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WORLD TRADE S/CSC/W/6/Add.11
27March 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-1251)
Committee onSpecific Commitments
DETAILED ANALYSIS OFTHE MODIFICATIONS BROUGHT
ABOUT BYTHE REVISION OFTHE CENTRAL
PRODUCT CLASSIFICATION
Note bytheSecretariat
Addendum
OTHER BUSINESS SERVICES
(Except Agricultural, Mining andManufacturing services)
1. Paragraph 5ofthereport ofthemeeting oftheCommittee onSpecific Commitments heldon
10October 1996, states that"...theSecretariat should takeupcontact withtheVoorburg Group with
aviewtoinforming theCommittee inthenearfuture ofanyproposed changes totheCPCwhich could
beofinterest intheCommittee 'sdeliberations ".
2. Thestatistical committee oftheUnited Nations adopted atits10-14 February 1997 Session
thedraftCPCRev.1 proposed bytheVoorburg group. Adefinitive version ofRev.1 hasnowbeen
finalizedandwillsoonbedistributedtoMembers.ThisdocumentwillallowMemberstoconsultdirectly
theconcordances tables andthedefinitions mentioned inthepresent noteandtocompare them with
theCPC provisional structure anddefinitions iftheyfeelituseful todoso.Thisiswhy, contrary
tothepreceding sectoral studies ontourism, energy, transport, distribution andconstruction, the
concordance tables andthedefinitions havenotbeenannexed tothepresent note.
3. Thepurpose ofthepresent noteistoanalyse indetail themodifications brought bytheCPC
rev.1 intheother business services sub-sector, which ispartofthebusiness services sector asdefined
intheGNS Classification.1Itwillproceed through acomparison ofthecomplete structures ofboth
classifications asputinconcordance bytheCPC drafters andaswellthrough acomparison oftheir
descriptive parts. Itwillfollow theorder oftheconcordance tables between theprovisional CPCand
theCPC version 1.Theprovisional CPC willbereferred toas"prov",CPC rev.1 as"rev",CPC
provisional items as"pXXXX", andCPC rev.1 items as"rXXXX".
4. Inthepresent note, ithasbeenestimated more appropriate toretain thetechnical terms put
forward intheprovisional CPC'spreface, andusedbytheVoorburg Group when communicating with
theSecretariat, instead ofthose --referring tothenumbering ofthedigits --previously usedinthe
series ofnotes already issued bytheSecretariat astothetourism, distribution, construction, energy
andtransport sectors. Thecoding system oftheCPCisdescribed asfollows inparagraph 33ofprov
CPCpreface: "Thecoding system ofCPCishierarchical andpurely decimal. Theclassification consists
ofsections (identified bythefirstdigit), divisions (identified bythefirstandsecond digit), groups
(identified bythefirstthreedigits), classes (identified bythefirstfourdigits) andsubclasses (identified
byallfivedigits, taketogether). Thecodes forthesection range from0through 9andeachsection
1Seedocument MTN.GNS/W/120.S/CSC/W/6/Add.11
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maybedivided intoninedivisions. Atthethirddigitofthecodeeachdivision may,inturn,bedivided
intoninegroups which would thenbefurther divided intonineclasses andthenintoninesubclasses. ".
Paragraph 35ofprovCPCpreface adds: "Where agiven levelofclassification isnotfurther subdivided,
a"0"isusedintheposition forthenextmore detailed level."Thefollowing chart summarizes the
correspondence between these twolanguages.
One-digit item Section
Two-digits item Division
Three-digits item Group
Four-digits item Class
Five-digits item Subclass
5. Theabbreviation "n.e.c."means "notelsewhere classified". Thesignification ofthe
asterisks intheconcordance tables isthefollowing:
xxx*: Theitemiswider thanitscorrespondent intheother version ofCPC. Thismeans
thatitcorresponds toseveral items intheother version ofCPCandhasconsequently
awider scope according totherelated explanatory notes. Asterisks always appear
intheright-hand column ofconcordance tables.
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****2 Theseries ofasterisks before thelastdigitaimsatavoiding therepetition ofthefour
previous digits when asetofitems having thesame prefix isreferred.
6. Section 1paragraph FoftheGNS Classification iscomprised ofelements accruing from
provisionalCPCdivision86""Legal,accounting,auditingandbook-keepingservices;taxationservices;
marketresearchandpublicopinionpollingservices;managementandconsultingservices;architectural,
engineering andother technical services" ,division 87"business services n.e.c." anddivision 88
"Agricultural, mining andmanufacturing services" .Thewhole divisions p87andp88areincluded
inSection 1paragraph F,while onlypartsofdivision p86are,namely thepartsofitwhich havenot
beenalready included intoSection 1paragraph AonProfessional services.
7. Forconveniencesake,thewholedivisionp88"Agricultural,Miningandmanufacturingservices"
hasbeentreated separately. Therefore, theanalysis ofthecomplete "Other business services" sub-sector
requirestheconjunctionofthepresentnotewithdocumentS/CSC/W/6/Add.12concerningAgricultural,
mining andmanufacturing services. Intheanalysis below, elements taken fromprovdivision 86will
bedistinguished from elements taken from division 87.S/CSC/W/6/Add.11
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CPC P86"LEGAL, ACCOUNTING, AUDITING AND BOOKKEEPING SERVICES;
TAXATIONSERVICES;MARKETRESEARCHANDPUBLICOPINIONPOLLINGSERVICES;
MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING SERVICES; ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING
AND OTHER TECHNICAL SERVICES "
8. TheGNSClassification listcomprises fiveseparate items relative todivision p86,namely items
b.Market research andpublic opinion polling services (CPC 864); c.Management consulting services
(CPC 865); d.Services related tomanagement consulting services (CPC 866); e.Technical testing
andanalysis services (CPC 8676); m.Related scientific andtechnical consulting services (CPC 8675).
Modifications which concern thecorrespondents ofthesub-items ofgroups p864, p865, p866, and
p867 willbesuccessively examined.
A. Group p864 "market research andpublic opinion polling services"
9. Group p864 "market research andpublic opinion polling services" hasbeenconverted into
group r837"market research andpublic opinion polling services" .
10. Single-classp8640"marketresearchandpublicopinionpollingservices"hasbecomesingle-class
r8370, which haskeptthesame title.
11. Former provsubclasses p86401 "market research services" andp86402 "public opinion polling
services" havebeenencompassed insingle-subclass r83700 "market research andpublic opinion polling
services" .Theexplanatory noteattached tonewrevsubclass isbothasummary andamixofformer
provexplanatory notes: forinstance, techniques ofpolling arenolonger mentioned.
B Group p865 "management consulting services"
12. Correspondents oftheitems ofgroup p865 "management consulting services" arefound in
group r831* "consulting andmanagement services" ;thewhole group r831* itself results from the
adding upofmaterial germane tovarious provgroups andonlypartofitstems from p865. Atthe
four-digit level, single-class p8650 "management consulting services" hasbeenbroken upintotwo
newclasses: r8311 "management consulting services" andr8312* "business consulting services" .2,3
(i) Class r8311 "management consulting services"
13. Allthesub-items ofclassr8311 "Management consulting services" correspond togroup p865's
2Theframework ofgroup r831* alsoincludes classes uncovered inthecorresponding prov group p866.
These classes arethefollowing: class r8313 "scientific andtechnical consulting services n.e.c.",class r8314
"computer consultancy services" ,class r8315 "computer facilities management services" ,class r8316 "systems
maintenance services" ,andclass r8319 "other management services, except construction project management
services" .Allclasses referring to"computer" matters (including "systems" and"software") correspond toprov
subclasses contained ingroup p841 "Consultancy services related totheinstallation ofcomputer hardware" ,
group p842 "Software implementation services" andgroup p843 "Data processing services" ,allpertaining to
division p84"Computer andrelated services" ,whereas class r8319 onlyrefers toclassp8660* "services related
tomanagement consulting" .
3Foragreater clarity, itisreferred infirstinstance toCPC rev.1 items instead ofprovisional CPC items.S/CSC/W/6/Add.11
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items.Classr8311iscomprisedofsubclassesr83111"generalmanagementconsultingservices",r83112
"financialmanagementconsultingservices",r83113"humanresourcesmanagementconsultingservices",
r83114 "marketing management consulting services" ,r83115 "production management consulting
services" andr83119 "other management consulting services" ,corresponding respectively tosubclasses
p86501, p86502, p86503, p86504, p86505 andp86509*.
14. These subclasses aredrafted exactly thesamewayinprovandinrev,except forminor changes:
systematic itemization bycreation ofparagraphs withconservation ofthesame content (r83111 and
p86501) orsimplification ofit(r83113 andp86504), addition ofsome exclusions (exclusion of"security
broking andfundmanagement services" inr83112 notmentioned inp86502, exclusion of"public
relationsservices"and"advertisingservices"inr83114notmentionedinp86503),suppressionofcertain
exclusions (thisisthecaseof"advisory services anddesign forplants layout andindustrial processes"
inr83115, compared top86505), andfinally addition ofanewitem("services provided byagronomists
andagricultural economists" inthesame subclass).
15. Subclassp86509"othermanagementconsultingservices"isgivenasacorrespondencetor83119
"other management consulting services" andr83129 "Other business consulting services" .Itisworth
noting herethatwhile thetitleofsubclass p86509 hasbeentransferred under r83119, thecontent of
itisnowscattered between twodifferent subclasses. Subclass r83129 "Other business consulting
services" comprises anexplanatory noteexplaining it"also" includes "regional, industrial ortourism
developmentservices",andconcordancetablesrelateittosubclassp86509"Othermanagementconsulting
services" ,which contains anidentical precision about theinclusion of"industrial development consulting
services, tourism development consulting services, etc.".Thisshows that,incertain instances, the
relation between thetitleofanitem,inparticular inthecaseof"other" categories, anditsactual coverage
asdefined inexplanatory notes, isaloose relation.
16. TheVoorburg Group hasestimated thatthere hasbeennochange incoverage orcontent as
regards thisitem. With regard totheitems covering "other" services, theVoorburg Group wasof
theviewthatthelistusedintheexplanatory notes maynotencompass allofmanagement consulting
andthat,forinstance, subclass r83119 "Other management consulting services" should beusedasa
residual subclass, anexample under suchasubclass being "Logistic consulting services".
(ii) Class r8312* "business consulting services"
17. Class r8312* iscomposed oftwosubclasses: subclass r83121 "Public relations services" and
subclass r83129 "Other business consulting services" .
18. Subclass r83121 corresponds tosubclass p86506 "public relations services" ,having thesame
extent, butitaddsexclusion of"planning andcreating services ofadvertising" (referred tor83610)
and"public opinion polling services" (referred tor83700).
19. Subclass r83129 "Other business consulting services" corresponds tosubclass p86509 "Other
management consulting services" ,which hasbeen related aswellwith subclass r83119 "Other
management consulting services" (thisisthereason whyp86509 hasbeen given anasterisk in
paragraph 12above; connections between p86509 andr83119 andr83129 areexamined above in
paragraph 15).
C. Group p866 "services related tomanagement consulting"
20. Group p866"services related tomanagement consulting" hasbeensplitintotwonewgroups:
r821"legal services" andr831"consulting andmanagement services" .S/CSC/W/6/Add.11
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21. Single-classp8660"Servicesrelatedtomanagementconsulting"contenthasbeensharedbetween
tworevclasses: classr8219* "Other legaladvisory andinformation services" ,andclassr8319 "other
management services, except construction project management services" (mentioned above).
22. Atthesubclass level, itshould benoted thatsubclass p86609 "Other management services
n.e.c." hasbeen combined with subclass p86601 "Project management services other than for
construction" inorder tocreate anewsubclass r83190 "Other management services, except construction
project management services" .Thishasnottheeffect totighten thecoverage ofthe"other" category,
since subclass p86609 covered allmanagement services "notelsewhere classified"; obviously, since
construction project management services were(andremain) elsewhere classified, subclasses p86601
andp86609 were redundant.
D. Group p867 "Architectural, engineering andother technical services"
23. Asgroup p867 hasbeenbroken upintofourcomponents, eachaggregated toother material
inorder tocreate fournewgroups: group r831"Consulting andmanagement services" ,group r832
"Architectural services andurban planning andlandscape architectural services" ,group r833
"engineering services" ,group r835"Scientific andother technical services" ,thishasproduced arather
complex framework ofclasses andsubclasses related toeachofthese newgroups.4Actually, only
oneofthese groups isrelevant totheother business services sub-sector: group r835"Scientific and
other technical services" .
24. Atfour-digitlevel,classp8675*"Engineeringrelatedscientificandtechnicalconsultingservices"
hasbeenbroken upbetween r8351 "Geological, geophysical andother prospecting services" ,r8353
"Surface surveying services" ,r8354 "Map making services" andr8355 "Weather forecasting and
meteorological services" .Class p8676 "Technical testing andanalysing services" tightly corresponds
toclassr8356, which issimilarly entitled. TheVoorburg Group hasinformed theSecretariat thatthere
hasbeennochange incoverage orcontent ofclass.
25. Atthefive-digit level, thefollowing correspondences appear:
- Subclass p86751 "Geological, geophysical andother scientific prospecting services"
hasbecome thesingle-subclass ofclass r8351, i.e.subclass r83510 "Geological,
geophysical andother prospecting services" (disappearance oftheword "scientific",
notsignificant), withabridgement oftheexamples partoftheexplanatory noteattached
totheoriginal group ("Included herearetheservices ofanalysing theresults of
subsurface surveys, thestudy ofhearth sample andcore, andassistance andadvice
indeveloping andextracting mineral resources" );
- Subclass p86752 "Subsurface surveying services" hasbecome thesingle-subclass of
class r8352, i.e.subclass r83520, withthesame titleandexplanatory noteasthe
original subclass (except theexclusion of"testdrilling andboring work" ,related to
r54320);
4Fortheclarity ofthefollowing presentation ofthemodifications appearing intheitems inrevcorresponding
togroup p867 sub-items, itwillbesometimes referred torevitems inthefirstinstance, notwithstanding the
generalprinciplefollowedinthepresentnote,whichconsiststostartfromprovitemandthen,fromthisbenchmark,
todescribe modifications arising from thecorresponding items inrev.S/CSC/W/6/Add.11
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- Subclass p86753 "Surface surveying service" hasbecome thesingle-subclass ofclass
r8353, i.e.subclass r83530, alsowiththesame titleandsame explanatory noteas
theoriginal subclass, except reference tocollection ofdatabysatellite; according to
theVoorburg Group, theaddition oftheinclusion ofcollection ofdatabysatellite does
notbroaden thecoverage ofthissubclass, butitdoesrecognize thewidespread use
ofsatellite imagery andremote sensing technologies toprovide information about the
earth'ssurface;
- Subclass p86754 "Map making services" corresponds tothesingle-subclass ofclass
r8354, i.e.subclass r83540, similarly entitled andsimilarly explained bytheattached
noteastheoriginal subclass, except fortheadditional exclusion of"publishing ofmaps,
atlases andglobes" ,which isrelated tor322;
- Finally, thewhole range offivesubclasses placed under classp8676 "Technical testing
andanalysis services" isconverted intoasimilar range ofsubclasses placed under the
newclassr8356 withthesametitlesandthesameexplanatory notes; yet,concordance
tables linksubclass p86764 "Technical inspection services" totwonewsubclasses,
namely subclass r83564 "Technical inspection services ofroadtransport services" and
subclass r83509* "Other technical testing andanalysis services" .
CPC P87"BUSINESS SERVICES N.E.C."
26. Division p87"Business services n.e.c."hasbeensplitintotworevdivisions, division r83*
"Other professional, scientific andtechnical services" ,anddivision r85*"Other support services" .
27. Except forthecaseofgroup p879"Other business services" ,which corresponds togroup r834
"Specialty design services" ,r839* "Other professional, scientific andtechnical service s"andr859
"Other support services" ,division p87groups havenotbeendisaggregated, though theyhavebeen
equally shared between thetwonewdivisions.
I. REV DIVISION 83
28. Asregards thegroups allotted todivision r83,group p871"Advertising services" corresponds
togroup r836, which bears thesame title,andgroup p875"Photographic services" hasbecome group
r838"Photographic services andphotography processing services" .
29. Astogroup p871, attheclasslevel, classp8711 "Sale orleasing services ofadvertising space
ortime" corresponds toclassr8362* "Purchase orsaleofadvertising space ortime, oncommission"
(which hasalsoincluded parts ofp8719* "Other advertising services" asmentioned below); class
p8712 "Planning, creating andplacement services ofadvertising" hasbeenconverted intoclassr8361,
which bears thesame title; classp8719 "Other advertising services" isrelated tonewclassr8362*
"Purchase orsaleofadvertising space ortime, oncommission" andtoclassr8369 "Other advertising
services" .
30. Atthesubclass level, thesingle-subclass p87110 "Sale orleasing services ofadvertising space
ortime" corresponds tothenewsubclass r83620* "Purchase orsaleofadvertising space ortimeon
commission" ,which alsocorresponds tosubclass r87190 "Other advertising services" .Thenew
component ofthenewsubclass istheinclusion oftheservices ofmedia buying agencies which buy
media space onbehalf ofadvertisers oradvertising agencies.S/CSC/W/6/Add.11
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31. Subclassp87120"Planning,creatingandplacementservicesofadvertising"isrelatedtosubclass
r83610, which issimilarly entitled. Inthenewexplanatory note, newdevelopments occur, since new
specific items areintroduced, suchasplanning (without production) ofadvertising objects orfilms
andorganization ofdirect mailadvertising campaigns, andgreater accuracy isprovided, assuchas
inenumeration ofselection ofmedia tobeused, design ofads,illustrations, posters etc.,writing of
scenarios foradvertising movies, placement inmedia; additional exclusions concern public relations
services (linked tor83121), market research services (linked tor83700), photography services related
toadvertising (linked tor83812), production offilmforadvertising (r96121). Finally, subclass p87190*
"Other advertising services" hasbeensplitandshared between newsingle-subclass r83690 "Other
advertising services" andnewsingle-subclass r83620* "Purchase orsaleofadvertising space ortime,
oncommission" .Additional mentions concern demonstration andpresentation advertising services
atpoint ofsale,direct advertising services byrepresentatives suchascanvassing bydirect information
totheclient, withpossible direct provision offreesamples (e.g.todoctors) andsalespromotion (if
noorders arereceived); newexclusions areformulated: model agency services (linked tor85129)
andadvertising mailing services (r85950).5
32. Inanycase,theVoorburg Group hasindicated totheSecretariat thattherehasbeennochange
incoverage orcontent ofclass.
33. Astogroup p875, attheclasslevel, thenewdistinction between "photographic services" and
"photographic processing services", byvirtue ofwhich single-class 8750"Photographic services" has
beensplitintotwonewclasses, classr8381 andclassr8382, isworth noting. Thestructure ofsubclasses
remains thesame, andallrelated subclasses aresimilarly entitled, except thecaseofsubclass p87506
"Motion picture processing services notrelated tothemotion picture andtelevision industries" which
ismerged withsubclass r87505 "Photography processing services" inorder tocreate thenewsubclass
r83820* "Photography processing services" .
34. Atthefive-digit level, modifications brought bytheCPC rev1arethefollowing6:
- Explanatory noteunder subclass r83811 "Portrait photography services" ,which
corresponds tosubclass p87501, mentions portrait photography services byself-service
coin-operated machines. Thevoorburg Group hasindicated thatthere hasbeenno
change incoverage orcontent ofclass arising from thisnewmention; self-service
coin-operatedmachineswereimplicitlycoveredinthecorrespondingprovCPCsubclass
p87501 "portrait photography services" .
- Explanatorynoteundersubclassr83812"Advertisingandrelatedphotographyservices",
which corresponds tosubclass p87502, nolonger mentions thatgenerally areincluded
initscoverage thedevelopment andprinting ofsuchpictures according tocustomer
specifications.
- Explanatory note under subclass r83813 "Action photography services" ,which
corresponds tosubclass p87503, mentions "videotaping", whereas itnolonger mentions
thatgenerally areincluded initscoverage thedevelopment andprinting ofsuchpictures
according tocustomer specifications. TheVoorburg Group hasindicated tothe
5These additional mentions andnewexclusions onlyconcern thesingle-subclass r83690* "Purchase orsale
ofadvertising space ortime, oncommission" .
6Thetwocorresponding subclasses r83815 "Restoration, copying andretouching services ofphotography"
andp87507 areidentical.S/CSC/W/6/Add.11
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Secretariat thattherehasbeennochange incoverage orcontent ofclassaccruing from
modifications ofthisexplanatory note; theVoorburg Group hasstressed thatthe
development ofprinting ofpictures wasanimplicit partoftheservices provided and
therefore didnotneedseparate mentioning; there wastherefore noenlargement of
thecontent, asthiswasimplicitly included before. TheVoorburg Group hasunderlined
thattheexplicit recognition ofvideotaping wasduetoitsincreased popularity anduse:
infact,thementioning ofvideotaping wassimply illustrative.
- Explanatory noteunder subclass r83814 "Specialty photography services" ,which
corresponds tosubclass p87504, mentions services consisting ofphotographing
landscapes, structures andother surfaces from aircraft orhelicopters, anditadds
exclusions ofphotogrammetric recording andcollection ofdatabysatellites (related
tor83530) andofphotographs intended forthepress (related tor8422).
- Explanatory note under subclass r83819 "Other photographic services" ,which
corresponds tosubclass p87509, nowexcludes expressly photocopying services (related
tor85940).
- Single-subclass r83820 "Photography processing services" results from themerger
ofsubclass p87505 "Photography processing services" andsubclass p87506 "Motion
picture processing services notrelated tothemotion picture andtelevision industry" ;
theexplanatory noteunder thenewrevsubclass comprises thecontent ofbothprov
corresponding subclasses explanatory notes, towhich itaddsmentions ofcopying
services forfilmandcopying services foraudio-visual media. Exclusion ofprocessing
services ofmotion pictures inconnection withthemotion picture andtelevision
industries hasdisappeared (included inex-p96112 "Motion picture orvideo tape
production services" ,which corresponds tor96121 "Motion picture, video tapeand
television programme production services" ,whose scope ispractically thesame).
35. Concerning group 879,therevclasses related tosingle-class p8790 "Other business services"
which arerelevant todivision 83arethefollowing: classr8341 "Interior design services" ,classr8349
"Other specialty design services" ,andclassr8391 "Translation andinterpretation services" .Each
ofthese classes hasonlyonesubclass, which always bears thesame titleasitsclass. Subclass p87905
"Translation andinterpretation services" corresponds tosubclass r83910. Subclass p87907 "Speciality
design services" hasbeensplitbetween subclass r83410 "Interior design services" andsubclass r83490
"Other specialty design services" .
36. Atthefive-digit level, theexplanatory noteunder subclass p87907 "Specialty design services"
hasbeendividedbetweensubclassr83410"Interiordesignservices"andsubclassr83490"Otherspecialty
design services" .Interior designs anddecorations arementioned under subclass r83410 "Interior design
services" ,withadditional mention ofdrawing-up ofprojects forinterior decoration. Therestofthe
explanatory notehasbeenintroduced under subclass r83490 "Other specialty design services" ,with
additionalmentionofproductionofthreedimensionalmodels,anddeletionofexclusionofdesignservices
forindustrialproductsandgraphicdesignservices.7TheVoorburgGrouphasindicatedtotheSecretariat
that,though graphic design services arenotspecifically listed, theywould beimplicitly included in
subclass r83490, asthescope ofgraphic design services could beconsidered broader thanjusttheuse
inadvertising; thus, graphic design services willbeadded tothetextoftheexplanatory note.
7Ofcourse, thisdoesnotmean thatthese services arenowincluded inthecoverage ofnewsubclass r83490.S/CSC/W/6/Add.11
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II. REV DIVISION 85
37. Astothegroupsallottedtodivision85,groupp872"Placementandsupplyservicesofpersonnel"
hasbeenconverted intogroup r851"Employment agency andsupply ofpersonnel services" ,group
p873"Investigation andsecurity services" isnowtransformed ingroup r852, which hasthesametitle,
group p874"Building-cleaning services" hasbecome group r853"Cleaning services" andgroup p876
"Packaging services" hasbecome group r854*, which bears thesame title.
38. Astogroup p872, atthefour-digit level, thenewdistinction between "executive search and
employment agency services" and"supply ofpersonnel services", byvirtue ofwhich thesingle-class
p8720 "Placement andsupply services ofpersonnel" hasbeensplitintothetwonewclasses r8511
andr8512, should benoted. Thestructure ofsubclasses remains thesame; allrelated subclasses are
similarly entitled, except forsubclass r85112, whose titleincorresponding subclass p87202 was
"Employment services" instead of"Placement services ofoffice support personnel andother workers",
andexcept forthereplacement oftheadjective "nursing" bytheadjective "medical" insubclass r85124
"Supply ofmedical personnel services" .8
39. Atthefive-digit level, modifications brought bytheCPC rev1arethefollowing9:
- Explanatory note under subclass r85112 "Employment agency services" ,which
corresponds toformer subclass p87202 "Placement services ofoffice support personnel
andother workers" nolonger mentions examples ofworkers concerned bythe
employment services ("secretaries, clerks, receptionists, book-keepers, etc.").
- Explanatory notes under subclass r85121 "Supply ofoffice support personnel services"
(correspondingtosubclassp87203),subclassr85122"Supplyofdomestichelppersonnel
services" (corresponding top87204), subclass r85123 "Supply ofother commercial
andindustrialworkersservices"(correspondingtop87205),andsubclassr85129"Supply
ofother personnel services" (corresponding top87209) nolonger mention modalities
ofthecommercial relation oftheprovider withtheclients: "...onafeeorcontract
basis ...,whether onatemporary orlong-term basis ...",normodalities ofthelabour
relations ofthepersonnel orworkers hired totheclient withthesupplier: "...who
paystheiremoluments ".
- Explanatory noteunder subclass r85123 "Supply ofother commercial andindustrial
workers services" nolonger exemplifies theexclusion ofsupply services ofspecialised
domestic services through employees onthepayroll ofthesupplier.10
- Subclass r85124 "Supply ofmedical personnel services" ,which corresponds tosubclass
p87206 "Supply services ofnursing personnel" hasnomore explanatory note.
- Explanatory noteunder subclass r85129 "Supply ofother personnel services" ,which
corresponds tosubclass p87206 "Supply services ofother personnel" ,nowincludes
examples ofother services: supply services forteachers, supply services forother
8Inevery titles, theterms "supply services of..."arereplaced bytheterms "supply of...services ".
9Except themodifications indicated, explanatory notes incorresponding subclasses remain identical.
10Examples given inprovwerecleaning services, classp8740, orlawnmaintenance services, subclass 88110
(Services incidental toagriculture).S/CSC/W/6/Add.11
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personnel notelsewhere classified, model agency services; itnowalsoexpressly
excludes supply services byagents andagencies onbehalf ofindividuals usually seeking
engagements inmotion pictures, theatrical productions orother entertainment, sport
attractions andtheplacement ofbooks, plays, artworks, etc.withpublishers, producers,
etc.(related withr8599011).
40. Astop873, changes concern thecreation ofnewclasses, asagainst asingle-class, eachrelated
toeachformer subclass, allsubclasses becoming inthiswaysingle-subclasses: whereas differentiation
arose from thefifthdigit, itnowproceeds from thefourth digit(numbers 1,2,3,4,5and9appear
atfour-digit levelinstead offive-digit level). Inprovandinrevcorresponding subclasses keepthe
same titleandthestructure remains identical.
41. Atthefive-digit level, modifications brought bytheCPC rev1arethefollowing12:
- Explanatory noteunder subclass r85210 "Investigation services" ,which corresponds
tosubclass p87301, mentions theexclusion ofcredit investigation services (related
tor85910).
- Explanatory noteunder subclass r85220 "Security consultation services" ,which
corresponds tosubclass p87302, mentions theexclusion ofconsultation services for
computer security (related tor83141).
- Explanatory noteunder subclass r85290 "Other security services" ,which corresponds
tosubclass p87309, mentions theexclusion ofadvisory andconsultative services for
computer safety andsecurity (related tor83141).
42. Astop874, thesamepattern asforp873isreproduced. Newclasses havebeencreated, instead
ofonesingle-class, eachrelated toeachformer subclass, hence, allsubclasses havebecome single-
subclasses, and,whereas differentiation arose from thefifthdigit, itnowproceeds from thefourth
digit(numbers 1,2,3,4,5and9appear atfour-digit levelinstead offive-digit level). Inprovand
inrevcorresponding subclasses keepthesame title,except forsubclass p87403 "Janitorial services" ,
which corresponds tosubclass r85330 "General cleaning services" andforsubclass p87409 "Other
building cleaning services" ,which corresponds tosubclass r85340 "Specialized cleaning services" .
Thestructure remains identical.
43. Atthefive-digit level, modifications brought bytheCPC rev1arethefollowing13:
- Explanatory noteunder subclass r85310 "Disinfecting andexterminating services" ,
which corresponds tosubclass p87401, mentions theexclusions ofpestcontrol services
(including rabbits) inconnection withagriculture (related tor86111).
- Explanatorynoteundersubclassr85330"Generalcleaningservices",whichcorresponds
tosubclass p87403 "Janitorial services" ,nowmentions commercial, administrative
11Itshould beremembered thatallthese services listed intheexplanatory noteunder subclass r85990 "Other
support services n.e.c." areadditions ascompared totheexplanatory notes under corresponding provsubclasses,
i.e.subclass p84910 "Data preparation services" andsubclass p84990 "Other computer n.e.c." ,subclass p75490
"Other telecommunications services n.e.c." andsubclass p87909 "Other business services" .
12Except themodifications indicated, explanatory notes incorresponding subclasses remain identical.
13Except themodifications indicated, explanatory notes incorresponding subclasses remain identical.S/CSC/W/6/Add.11
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andindustrial buildings, instead of"other buildings". Inaddition, theVoorburg Group
hasindicated totheSecretariat that"Janitorial services" maynotbetypically "cleaning
services", butrather minor maintenance services forbuildings, etc.;yet,putting them
together withgeneral cleaning services maymake sense, since janitorial services are
notbigenough toconstitute aseparate subclass, andservices closest innature are
general cleaning services, where minor maintenance services would alsobefound.
- Explanatory noteunder subclass r85340 "Specialized cleaning services" ,which
corresponds tosubclass p87409 "Other building cleaning services" ,citescleaning
services forcomputer rooms andthelike,specialised cleaning services forreservoirs
andtanks, thesebeing partsofeither industrial sitesortransport equipment, sterilisation
ofobjects andpremises (operating rooms), andexpressly excludes maintenance services
forcentral heating installations (related tor54631 andr88110), cleaning services for
agricultural premises (henhouses, piggeries, etc.)(related tor87111), andcleaning
ofcarpets, upholstery fabric, wallhangings, etc.(related tor97130). Exclusion of
lawnmaintenance services (related top88110 "Services incidental toagriculture" )is
nolonger mentioned (p88110 correspondent subclasses inrevarenotexpressly
excluded).
44. Thesamestructureandtitlesareconservedinrevitemscorrespondingtogroupp876"Packaging
services" ,which bears thesame titleasitssingle-class andsingle-subclass. Group r854"Packaging
services" isalsorelated togroup p813* "Services auxiliary tofinancial intermediation other thanto
insurance andpension funding" ;subclass p81334 "Coin andcurrency packing services" hasdisappeared
asanindependent iteminrev,anditisnowincluded insingle-subclass r85400 "Packaging services" .14
45. Concerning group 879,therevclasses related tosingle-class p8790 "Other business services"
which arerelevant todivision r85arethefollowing: classr8591 "Credit reporting services" ,class
r8592 "Collection agency services" ,class r8593 "Telephone answering services" ,class r8594
"Duplication services" ,classr8595 "Mailing listcompilation andmailing services" ,classr8597 "Trade
fairandexhibitions organization services" ,andclass r8599 "Other support services n.e.c." .Each
ofthese classes hasonlyonesubclass, which always bears thesame titleasitsclass, andeachsubclass
corresponds toonlyoneprovsubclass, whose titleissimilar, except forbothsubclass r85970 "Trade
fairandexhibitions organization services" andsubclass r85990 "Other support services n.e.c." ,which
bothcorrespond onlytosubclass p87909 "Other business services n.e.c." .
46. Atthefive-digit level, modifications brought bytheCPC rev1arethefollowing15:
- Explanatory noteunder subclass r85910 "Credit reporting services" ,which corresponds
tosubclass p87901, includes additional mention of"credit investigation services".
- Deletionoftheexpression"onafeeorcontractbasis"inexplanatorynoteundersubclass
r85920 "Collection agency services" incontrast withthecorresponding subclass
explanatory note.
- Explanatorynoteundersubclassr85950"Mailinglistcompilationandmailingservices",
which corresponds top87906, includes theadditional mention of"anyother material"
14Atthefive-digit level, there isonlyoneminor modification: theexpression "onafeeoracontract basis"
isdeleted intheexplanatory note.
15Except themodifications indicated, explanatory notes incorresponding subclasses remain identical.S/CSC/W/6/Add.11
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inalistalready including "advertising material" and"information material".
- Explanatory noteunder newsubclass r85970 "Trade fairandexhibition organization
services" includes organisation ofeconomics events (trade shows orexhibitions, at
regular orirregular intervals), organisation ofscientific orcultural meetings and
congresses, supply andsetting-up ofexhibition equipment associated with the
organisation ofexhibitions (corresponding to1Fs"Convention services" intheGNS
Classification).
- Itisworth noting thatnewimportant items arementioned inexplanatory noteunder
subclass r85990 "Other support services n.e.c." which have noequivalent inthe
explanatorynotesofotherprovitemsrelatedtosubclassr85990:notablyproof-reading,
other secretarial services notelsewhere classified, business services ofintermediaries
andbrokers, specialist advice other thanforrealestate, insurance andengineering
(specialist services inart,specialist services forcourtoflaw,etc.), services byagencies
onbehalf ofindividuals seeking engagements inmotion pictures, theatrical productions
orother entertainment orsports attractions, placement ofbooks, plays, artwork,
photographs,etc.,withpublishers,producers,etc.,bookingandcastingservices,motion
picture, television andother theatrical casting services, telephone based support, issue
ofreduced-pricecouponsandgiftstamp,payrollservices,includingpayrollcomputation
andledgers, management services forcopyrights andtheirrevenues (except forfilms),
management services forrights toindustrial property (patents, licences, trade marks,
franchises, etc.),16auctioning services other thaninconnection withlegalprocedures,
andother business services notelsewhere classified. Onanother hand, explanatory
noteunder subclass r85990 excludes expressly services related toadvertising andsales
promotion (related tor836), management services formotion pictures rights (related
tor96141), artfacilities operation services (related to96230), management services
forartistic rights (related tor96290) andsports events organisation services (related
tor96510). Despite ofallthese apparent enlargements, andasageneral matter, the
Voorburg Group considers thatthere hasbeennochange incoverage orcontent of
classaccruing from theabove modifications.
16Here areconcerned societies collecting payments ofintellectual property royalties. Management services
for"artistic rights", i.e.rights other thanintellectual property rights, areexcluded.S/CSC/W/6/Add.11
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ANNEX
Correspondence between provisional CPC items
andsection 1paragraph F.Other Business Services
GNS CLASSIFICATION PROVISIONAL CPC CORRESPONDENTS
a.Advertising services 871"Advertising services"
b.Market research andpublic opinion polling
services864"Market research andpublic opinion
polling services"
c.management consulting services 865"Management consulting services"
d.Services related tomanagement consulting 866"Services related tomanagement
consulting"
e.Technical testing andanalysis services 8676 "Technical testing andanalysis
services"
f.Services incidental toagriculture, hunting
andforestry881"Services incidental toagriculture,
hunting andforestry"
g.Services incidental tofishing 882"Services incidental tofishing"
h.Services incidental tomining 883"Services incidental tomining"+5115
"Site preparation work formining"
i.Services incidental tomanufacture 884"Services incidental tomanufacture,
except tothemanufacture ofmetal products,
machinery andequipment"
+885 "Services incidental tothemanufacture
ofmetal products, machinery andequipment"
(except for88442 "Publishing andprinting,
onafeeorcontract basis")
j.Services incidental toenergy distribution 887"Services incidental toenergy
distribution"
k.Placement andsupply services of
Personnel872"Placement andsupply services of
personnel"
l.Investigation andsecurity 873"Investigation andsecurity services"
m.Related scientific andtechnical consulting 8675 "Engineering related scientific and
technical consulting services"S/CSC/W/6/Add.11
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n.Maintenance andrepair ofequipment (not
including maritime vessels, aircraft orother
transport equipment)633"Repair services ofpersonal and
household"
+8861 "Repair services offabricated metal
products, except machinery andequipment,
onafeeorcontract basis"
+8862 "Repair services ofmachinery and
equipment n.e.c., onafeeorcontract basis"
+8863 "Repair services n.e.c. ofoffice,
accounting andcomputing machinery, ona
feeorcontract basis"
+8864 "Repair services ofelectrical
machinery andapparatus n.e.c., onafeeor
contract basis"
+8865 "Repair services ofradio, television
andcommunication equipment onafeeor
contract basis"
+8866 "Repair services ofmedical, precision
andoptical instruments, watches andclocks,
onafeeorcontract basis"
o.Building-cleaning services 874"Building-cleaning services"
p.Photographic services 875"Photographic services"
q.Packaging services 876"packaging services"
r.Printing, publishing 88442 "Publishing andprinting, onafeeor
contract basis"
s.Convention services 87909*17"Other business services"
t.Other 8790 "Other business services"
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17The(*)indicatesthattheservicespecifiedisacomponentofamoreaggregatedCPCitemspecifiedelsewhere
intheGNS classification list.