUAL: THEORY AND PRACTICE – bread and other bakery products (crispbread, rusks, toasted bread, biscuits, gingerbread, wafers, waﬄes, crumpets, muﬃns, croissants, cakes, tarts, pies, quiches, pizzas, etc.
); – mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakery products; – pasta products in all forms; couscous; – cereal preparations (cornﬂakes, oatﬂakes, etc.)

and other cereal products (malt, malt ﬂour, malt extract, potato starch, tapioca, sago and other starches).

Includes: farinaceous-based products prepared with meat, ﬁsh, seafood, cheese, vegetables or fruit.

Excludes: meat pies (01.1.2); ﬁsh pies (01.1.3); sweetcorn (01.1.7).

Excludes: soups, broths and stocks containing ﬁsh and seafood (01.1.9).
01.1.4 Milk, cheese and eggs (ND) – Raw milk; pasteurized or sterilized milk; – condensed, evaporated or powdered milk; – yoghurt, cream, milk-based desserts, milk- based beverages and other similar milk- based products; – cheese and curd; – eggs and egg products made wholly from eggs.

Includes: milk, cream and yoghurt containing sugar, cocoa, fruit or ﬂavourings; dairy pro- ducts not based on milk such as soya milk.

Excludes: butter and butter products (01.1.5).


01.1.2 Meat (ND) – Fresh, chilled or frozen meat of: - bovine animals, swine, sheep and goat; - horse, mule, donkey, camel and the like; - poultry (chicken, duck, goose, turkey, guinea fowl); - hare, rabbit and game (antelope, deer, boar, pheasant, grouse, pigeon, quail, etc.

); – fresh, chilled or frozen edible oﬀal; – dried, salted or smoked meat and edible oﬀal (sausages, salami, bacon, ham, paˆ te´ , etc.
); – other preserved or processed meat and meat- (canned meat, meat based preparations extracts, meat juices, meat pies, etc.).

Includes: meat and edible oﬀal of marine mammals (seals, walruses, whales, etc.)

and exotic animals (kangaroo, ostrich, alligator, etc.

); animals and poultry purchased live for consumption as food.

Excludes: land and sea snails (01.1.3); lard and other edible animal fats (01.1.5); soups, broths and stocks containing meat (01.1.9).
Fish and seafood (ND) – Fresh, chilled or frozen ﬁsh; – fresh, chilled or frozen seafood (crustaceans, molluscs and other shellﬁsh, sea snails); – dried, smoked or salted ﬁsh and seafood; – other preserved or processed ﬁsh and sea- food and ﬁsh and seafood-based prepara- tions (canned ﬁsh and seafood, caviar and other hard roes, ﬁsh pies, etc.).

Includes: land crabs, land snails and frogs; ﬁsh and seafood purchased live for consumption as food.
01.1.3 01.1.5 Oils and fats (ND) – Butter and butter products (butter oil, ghee, etc.

); – margarine (including ‘‘diet’’ margarine) and other vegetable fats (including peanut but- ter); – edible oils (olive oil, corn oil, sunﬂower-seed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, groundnut oil, walnut oil, etc.

); – edible animal fats (lard, etc.).

Excludes: cod or halibut liver oil (06.1.1).


01.1.6 Fruit (ND) – Fresh, chilled or frozen fruit; – dried fruit, fruit peel, fruit kernels, nuts and edible seeds; – preserved fruit and fruit-based products.

Includes: melons and water melons.

Excludes: vegetables cultivated for their fruit such as aubergines, cucumbers and tomatoes (01.1.7); jams, marmalades, compotes, jellies, fruit pure´ es and pastes (01.1.8); parts of plants preserved in sugar (01.1.8); fruit juices and syrups (01.2.2).
01.1.7 Vegetables (ND) – Fresh, chilled, frozen or dried vegetables cultivated for their leaves or stalks (aspar- agus, broccoli, cauliﬂower, endives, fennel, spinach, etc.

), for their fruit (aubergines, cucumbers, peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes, etc.

), and for their roots (beetroots, carrots, onions, parsnips, radishes, turnips, etc.

); courgettes, green – fresh or chilled potatoes and other tuber cassava, (manioc, arrowroot, vegetables sweet potatoes, etc.
); Note: ND, SD, D and S denote non-durable goods, semi-durable goods, durable goods and services, respectively.

– preserved or processed vegetables and vege- table-based products; 466 CLASSIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONSUMPTION ACCORDING TO PURPOSE (COICOP) – products of tuber vegetables (ﬂours, meals, ﬂakes, pure´ es, chips and crisps) including frozen preparations such as chipped pota- toes.

Includes: olives; garlic; pulses; sweetcorn; sea fennel and other edible seaweed; mushrooms and other edible fungi.
starches Excludes: potato starch, tapioca, sago and other soups, broths and (01.1.1); stocks containing vegetables (01.1.9); culinary herbs (parsley, rosemary, thyme, etc.)

and spi- ces (pepper, pimento, ginger, etc.)

(01.1.9); vegetable juices (01.2.2).
Sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and confectionery (ND) – Cane or beet sugar, unreﬁned or reﬁned, powdered, crystallized or in lumps; – jams, marmalades, compotes, jellies, fruit pure´ es and pastes, natural and artiﬁcial honey, maple syrup, molasses and parts of plants preserved in sugar; – chocolate in bars or slabs, chewing gum, toﬀees, pastilles and other con- sweets, fectionery products; – cocoa-based foods and cocoa-based dessert preparations; – edible ice, ice cream and sorbet.
Includes: artiﬁcial sugar substitutes.

Excludes: cocoa and chocolate-based powder (01.2.1).

Food products n.e.c.

(ND) – Salt, spices (pepper, pimento, ginger, etc.

), culinary herbs (parsley, rosemary, thyme, etc.

), sauces, condiments, seasonings (mus- tard, mayonnaise, ketchup, soy sauce, etc.

), vinegar; – prepared baking powders, baker’s yeast, dessert preparations, soups, broths, stocks, culinary ingredients, etc.
; – homogenized baby food and dietary pre- parations irrespective of the composition.

01.1.8 01.1.9 Excludes: milk-based desserts (01.1.4); soya milk (01.1.4); substitutes (01.1.8); cocoa-based dessert preparations (01.1.8).

artiﬁcial sugar 01.2.1 Coﬀee, tea and cocoa (ND) – Coﬀee, whether or not decaﬀeinated, roasted or ground, including instant coﬀee; – tea, mate´ and other plant products for infusions; – cocoa, whether or not sweetened, and cho- colate-based powder.
Includes: cocoa-based beverage preparations; coﬀee and tea substitutes; extracts and essences of coﬀee and tea.

Excludes: chocolate in bars or slabs (01.1.8); cocoa-based food and cocoa-based dessert preparations (01.1.8).

01.2.2 Mineral waters, soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juices (ND) – Mineral or spring waters; all drinking water sold in containers; – soft drinks such as sodas, lemonades and colas; – fruit and vegetable juices; – syrups and concentrates for the preparation of beverages.
Excludes: non-alcoholic beverages which are generally alcoholic such as non-alcoholic beer (02.1).

02 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, TOBACCO AND NARCOTICS 02.1 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES The alcoholic beverages classiﬁed here are those purchased for consumption at home.

The group excludes alcoholic beverages sold for immediate consumption away from the home by hotels, restaurants, cafe´ s, bars, kiosks, street vendors, automatic vending machines, etc.

(11.1.1).
(11.1.1).

The beverages classiﬁed here include low- or non-alcoholic beverages which are generally alcoholic such as non-alcoholic beer.

02.1.1 Spirits (ND) – Eaux-de-vie, liqueurs and other spirits.

Includes: mead; aperitifs other than wine-based aperitifs (02.1.2).

01.2 NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES The non-alcoholic beverages classiﬁed here are those purchased for consumption at home.
The group excludes non-alcoholic beverages sold for immediate consumption away from the home by hotels, restaurants, cafe´ s, bars, street vendors, automatic vending kiosks, machines, etc.

(11.1.1).

02.1.2 Wine (ND) – Wine, cider and perry, including sake; – wine-based aperitifs, fortiﬁed wines, cham- pagne and other sparkling wines.

02.1.3 Beer (ND) – All kinds of beer such as ale, lager and porter.
467 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX MANUAL: THEORY AND PRACTICE Includes: low-alcoholic beer and non-alcoholic beer; shandy.

02.2 TOBACCO This group covers all purchases of tobacco by households, including purchases of tobacco in restaurants, cafe´ s, bars, service stations, etc.

02.2.0 Tobacco (ND) – Cigarettes; cigarette tobacco and cigarette papers; – cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco or snuﬀ.

Excludes: other smokers’ articles (12.3.2).


02.3 NARCOTICS 02.3.0 Narcotics (ND) – Marijuana, opium, cocaine and their deri- vatives; – other vegetable-based narcotics such as cola nuts, betel leaves and betel nuts; – other narcotics including chemicals and man-made drugs.

03 CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR 03.1 CLOTHING 03.1.1 Clothing materials (SD) – Clothing materials of natural ﬁbres, of man- made ﬁbres and of their mixtures.

Excludes: furnishing fabrics (05.2.0).


03.1.2 Garments (SD) – Garments for men, women, children (3 to 13 years) and infants (0 to 2 years), either ready-to-wear or made-to-measure, in all materials (including leather, furs, plastics and rubber), for everyday wear, for sport or for work: - capes, overcoats, raincoats, anoraks, par- trousers, waist- jackets, kas, blousons, coats, suits, costumes, dresses, skirts, etc.
; - shirts, blouses, pullovers, sweaters, cardi- gans, shorts, swimsuits, tracksuits, jogging suits, sweatshirts, T-shirts, leotards, etc.

; - vests, underpants, socks, stockings, tights, petticoats, brassie` res, knickers, slips, gir- dles, corsets, body stockings, etc.

; - pyjamas, nightshirts, nightdresses, house- coats, dressing gowns, bathrobes, etc.

; - baby clothes and babies’ booties made of fabric.
Excludes: articles of medical hosiery such as elasticated stockings (06.1.2); babies’ napkins (12.1.3).

468 03.1.3 Other articles of clothing and clothing acces- sories (SD) – Ties, handkerchiefs, scarves, squares, gloves, mittens, muﬀs, belts, braces, aprons, smocks, bibs, sleeve protectors, hats, caps, berets, bonnets, etc.

; – sewing threads, knitting yarns and acces- sories for making clothing such as buckles, buttons, press studs, zip fasteners, ribbons, laces, trimmings, etc.
Includes: gardening gloves and working gloves; crash helmets for motorcycles and bicycles.

Excludes: gloves and other articles made of rubber (05.6.1); pins, safety pins, sewing nee- dles, knitting needles, thimbles (05.6.1); pro- tective headgear for sports (09.3.2); other pro- tective gear for sports such as life jackets, boxing gloves, body padding, belts, supports, etc.
(12.1.3); watches, jewellery, cuﬀ links, tiepins (12.3.1); walking sticks and canes, umbrellas and para- sols, fans, keyrings (12.3.2).

(09.3.2); paper handkerchiefs 03.1.4 Cleaning, repair and hire of clothing (S) – Dry-cleaning, garments; laundering and dyeing of – darning, mending, repair and altering of garments; – hire of garments.

Includes: total value of the repair service (that is, both the cost of labour and the cost of materials are covered).

Excludes: materials, threads, accessories, etc.


purchased by households with the intention of undertaking the repairs themselves (03.1.1) or (03.1.3); repair of household linen and other household textiles (05.2.0); dry-cleaning, laun- dering, dyeing and hiring of household linen and other household textiles (05.6.2).
03.2 FOOTWEAR 03.2.1 Shoes and other footwear (SD) – All footwear for men, women, children (3 to 13 years) and infants (0 to 2 years) including sports footwear suitable for everyday or lei- sure wear (shoes for jogging, cross-training, tennis, basket ball, boating, etc.).

Includes: gaiters, leggings and similar articles; shoelaces; parts of footwear, such as heels, soles, etc., purchased by households with the intention of repairing footwear themselves.
Excludes: babies’ booties made of fabric (03.1.2); shoe-trees, shoehorns and polishes, creams articles (05.6.1); orthopaedic footwear (06.1.3); game- speciﬁc footwear (ski boots, football boots, golﬁng shoes and other such footwear ﬁtted shoe-cleaning other and CLASSIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONSUMPTION ACCORDING TO PURPOSE (COICOP) with ice-skates, rollers, spikes, studs, etc.)

(09.3.2); shin-guards, cricket pads and other such protective apparel for sport (09.3.2).
03.2.2 Repair and hire of footwear (S) – Repair of footwear; shoe-cleaning services; – hire of footwear.

Includes: total value of the repair service (that is, both the cost of labour and the cost of materials are covered).
Excludes: parts of footwear, such as heels, soles, etc., purchased by households with the intention of undertaking the repair themselves shoe- (03.2.1); polishes, creams and other cleaning articles (05.6.1); repair (09.3.2) or hire (09.4.1) of game-speciﬁc footwear (ski boots, football boots, golﬁng shoes and other such footwear ﬁtted with ice-skates, rollers, spikes, studs, etc.).

04.1.2 Other actual rentals (S) – Rentals actually paid for secondary resi- dences.
Excludes: accommodation services of holiday villages and holiday centres (11.2.0).

04.2 IMPUTED RENTALS FOR HOUSING For coverage see note to (04.1) above.

04.2.1 Imputed rentals of owner-occupiers (S) – Imputed rentals of owners occupying their main residence.

04.2.2 Other imputed rentals (S) – Imputed rentals for secondary residences; – imputed rentals of households paying a reduced rental or housed free.
04 HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS 04.3 04.1 ACTUAL RENTALS FOR HOUSING Rentals normally include payment for the use of the land on which the property stands, the dwelling occupied, the ﬁxtures and ﬁttings for heating, plumbing, lighting, etc., and, in the case of a dwelling let furnished, the furniture.

Rentals also include payment for the use of a garage to provide parking in connection with the dwelling.
The garage does not have to be physically contiguous to the dwelling; nor does it have to be leased from the same landlord.

Rentals do not include payment for the use of garages or parking spaces not providing parking in connection with the dwelling (07.2.4).
Nor do they include charges for water supply (04.4.1), refuse collection (04.4.2) and sewage collection (04.4.3); co-proprietor char- ges for caretaking, gardening, stairwell clean- ing, heating and lighting, maintenance of lifts and refuse disposal chutes, etc.

in multi-occu- pied buildings (04.4.4); charges for electricity (04.5.1) and gas (04.5.2); charges for heating and hot water supplied by district heating plants (04.5.5).
04.1.1 Actual rentals paid by tenants (S) – Rentals actually paid by tenants or sub- tenants occupying unfurnished or furnished premises as their main residence.

Includes: payments by households occupying a room in a hotel or boarding house as their main residence.

Excludes: accommodation services of educa- tional establishments and hostels (11.2.0) and elderly persons of (12.4.0).
retirement homes for MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE DWELLING Maintenance and repair of dwellings are distinguished by two features: ﬁrst, they are activities that have to be undertaken regularly in order to maintain the dwelling in good working order; second, they do not change the dwelling’s performance, capacity or expected service life.
There are two types of maintenance and repair of dwellings: those which are minor, such as interior decoration and repairs to ﬁt- tings, and which are commonly carried out by both tenants and owners; and those which are major, such as replastering walls or repairing roofs, and which are carried out by owners only.

Only expenditures which tenants and owner- occupiers incur on materials and services for minor maintenance and repair are part of individual consumption expenditure of house- holds.
Expenditures which owner-occupiers incur on materials and services for major maintenance and repair are not part of indivi- dual consumption expenditure of households.

Purchases of materials made by tenants or owner-occupiers with the intention of under- taking the maintenance or repair themselves should be shown under (04.3.1).
If tenants or owner-occupiers pay an enterprise to carry out the maintenance or repair, the total value of the service, including the costs of the materials used, should be shown under (04.3.2).
04.3.1 Materials for the maintenance and repair of the dwelling (ND) – Products and materials, such as paints and varnishes, renderings, wallpapers, fabric wall coverings, window panes, plaster, cement, 469 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX MANUAL: THEORY AND PRACTICE putty, wallpaper pastes, etc., purchased for minor maintenance and repair of the dwelling.

Includes: small plumbing items (pipes, taps, joints, etc.

), surfacing materials (ﬂoorboards, ceramic tiles, etc.)
and brushes and scrapers for paint, varnish and wallpaper.

Excludes: ﬁtted carpets and linoleum (05.1.2); hand tools, door ﬁttings, power sockets, wiring ﬂex and lamp bulbs (05.5.2); brooms, scrub- bing brushes, dusting brushes and cleaning products (05.6.1); products, materials and ﬁx- tures used for major maintenance and repair (intermediate consumption) or for extension and conversion of the dwelling (capital for- mation).
Services for the maintenance and repair of the dwelling (S) – Services of plumbers, electricians, carpen- ters, glaziers, painters, decorators, ﬂoor polishers, etc.

engaged for minor main- tenance and repair of the dwelling.

Includes: total value of the service (that is, both the cost of labour and the cost of materials are covered).
Excludes: separate purchases of materials made by households with the intention of undertaking the maintenance or repair them- selves (04.3.1); services engaged for major maintenance and repair (intermediate con- sumption) or for extension and conversion of the dwelling (capital formation).

04.3.2 04.4 WATER SUPPLY AND MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES RELATING TO THE DWELL- ING 04.4.1 Water supply (ND) – Water supply.

Includes: associated expenditure such as hire of meters, reading of meters, standing charges, etc.
Excludes: drinking water sold in bottles or containers (01.2.2); hot water or steam pur- chased from district heating plants (04.5.5).

05 04.4.2 Refuse collection (S) – Refuse collection and disposal.

04.4.3 Sewage collection (S) – Sewage collection and disposal.

04.4.4 Other services relating to the dwelling 05.1 05.1.1 n.e.c.

(S) – Co-proprietor charges for caretaking, gar- cleaning, heating and stairwell dening, 470 lighting, maintenance of chutes, disposal buildings; etc.
lifts and refuse in multi-occupied – security services; – snow removal and chimney sweeping.

Excludes: household services such as window cleaning, disinfecting, fumigation and pest extermination (05.6.2); bodyguards (12.7.0).

04.5 ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS 04.5.1 Electricity (ND) – Electricity.

Includes: associated expenditure such as hire of meters, reading of meters, standing charges, etc.

04.5.2 Gas (ND) – Town gas and natural gas; – liqueﬁed hydrocarbons (butane, propane, etc.).
Includes: associated expenditure such as hire of meters, reading of meters, storage containers, standing charges, etc.

04.5.3 Liquid fuels (ND) – Domestic heating and lighting oils.

04.5.4 Solid fuels (ND) – Coal, coke, briquettes, ﬁrewood, charcoal, peat and the like.

04.5.5 Heat energy (ND) – Hot water and steam purchased from district heating plants.

Includes: associated expenditure such as hire of meters, reading of meters, standing charges, etc.

; ice used for cooling and refrigeration purposes.
FURNISHINGS, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND ROUTINE HOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCE FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS, CARPETS AND OTHER FLOOR COVERINGS Furniture and furnishings (D) – Beds, sofas, couches, tables, chairs, cup- boards, chests of drawers and bookshelves; – lighting equipment such as ceiling lights, standard lamps, globe lights and bedside lamps; CLASSIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONSUMPTION ACCORDING TO PURPOSE (COICOP) – pictures, sculptures, engravings, tapestries and other art objects including reproduc- tions of works of art and other ornaments; – screens, folding partitions and other furni- ture and ﬁxtures.
Includes: delivery and installation when applicable; base mattresses, mattresses, tata- mis; bathroom cabinets; baby furniture such as cradles, high chairs and playpens; blinds; camping and garden furniture; mirrors, can- dleholders and candlesticks.
Excludes: bedding and sunshades (05.2.0); safes (05.3.1); ornamental glass and ceramic articles (05.4.0); clocks (12.3.1); wall thermometers and barometers (12.3.2); carrycots and pushchairs (12.3.2); works of art and antique furniture acquired primarily as stores of value (capital formation).

05.1.2 Carpets and other ﬂoor coverings (D) – Loose carpets, ﬁtted carpets, linoleum and other such ﬂoor coverings.

Includes: laying of ﬂoor coverings.


Excludes: bathroom mats, rush mats and (05.2.0); antique ﬂoor coverings doormats acquired primarily as stores of value (capital formation).

05.1.3 Repair of furniture, furnishings and ﬂoor cover- ings (S) – Repair of furniture, furnishings and ﬂoor coverings.
Includes: total value of the service (that is, both the cost of labour and the cost of materials are covered); restoration of works of art, antique furniture and antique ﬂoor coverings other than those acquired primarily as stores of value (capital formation).

Excludes: separate purchases of materials made by households with the intention of under- (05.1.1) or taking the (05.1.2); dry-cleaning of carpets (05.6.2).
themselves repair 05.2 HOUSEHOLD TEXTILES 05.2.0 Household textiles (SD) – Furnishing fabrics, curtain material, cur- tains, double curtains, awnings, door cur- tains and fabric blinds; – bedding such as futons, pillows, bolsters and hammocks; – bedlinen such as sheets, pillowcases, blan- travelling rugs, plaids, eiderdowns, kets, counterpanes and mosquito nets; – table linen and bathroom linen such as tablecloths, table napkins, towels and face cloths; – other household textiles such as shopping bags, laundry bags, shoe bags, covers for clothes and furniture, ﬂags, sunshades, etc.
; – repair of such articles.

Includes: cloth bought by the piece; oilcloth; bathroom mats, rush mats and doormats.

Excludes: fabric wall coverings (04.3.1); tap- estries (05.1.1); ﬂoor coverings such as carpets and ﬁtted carpets (05.1.2); electric blankets (05.3.2); covers for motor cars, motorcycles, etc.

(07.2.1); air mattresses and sleeping bags (09.3.2).
05.3 HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES 05.3.1 Major household appliances whether electric or not (D) – Refrigerators, freezers and fridge-freezers; – washing machines, dryers, drying cabinets, dishwashers, ironing and pressing machines; – cookers, spit roasters, hobs, ranges, ovens and microwave ovens; – air-conditioners, humidiﬁers, space heaters, water heaters, ventilators and extractor hoods; – vacuum cleaners, steam-cleaning machines, carpet shampooing machines and machines for scrubbing, waxing and polishing ﬂoors; – other major household appliances such as safes, sewing machines, knitting machines, water softeners, etc.
Includes: delivery and installation of appliances when applicable.

the Excludes: such appliances that are built into the structure of the building (capital forma- tion).

Small electric household appliances (SD) – Coﬀee mills, coﬀee-makers, juice extractors, can-openers, food mixers, deep fryers, meat grills, knives, toasters, ice cream makers, sorbet makers, yoghurt makers, hotplates, irons, kettles, fans, electric blankets, etc.
Excludes: small non-electric household articles and kitchen utensils (05.4.0); household scales (05.4.0); personal weighing machines and baby scales (12.1.3).

05.3.2 05.3.3 Repair of household appliances (S) – Repair of household appliances.

Includes: total value of the service (that is, both the cost of labour and the cost of materials are 471 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX MANUAL: THEORY AND PRACTICE covered); charges for the leasing or rental of major household appliances.
Excludes: separate purchases of materials made by households with the intention of under- taking the (05.3.1) or (05.3.2).
themselves repair 05.4 GLASSWARE, HOUSEHOLD UTENSILS TABLEWARE AND 05.4.0 Glassware, tableware and household utensils (SD) – Glassware, crystal ware, ceramic ware and china ware of the kind used for table, kitchen, bathroom, toilet, oﬃce and indoor decoration; – cutlery, ﬂatware and silverware; – non-electric kitchen utensils of all materials such as saucepans, stewpots, pressure coo- kers, frying pans, coﬀee mills, pure´ e makers, mincers, hotplates, household scales and other such mechanical devices; – non-electric household articles of all ma- terials such as containers for bread, coﬀee, spices, etc., waste bins, waste-paper baskets, laundry baskets, portable money boxes and strongboxes, towel rails, bottle racks, irons and ironing boards, letter boxes, feeding bottles, thermos ﬂasks and iceboxes; – repair of such articles.
Excludes: lighting equipment (05.1.1); electric household appliances (05.3.2); cardboard tableware (05.6.1); personal weigh- ing machines and baby scales (12.1.3); ashtrays (12.3.2).

(05.3.1) or 05.5 TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR HOUSE AND GARDEN 05.5.1 Major tools and equipment (D) – Motorized tools and equipment such as electric drills, saws, sanders and hedge cut- ters, garden tractors, lawnmowers, cultiva- tors, chainsaws and water pumps; – repair of such articles.
Includes: charges for the leasing or rental of do- it-yourself machinery and equipment.
Small tools and miscellaneous accessories (SD) – Hand tools such as saws, hammers, screw- drivers, wrenches, spanners, pliers, trimming knives, rasps and ﬁles; – garden tools such as wheelbarrows, watering cans, hoses, spades, shovels, rakes, forks, scythes, sickles and secateurs; – ladders and steps; – door ﬁttings (hinges, handles and locks), ﬁttings for radiators and ﬁreplaces, other metal articles for the house (curtain rails, 05.5.2 472 carpet rods, hooks, etc.)
or for the garden (chains, grids, stakes and hoop segments for fencing and bordering); – small electric accessories such as power sockets, switches, wiring ﬂex, electric bulbs, torches, ﬂash- ﬂuorescent lights, hand lamps, electric batteries for general use, bells and alarms; lighting tubes, – repair of such articles.
05.6 GOODS AND SERVICES FOR ROUTINE HOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCE 05.6.1 Non-durable household goods (ND) – Cleaning and maintenance products such as soaps, washing powders, washing liquids, scouring powders, detergents, disinfectant bleaches, softeners, conditioners, window- cleaning products, waxes, polishes, dyes, unblocking agents, disinfectants, insecti- cides, pesticides, fungicides and distilled water; – articles for cleaning such as brooms, scrub- bing brushes, dustpans and dust brushes, dusters, tea towels, ﬂoorcloths, household sponges, scourers, steel wool and chamois leathers; – paper products such as ﬁlters, tablecloths and table napkins, kitchen paper, vacuum cleaner bags and cardboard tableware, including aluminium foil and plastic bin liners; – other non-durable household articles such as matches, candles, lamp wicks, methylated spirits, clothes-pegs, clothes hangers, pins, safety pins, sewing needles, knitting needles, thimbles, nails, screws, nuts and bolts, tacks, washers, glues and adhesive for household use, string, twine and rubber gloves.
tapes Includes: polishes, creams and other shoe- cleaning articles; ﬁre extinguishers for house- holds.
transport equipment Excludes: brushes and scrapers for paint, var- nish and wallpaper (04.3.1); ﬁre extinguishers for (07.2.1); products speciﬁcally for the cleaning and maintenance of transport equipment such as paints, chrome cleaners, sealing compounds and bodywork polishes (07.2.1); horticultural products for the upkeep of ornamental gardens (09.3.3); paper handkerchiefs, toilet paper, toilet soaps, toilet sponges and other products for personal hygiene (12.1.3); cigarette, cigar and pipe lighters and lighter fuel (12.3.2).
05.6.2 Domestic services and household services (S) – Domestic services supplied by paid staﬀ employed in private service such as butlers, CLASSIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONSUMPTION ACCORDING TO PURPOSE (COICOP) cooks, maids, drivers, gardeners, govern- esses, secretaries, tutors and au pairs; – similar services, including babysitting and housework, supplied by enterprises or self- employed persons; – household services such as window cleaning, disinfecting, fumigation and pest extermi- nation; – dry-cleaning, laundering and dyeing of household linen, household textiles and carpets; – hire of carpets, household equipment and household linen.
furnishings, furniture, collection (04.4.3); Excludes: dry-cleaning, laundering and dyeing of garments (03.1.4); refuse collection (04.4.2); sewerage co-proprietor charges for caretaking, gardening, stairwell cleaning, heating and lighting, maintenance of lifts and refuse disposal chutes, etc.
in multi- occupied buildings (04.4.4); security services (04.4.4); snow removal and chimney sweeping (04.4.4); removal and storage services (07.3.6); services of wet-nurses, cre` ches, day-care centres and other child-minding facilities (12.4.0); bodyguards (12.7.0).

06 HEALTH 06.1 This division also includes health services purchased from school and university health centres.
MEDICAL PRODUCTS, APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT This group covers medicaments, prostheses, medical appliances and equipment and other health-related products purchased by indivi- duals or households, either with or without a prescription, usually from dispensing chemists, pharmacists or medical equipment suppliers.

They are intended for consumption or use outside a health facility or institution.
Such products supplied directly to outpatients by medical, dental and paramedical practitioners or to in-patients by hospitals and the like are included in outpatient services (06.2) or hospi- tal services (06.3).

06.1.1 Pharmaceutical products (ND) – Medicinal preparations, medicinal drugs, serums and vaccines, patent medicines, vitamins and minerals, cod liver oil and halibut liver oil, oral contraceptives.
Excludes: veterinary products (09.3.4); articles for personal hygiene such as medicinal soaps (12.1.3).

06.1.2 Other medical products (ND) – Clinical thermometers, adhesive and non- adhesive bandages, hypodermic syringes, ﬁrst-aid kits, hot-water bottles and ice bags, medical hosiery items such as elasticated stockings and knee supports, pregnancy tests, condoms and other mechanical con- traceptive devices.
06.1.3 Therapeutic appliances and equipment (D) – Corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses, hearing aids, glass eyes, artiﬁcial limbs and other prosthetic devices, orthopaedic braces and supports, orthopaedic footwear, surgical belts, trusses and supports, neck braces, medical massage equipment and health lamps, powered and unpowered wheelchairs and invalid carriages, ‘‘special’’ beds, crut- ches, electronic and other devices for mon- itoring blood pressure, etc.

; – repair of such articles.


Includes: dentures but not ﬁtting costs.

therapeutic Excludes: hire of equipment (06.2.3); protective goggles, belts and supports for sport (09.3.2); sunglasses not ﬁtted with corrective lenses (12.3.2).

06.2 OUTPATIENT SERVICES This group covers medical, dental and paramedical services delivered to outpatients by medical, dental and paramedical practi- tioners and auxiliaries.
The services may be in individual or group delivered at home, consulting facilities, dispensaries or the out- patient clinics of hospitals and the like.

Outpatient services include the medicaments, prostheses, medical appliances and equipment and other health-related products supplied directly to outpatients by medical, dental and paramedical practitioners and auxiliaries.

Medical, dental and paramedical services provided to in-patients by hospitals and the like are included in hospital services (06.3).
06.2.1 Medical services (S) – Consultations of physicians in general or specialist practice.

Includes: services of orthodontic specialists.

Excludes: services of medical analysis labora- tories and x-ray centres (06.2.3); services of practitioners of traditional medicine (06.2.3).

06.2.2 Dental services (S) – Services of dentists, oral hygienists and other dental auxiliaries.

Includes: ﬁtting costs of dentures.


Excludes: dentures (06.1.3); services of ortho- dontic specialists (06.2.1); services of medical analysis laboratories and x-ray centres (06.2.3).

473 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX MANUAL: THEORY AND PRACTICE 06.2.3 Paramedical services (S) – Services of medical analysis laboratories and x-ray centres; – services of freelance nurses and midwives; – services of freelance acupuncturists, chir- opractors, optometrists, physiotherapists, speech therapists, etc.
; – medically prescribed corrective-gymnastic therapy; – outpatient thermal bath or sea-water treat- ments; – ambulance services; – hire of therapeutic equipment.

Includes: services of practitioners of traditional medicine.

06.3 HOSPITAL SERVICES Hospitalization is deﬁned as occurring when a patient is accommodated in a hospital for the duration of the treatment.

Hospital day-care and home-based hospital treatment are inclu- ded, as are hospices for terminally ill persons.
This group covers the services of general and specialist hospitals, the services of medical centres, maternity centres, nursing homes and convalescent homes which chieﬂy provide in- patient health care, the services of institutions serving old people in which medical monitoring is an essential component and the services of rehabilitation centres providing in-patient health care and rehabilitative therapy where the objective is to treat the patient rather than to provide long-term support.
Hospitals are deﬁned as institutions which oﬀer in-patient care under direct supervision of qualiﬁed medical doctors.

Medical centres, maternity centres, nursing homes and con- valescent homes also provide in-patient care but their services are supervised and frequently delivered by staﬀ of lower qualiﬁcation than medical doctors.

This group does not cover the services of facilities, such as surgeries, clinics and dis- pensaries, devoted exclusively to outpatient care (06.2).
Nor does it include the services of retirement homes for elderly persons, institu- tions for disabled persons and rehabilitation centres providing primarily long-term support (12.4).
06.3.0 Hospital services (S) 07.2 – Hospital services comprise the provision of the following services to hospital in-patients: services: administration; accom- - basic modation; food and drink; supervision and care by non-specialist staﬀ (nursing auxiliaries); ﬁrst aid and resuscitation; ambulance transport; provision of medi- cines and other pharmaceutical products; 474 provision of therapeutic appliances and equipment; - medical services: services of physicians in general or specialist practice, of surgeons and of dentists; medical analyses and x- rays; paramedical services such as those of nurses, midwives, chiropractors, opto- metrists, physiotherapists, speech thera- pists, etc.
07 TRANSPORT 07.1 PURCHASE OF VEHICLES Purchases of recreational vehicles such as camper vans, caravans, trailers, aeroplanes and boats are covered by (09.2.1).

07.1.1 Motor cars (D) – Motor cars, passenger vans, station wagons, estate cars and the like with either two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive.

Excludes: vans (09.2.1); golf carts (09.2.1).

invalid carriages (06.1.3); camper 07.1.2 Motor cycles (D) – Motor cycles of all powered bicycles.

types, scooters and Includes: sidecars; snowmobiles.
Excludes: invalid carriages (06.1.3); golf carts (09.2.1).

07.1.3 Bicycles (D) – Bicycles and tricycles of all types.

Includes: rickshaws.

Excludes: toy bicycles and tricycles (09.3.1).

07.1.4 Animal-drawn vehicles (D) – Animal-drawn vehicles.

Includes: animals required to draw the vehicles and related equipment (yokes, collars, har- nesses, bridles, reins, etc.).

Excludes: horses and ponies, horse- or pony- drawn vehicles and related equipment pur- chased for recreational purposes (09.2.1).
OPERATION OF PERSONAL TRANS- PORT EQUIPMENT Purchases of spare parts, accessories or lubricants made by households with the inten- tion of undertaking the maintenance, repair or intervention themselves should be shown under (07.2.1) or (07.2.2).

If households pay an enterprise to carry out the maintenance, repair the service, the total value of or ﬁtting, CLASSIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONSUMPTION ACCORDING TO PURPOSE (COICOP) 07.2.1 07.2.2 including the costs of should be shown under (07.2.3).
the materials used, Spare parts and accessories for personal trans- port equipment (SD) – Tyres (new, used or retreaded), inner tubes, spark plugs, batteries, shock absorbers, ﬁl- ters, pumps and other spare parts or acces- sories for personal transport equipment.
for Includes: ﬁre transport extinguishers equipment; products speciﬁcally for the clean- ing and maintenance of transport equipment such as paints, chrome cleaners, sealing com- pounds and bodywork polishes; covers for motor cars, motorcycles, etc.

(03.1.3); non-speciﬁc products Excludes: crash helmets for motorcycles and bicycles for cleaning and maintenance such as distilled water, household sponges, chamois leathers, detergents, etc.
(05.6.1); charges for the ﬁtting of spare parts and accessories and for the painting, washing and polishing of bodywork (07.2.3); radio-telephones (08.2.0); car radios (09.1.1); baby seats for cars (12.3.2).

Fuels and lubricants for personal equipment (ND) – Petrol and other fuels such as diesel, liquid petroleum gas, alcohol and two-stroke mix- tures; transport – lubricants, brake and transmission ﬂuids, coolants and additives.
Includes: fuel for major tools and equipment covered under (05.5.1) and recreational veh- icles covered under (09.2.1).

Excludes: charges for oil changes and greasing (07.2.3).

07.2.3 Maintenance and repair of personal transport equipment (S) – Services purchased for the maintenance and repair of personal transport equipment such as ﬁtting of parts and accessories, wheel balancing, technical inspection, breakdown services, oil changes, greasing and washing.
Includes: total value of the service (that is, both the cost of labour and the cost of materials are covered).

Excludes: separate purchases of spare parts, accessories or lubricants made by households with the intention of undertaking the main- (07.2.1) or tenance or (07.2.2); roadworthiness tests (07.2.4).
themselves repair – toll facilities (bridges, tunnels, shuttle ferries, motorways) and parking meters; – driving lessons, driving tests and driving licences; – roadworthiness tests; – hire of personal transport equipment with- out drivers.

Excludes: hire of a car with driver (07.3.2); service charges for insurance in respect of personal transport equipment (12.5.4).

07.3 TRANSPORT SERVICES Purchases of transport services are generally classiﬁed by mode of transport.
When a ticket covers two or more modes of transport – for example, intra-urban bus and underground or inter-urban train and ferry – and the expendi- ture cannot be apportioned between them, then such purchases should be classiﬁed in (07.3.5).

Costs of meals, snacks, drinks, refreshments or accommodation services have to be included if covered by the fare and not separately priced.

If separately priced, these costs have to be classiﬁed in Division 11.
School transport services are included, but ambulance services are excluded (06.2.3).

07.3.1 Passenger transport by railway (S) – Transport of individuals and groups of per- sons and luggage by train, tram and under- ground.

Includes: transport of private vehicles.

Excludes: funicular transport (07.3.6).

07.3.2 Passenger transport by road (S) – Transport of individuals and groups of per- sons and luggage by bus, coach, taxi and hired car with driver.
07.3.3 Passenger transport by air (S) – Transport of individuals and groups of per- sons and luggage by aeroplane and heli- copter.

07.3.4 Passenger transport by sea and inland waterway (S) – Transport of individuals and groups of per- ferry, sons and luggage by ship, boat, hovercraft and hydrofoil.

Includes: transport of private vehicles.


07.2.4 Other services in respect of personal transport equipment (S) – Hire of garages or parking spaces not provid- ing parking in connection with the dwelling; – Transport of individuals and groups of per- sons and luggage by two or more modes of transport when the expenditure cannot be apportioned between them.

07.3.5 Combined passenger transport (S) 475 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX MANUAL: THEORY AND PRACTICE Includes: transport of private vehicles.
09 RECREATION AND CULTURE Excludes: package holidays (09.6.0).

07.3.6 Other purchased transport services (S) – Funicular, cable-car and chairlift transport; – removal and storage services; – services of porters and left-luggage and lug- gage-forwarding oﬃces; – travel agents’ commissions, if separately priced.

Excludes: cable-car and chairlift transport at ski resorts and holiday centres (09.4.1).
08 COMMUNICATION 08.1 POSTAL SERVICES 08.1.0 Postal services (S) – Payments for the delivery of letters, post- cards and parcels; – private mail and parcel delivery.

Includes: all purchases of new postage stamps, pre-franked postcards and aerogrammes.

Excludes: purchase of used or cancelled post- age stamps (09.3.1); ﬁnancial services of post oﬃces (12.6.2).
08.2 TELEPHONE AND TELEFAX EQUIP- MENT 08.2.0 Telephone and telefax equipment (D) – Purchases of telephones, radio-telephones, telephone-answering telefax machines, machines and telephone loudspeakers; 09.1.3 – repair of such equipment.

Excludes: facilities provided by personal (09.1.3).
telefax and telephone-answering computers 08.3 TELEPHONE AND TELEFAX SERVICES 08.3.0 Telephone and telefax services (S) 09.1 AUDIO-VISUAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC AND INFORMATION PROCESSING EQUIP- MENT 09.1.1 Equipment for the reception, recording and reproduction of sound and pictures (D) – Television sets, video cassette players and recorders, television aerials of all types; – radio sets, car radios, radio clocks, two-way radios, amateur radio receivers and trans- mitters; – gramophones, tape players and recorders, cassette players and recorders, CD-players, personal stereos, stereo systems and their constituent units (turntables, tuners, ampli- ﬁers, speakers, etc.
), microphones and ear- phones.

Excludes: video cameras, sound-recording cameras (09.1.2).

camcorders and 09.1.2 Photographic and cinematographic equipment and optical instruments (D) – Still cameras, movie cameras and sound- recording cameras, video cameras and cam- corders, ﬁlm and slide projectors, enlargers and ﬁlm processing equipment, accessories (screens, viewers, lenses, ﬂash attachments, ﬁlters, exposure meters, etc.

); – binoculars, microscopes, telescopes and compasses.
Information processing equipment (D) – Personal computers, visual display units, accessories and miscellaneous printers accompanying them; software packages such as operating systems, appli- cations, languages, etc.

; computer – calculators, including pocket calculators; – typewriters and word processors.

Includes: facilities provided by personal computers.
and telephone-answering telefax – Installation and subscription costs of per- sonal telephone equipment; – telephone calls from a private line or from a public line (public telephone box, post oﬃce telephone calls from hotels, cabin, etc.

); cafe´ s, restaurants and the like; – telegraphy, telex and telefax services; – information transmission services; Internet connection services; – hire of telephones, telefax machines, tele- phone-answering machines and telephone loudspeakers.
Includes: and radiotelex services.

radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy Excludes: pre-recorded diskettes and CD- ROMs containing books, dictionaries, ency- clopaedias, foreign language trainers, multi- media presentations, etc.

in the form of soft- ware (09.1.4); video game software (09.3.1); video game computers that plug into a televi- sion set (09.3.1); typewriter ribbons (09.5.4); toner and ink cartridges (09.5.4); slide rules (09.5.4).
09.1.4 Recording media (SD) – Records and compact discs; – pre-recorded tapes, cassettes, video cassettes, diskettes and CD-ROMs for tape recorders, 476 CLASSIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONSUMPTION ACCORDING TO PURPOSE (COICOP) cassette recorders, video recorders and per- sonal computers; – unrecorded tapes, cassettes, video cassettes, diskettes and CD-ROMs for tape recorders, cassette recorders, video recorders and per- sonal computers; – unexposed ﬁlms, cartridges and disks for photographic and cinematographic use.
encyclopaedias, Includes: pre-recorded tapes and compact discs of novels, plays, poetry, etc.

; pre-recorded dis- kettes and CD-ROMs containing books, dic- tionaries, foreign language trainers, multimedia presentations, etc.

in the form of software; photographic supplies such as paper and ﬂashbulbs; unexposed ﬁlm the price of which includes the cost of processing without separately identifying it.

languages, etc.
languages, etc.

Excludes: batteries (05.5.2); computer software packages such as operating systems, applica- tions, (09.1.3); video game software, video game cassettes and video game CD-ROMs (09.3.1); development of ﬁlms and printing of photographs (09.4.2).

09.1.5 Repair of audio-visual, photographic and infor- mation processing equipment (S) – Repair of audio-visual, photographic and information processing equipment.
Includes: total value of the service (that is, both the cost of labour and the cost of materials are covered).

Excludes: separate purchases of materials made by households with the intention of under- taking the repair themselves (09.1.1), (09.1.2) or (09.1.3).
09.2 OTHER MAJOR RECREATION AND CULTURE DURABLES FOR 09.2.1 Major durables for outdoor recreation (D) – Camper vans, caravans and trailers; – aeroplanes, microlight aircraft, hang-gliders and hot-air balloons; gliders, – boats, outboard motors, sails, rigging and superstructures; – horses and ponies, horse- or pony-drawn vehicles and related equipment (harnesses, bridles, reins, saddles, etc.
); – major items for games and sport such as canoes, kayaks, windsurﬁng boards, sea- diving equipment and golf carts.

Includes: ﬁtting out of boats, camper vans, caravans, etc.

Excludes: horses and ponies, horse- or pony- drawn vehicles and related equipment pur- chased for personal transport (07.1.4); inﬂa- table boats, rafts and swimming pools for children and the beach (09.3.2).
09.2.2 Musical instruments and major durables for indoor recreation (D) – Musical instruments of all sizes, including electronic musical such as pianos, organs, violins, guitars, drums, trumpets, clarinets, ﬂutes, recorders, har- monicas, etc.

; instruments, – billiard tables, ping-pong tables, pinball machines, gaming machines, etc.

Excludes: toys (09.3.1).


09.2.3 Maintenance and repair of other major durables for recreation and culture (S) – Maintenance and repair of other major durables for recreation and culture.

Includes: total value of the service (that is, both the cost of labour and the cost of materials are covered); laying up for winter of boats, camper vans, caravans, etc.

; hangar services for private planes; marina services for boats; veterinary and other services (stabling, feeding, farriery, etc.)
for horses and ponies purchased for recreational purposes.

Excludes: fuel for recreational vehicles (07.2.2); separate purchases of materials made by households with the intention of undertaking the maintenance or repair themselves (09.2.1) or (09.2.2); veterinary and other services for pets (09.3.5).
09.3 OTHER RECREATIONAL ITEMS AND EQUIPMENT, GARDENS AND PETS 09.3.1 Games, toys and hobbies (SD) – Card games, parlour games, chess sets and the like; – toys of all kinds including dolls, soft toys, toy cars and trains, toy bicycles and tricycles, toy construction sets, puzzles, plasticine, electronic games, masks, disguises, jokes, novelties, ﬁreworks and rockets, festoons and Christmas tree decorations; – stamp-collecting requisites (used or cancelled postage stamps, stamp albums, etc.
), other items for collections (coins, medals, miner- als, zoological and botanical specimens, etc.)

and other tools and articles n.e.c.

for hob- bies.

Includes: video-game software; video-game computers that plug into a television set; video- game cassettes and video-game CD-ROMs.

Excludes: collectors’ items falling into the category of works of art or antiques (05.1.1); unused postage stamps (08.1.0); Christmas trees (09.3.3); children’s scrapbooks (09.5.1).
477 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX MANUAL: THEORY AND PRACTICE 09.3.2 Equipment for sport, camping and open-air recreation (SD) – Gymnastic, physical education and sport equipment such as balls, shuttlecocks, nets, rackets, bats, skis, golf clubs, foils, sabres, poles, weights, discuses, javelins, dumb-bells, chest expanders and other body-building equipment; – parachutes and other sky-diving equipment; – ﬁrearms and ammunition for hunting, sport and personal protection; – ﬁshing rods and other equipment for ﬁshing; – equipment for beach and open-air games, such as bowls, croquet, frisbee, volleyball, and inﬂatable boats, rafts and swimming pools; such as – camping equipment tents and accessories, sleeping bags, backpacks, air mattresses and inﬂating pumps, camping stoves and barbecues; – repair of such articles.
Includes: game-speciﬁc footwear (ski boots, football boots, golﬁng shoes and other such footwear ﬁtted with ice-skates, rollers, spikes, studs, etc.

); protective headgear for sports; other protective gear for sports such as life jackets, boxing gloves, body padding, shin- guards, goggles, belts, supports, etc.

Excludes: crash helmets for motor cycles and bicycles (03.1.3); camping and garden furniture (05.1.1).
09.3.3 Gardens, plants and ﬂowers (ND) – Natural or artiﬁcial ﬂowers and foliage, plants, shrubs, bulbs, tubers, seeds, fertili- zers, composts, garden peat, turf for lawns, specially treated soils for ornamental gar- dens, horticultural preparations, pots and pot holders.

Includes: natural and artiﬁcial Christmas trees; delivery charges for ﬂowers and plants.
Excludes: gardening gloves (03.1.3); gardening services (04.4.4) or (05.6.2); gardening equip- ment (05.5.1); gardening tools (05.5.2); insec- ticides and pesticides for household use (05.6.1).

09.3.4 Pets and related products (ND) – Pets, pet foods, veterinary and grooming products for pets, collars, leashes, kennels, birdcages, ﬁsh tanks, cat litter, etc.

Excludes: horses and ponies (09.2.1); veterinary services (09.3.5).
(07.1.4) or 09.3.5 Veterinary and other services for pets (S) – Veterinary and other services for pets such as grooming, boarding, tattooing and training.

478 Excludes: veterinary and other services (sta- for horses and ponies bling, purchased for recreational purposes (09.2.3).

farriery, etc.)

09.4 RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL SER- VICES 09.4.1 Recreational and sporting services (S) – Services provided by: - sports stadiums, horse-racing courses, motor-racing circuits, velodromes, etc.
; - skating rinks, swimming pools, golf cour- ses, gymnasia, ﬁtness tennis courts, squash courts and bowling alleys; centres, - fairgrounds and amusement parks; - roundabouts, see-saws and other play- ground facilities for children; - pin-ball machines and other games for adults other than games of chance; - ski slopes, ski lifts and the like; – hire of equipment and accessories for sport and recreation, such as aeroplanes, boats, horses, skiing and camping equip- ment; – out-of-school individual or group lessons in chess, aerobics, dancing, music, bridge, skating, skiing, swimming or other pastimes; – services of mountain guides, tour guides, etc.
; – navigational aid services for boating.

Includes: hire of game-speciﬁc footwear (ski boots, football boots, golﬁng shoes and other such footwear ﬁtted with ice-skates, rollers, spikes, studs, etc.).

Excludes: cable-car and chairlift transport not at ski resorts or holiday centres (07.3.6).
09.4.2 Cultural services (S) – Services provided by: - cinemas, theatres, opera houses, concert halls, music halls, circuses, sound and light shows; - museums, libraries, art galleries, exhibi- tions; - historic monuments, national parks, zo- ological and botanical gardens, aquaria; – hire of equipment and accessories for cul- ture, such as television sets, video cassettes, etc.
; – television and radio broadcasting, in partic- ular licence fees for television equipment and subscriptions to television networks; – services of photographers developing, print processing, portrait graphy, etc.

photography, wedding such as ﬁlm enlarging, photo- CLASSIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONSUMPTION ACCORDING TO PURPOSE (COICOP) Includes: services of musicians, clowns, per- formers for private entertainments.
09.4.3 Games of chance (S) – Service charges for lotteries, bookmakers, totalizators, casinos and other gambling establishments, gaming machines, bingo halls, scratch cards, sweepstakes, etc.

(Ser- vice charge is deﬁned as the diﬀerence between the amounts paid for lottery tickets or placed in bets and the amounts paid out to winners.)

09.5 NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS AND STATION- ERY 09.5.1 Books (SD) – Books, including atlases, dictionaries, ency- and guidebooks textbooks, clopaedias, musical scores.
Includes: scrapbooks and albums for children; bookbinding.

Excludes: pre-recorded tapes and compact discs of novels, plays, poetry, etc.

(09.1.4); pre- recorded diskettes and CD-ROMs containing foreign books, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, language trainers, etc.

in the form of software (09.1.4); stamp albums (09.3.1).

09.5.2 Newspapers and periodicals (ND) – Newspapers, magazines and other periodi- cals.
09.5.3 Miscellaneous printed matter (ND) – Catalogues and advertising material; – posters, plain or picture postcards, calen- dars; – greeting cards and visiting cards, announce- ment and message cards; – maps and globes.

Excludes: pre-franked postcards and aero- grammes (08.1.0); stamp albums (09.3.1).

09.5.4 Stationery and drawing materials (ND) – Writing pads, envelopes, account books, notebooks, diaries, etc.
; – pens, pencils, fountain pens, ballpoint pens, felt-tip pens, inks, erasers, pencil sharpeners, etc.

; – stencils, carbon paper, typewriter ribbons, inking pads, correcting ﬂuids, etc.

; – paper punches, paper cutters, paper scissors, oﬃce glues and adhesives, staplers and sta- ples, paper clips, drawing pins, etc.

; – drawing and painting materials such as can- vas, paper, card, paints, crayons, pastels and brushes.
Includes: toner and ink cartridges; educational materials such as exercise books, slide rules, geometry instruments, slates, chalks and pencil boxes.

Excludes: pocket calculators (09.1.3).

09.6 PACKAGE HOLIDAYS 09.6.0 Package holidays (S) – All-inclusive holidays or tours which provide for travel, food, accommodation, guides, etc.

Includes: half-day and one-day excursion tours; pilgrimages.

10 EDUCATION This division covers educational services only.
It does not include expenditures on edu- cational materials, such as books (09.5.1) and stationery (09.5.4), or education support ser- vices, such as health-care services (06), trans- port services (07.3), catering services (11.1.2) and accommodation services (11.2.0).

It includes education by radio or television broadcasting.
The breakdown of educational services is based upon the level categories of the 1997 International Standard Classiﬁcation of Edu- the United Nations cation (ISCED-97) of Educational, Scientiﬁc and Cultural Organiz- ation (UNESCO).

10.1 PRE-PRIMARY AND PRIMARY EDUCA- TION 10.1.0 Pre-primary and primary education (S) – Levels 0 and 1 of ISCED-97: pre-primary and primary education.

Includes: literacy programmes for students too old for primary school.
10.2 SECONDARY EDUCATION 10.2.0 Secondary education (S) – Levels 2 and 3 of ISCED-97: lower-second- ary and upper-secondary education.

Includes: out-of-school secondary education for adults and young people.

10.3 POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION NON-TERTIARY 10.3.0 Post-secondary non-tertiary education (S) – Level 4 of ISCED-97: post-secondary non- tertiary education.

479 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX MANUAL: THEORY AND PRACTICE Includes: out-of-school post-secondary non- tertiary education for adults and young people.
10.4 TERTIARY EDUCATION 10.4.0 Tertiary education (S) versities and other educational establish- ments.

Includes: university refectories, military messes and wardrooms.

Excludes: food and drink provided to hospital in-patients (06.3.0).

– Levels 5 and 6 of ISCED-97: ﬁrst stage and second stage of tertiary education.
11.2 ACCOMMODATION SERVICES 10.5 EDUCATION NOT DEFINABLE LEVEL BY 11.2.0 Accommodation services (S) – Accommodation services of: 10.5.0 Education not deﬁnable by level (S) – Educational programmes, for adults, which do not require any special prior instruction, in particular vocational training and cultural development.

generally Excludes: driving lessons (07.2.4); recreational training courses such as sport or bridge lessons given by independent teachers (09.4.1).
- hotels, boarding houses, motels, inns and establishments oﬀering ‘‘bed and break- fast’’; - holiday villages and holiday centres, camping and caravan sites, youth hostels and mountain chalets; - boarding schools, universities and other educational establishments; - public transport (trains, boats, etc.)

when priced separately; - hostels for young workers or immigrants.

11 RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS Includes: tips, porters.


11.1 CATERING SERVICES 11.1.1 Restaurants, cafe´ s and the like (S) – Catering services (meals, snacks, drinks and refreshments) provided by restaurants, cafe´ s, buﬀets, bars, tearooms, etc., including those provided: - in places providing recreational, cultural, sporting or entertainment services: theatres, cinemas, sports stadiums, swimming pools, sports complexes, museums, art galleries, nightclubs, dancing establishments, etc.
; - on public transport (coaches, trains, boats, aeroplanes, etc.)
when priced separately; – also included are: - the sale of food products and beverages for immediate consumption by kiosks, street vendors and the like, including food products and beverages dispensed ready for consumption by automatic vending machines; - the sale of cooked dishes by restaurants for consumption oﬀ their premises; - the sale of cooked dishes by catering contractors whether collected by the cus- tomer or delivered to the customer’s home.

Includes: tips.

Excludes: phone calls (08.3.0).
tobacco purchases (02.2.0); tele- 11.1.2 Canteens (S) – Catering services of works canteens, oﬃce in schools, uni- canteens and canteens 480 Excludes: payments of households occupying a room in a hotel or boarding house as their rentals paid by (04.1.1); main residence households for a secondary residence for the duration of a holiday (04.1.2); telephone calls (08.3.0); catering services in such establish- ments except for breakfast or other meals included in the price of the accommodation (11.1.1); housing in orphanages, homes for disabled or maladjusted persons (12.4.0).
12 MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SERVICES 12.1 PERSONAL CARE 12.1.1 Hairdressing salons and personal grooming establishments (S) – Services of hairdressing salons, barbers, beauty shops, manicures, pedicures, Turkish baths, saunas, solariums, non-medical mas- sages, etc.

Includes: bodycare, depilation and the like.

Excludes: spas (06.2.3) or (06.3.0); ﬁtness cen- tres (09.4.1).
12.1.2 Electric appliances for personal care (SD) – Electric razors and hair trimmers, hand-held and hood hairdryers, curling tongs and sty- ling combs, sunlamps, vibrators, electric toothbrushes and other electric appliances for dental hygiene, etc.

; – repair of such appliances.


12.1.3 Other appliances, articles and products for per- – articles for smokers: pipes, lighters, ciga- CLASSIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONSUMPTION ACCORDING TO PURPOSE (COICOP) sonal care (ND) – Non-electric appliances: razors and hair trimmers and blades therefor, scissors, nail ﬁles, combs, shaving brushes, hairbrushes, toothbrushes, nail brushes, hairpins, curlers, personal weighing machines, baby scales, etc.
; – articles for personal hygiene: toilet soap, soap, cleansing oil and milk, medicinal shaving soap, shaving cream and foam, toothpaste, etc.

; – beauty products: lipstick, nail varnish, make- up and make-up removal products (including compacts, brushes and powder powder puﬀs), hair lacquers and lotions, pre-shave and after-shave products, sunbathing pro- ducts, hair removers, perfumes and toilet waters, personal deodorants, bath products, etc.
; – other products: toilet paper, paper hand- kerchiefs, paper sanitary towels, towels, cotton wool, cotton tops, babies’ napkins, toilet sponges, etc.

Excludes: (03.1.3).

handkerchiefs made of fabric 12.2 PROSTITUTION 12.2.0 Prostitution (S) – Services provided by prostitutes and the like.

12.3 PERSONAL EFFECTS N.E.C.


12.3.1 Jewellery, clocks and watches (D) – Precious stones and metals and jewellery fashioned out of such stones and metals; – costume jewellery, cuﬀ links and tiepins; – clocks, watches, stopwatches, alarm clocks, travel clocks; – repair of such articles.

Excludes: ornaments (05.1.1) or (05.4.0); radio clocks (09.1.1); precious stones and metals and jewellery fashioned out of such stones and metals acquired primarily as stores of value (capital formation).
12.3.2 Other personal eﬀects (SD) – Travel goods and other carriers of personal eﬀects: suitcases, trunks, travel bags, attache´ cases, satchels, hand-bags, wallets, purses, etc.

; – articles for babies: baby carriages, push- chairs, carrycots, recliners, car beds and seats, back-carriers, front carriers, reins and harnesses, etc.

; rette cases, cigar cutters, ashtrays, etc.

; – miscellaneous personal articles: sunglasses, walking sticks and canes, umbrellas and parasols, fans, keyrings, etc.
; – funerary articles: coﬃns, gravestones, urns, etc.

; – repair of such articles.

Includes: lighter fuel; wall thermometers and barometers.

Excludes: baby furniture (05.1.1); shopping bags (05.2.0); feeding bottles (05.4.0).
12.4 SOCIAL PROTECTION Social protection as deﬁned here covers assistance and support services provided to persons who are: elderly, disabled, having occupational injuries and diseases, survivors, unemployed, destitute, homeless, low-income earners, indigenous people, immigrants, refu- gees, alcohol and substance abusers, etc.

It also covers assistance and support services provided to families and children.
12.4.0 Social protection (S) Such services include residential care, home help, day care and rehabilitation.
More speci- ﬁcally, this class covers payments by house- holds for: – Retirement homes for elderly persons, resi- dences for disabled persons, rehabilitation centres providing long-term support for patients rather than health care and rehabi- litative therapy, schools for disabled persons where the main aim is to help students overcome their disability; – help to maintain elderly and disabled per- sons at home (home-cleaning services, meal programmes, day-care centres, day-care ser- vices and holiday-care services); – wet-nurses, cre` ches, play schools and other child-minding facilities; – counselling, guidance, arbitration, fostering and adoption services for families.
12.5 INSURANCE Service charges for insurance are classi- ﬁed by type of insurance, namely: life insu- rance and non-life insurance (that is, insurance in connection with the dwelling, health, trans- port, etc.).

Service charges for multi-risk insurance covering several risks should be classiﬁed on the basis of the principal risk if it is not possible to allocate risks the covered.

to the various the cost of charges service 481 12.6 FINANCIAL SERVICES N.E.C.
12.6.1 FISIM (S) – Financial intermediation services indirectly measured.

12.6.2 Other ﬁnancial services n.e.c.

(S) – Actual charges for the ﬁnancial services of banks, post oﬃces, saving banks, money changers and similar ﬁnancial institutions; – fees and service charges of brokers, invest- ment counsellors, tax consultants and the like; – administrative charges of private pension funds and the like.

12.7 OTHER SERVICES N.E.C.

12.7.0 Other services n.e.c.


(S) – Fees for legal services, employment agencies, etc.
; – charges for undertaking and other funeral services; – payment for the estate agents, housing agents, auctioneers, sales- room operators and other intermediaries; – payment for photocopies and other repro- services of ductions of documents; – fees for the issue of birth, marriage and death certiﬁcates and other administrative documents; – payment for newspaper notices and adver- tisements; – payment for the services of graphologists, astrologers, private detectives, bodyguards, matrimonial agencies and marriage guidance counsellors, public writers, miscellaneous concessions (seats, toilets, cloakrooms), etc.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX MANUAL: THEORY AND PRACTICE Service charge is deﬁned as the diﬀerence between claims due and premiums earned and premium supplement.

12.5.1 Life insurance (S) – Service charges for life assurance, death beneﬁt assurance, education assurance, etc.

12.5.2 Insurance connected with the dwelling (S) – Service charges paid by owner-occupiers and by tenants for the kinds of insurance typi- cally taken out by tenants against ﬁre, theft, water damage, etc.
Excludes: service charges paid by owner-occu- piers for the kinds of insurance typically taken out by landlords (intermediate consumption).

12.5.3 Insurance connected with health (S) – Service charges for private sickness and accident insurance.

12.5.4 Insurance connected with transport (S) – Service charges for insurance in respect of personal transport equipment; – service charges for travel insurance and luggage insurance.
12.5.5 Other insurance (S) – Service charges for other insurance such as civil liability for injury or damage to third parties or their property.

Excludes: civil liability or damage to third par- ties or their property arising from the operation of personal transport equipment (12.5.4).

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