International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 204 56 Food and beverage service activities This division includes food and beverage serving activities providing complete meals or drinks fit for immediate consumption, whether in traditional restaurants, self-service or take-away restaurants, whether as permanent or temporary stands with or without seat- ing. Decisive is the fact that meals fit for immediate consumption are offered, not the kind of facility providing them. Excluded is the production of meals not fit for immediate consumption or not planned to be consumed immediately or of prepared food which is not considered to be a meal (see divisions 10: Manufacture of food products and 11: Manufacture of beverages). Also excluded is the sale of not self-manufactured food that is not considered to be a meal or of meals that are not fit for immediate consumption (see section G: Wholesale and retail trade; ...). 561 Restaurants and mobile food service activities See class 5610. 5610 Restaurants and mobile food service activities This class includes the provision of food services to customers, whether they are served while seated or serve themselves from a display of items, whether they eat the prepared meals on the premises, take them out or have them delivered. This includes the prepara- tion and serving of meals for immediate consumption from motorized vehicles or non- motorized carts. This class includes activities of: restaurants — — cafeterias — — fast-food restaurants — — pizza delivery — — take-out eating places — — ice cream truck vendors — — mobile food carts — — food preparation in market stalls — — This class also includes: restaurant and bar activities connected to transportation, when carried out by sepa- — — rate units This class excludes: concession operation of eating facilities, see 5629 — — 562 Event catering and other food service activities This group includes catering activities for individual events or for a specified period of time and the operation of food concessions, such as at sports or similar facilities. 5621 Event catering This class includes the provision of food services based on contractual arrangements with the customer, at the location specified by the customer, for a specific event. This class includes: event catering — —
Detailed structure and explanatory notes 205 This class excludes: manufacture of perishable food items for resale, see 1079 — — retail sale of perishable food items, see division 47 — — 5629 Other food service activities This class includes industrial catering, i.e. the provision of food services based on contrac- tual arrangements with the customer, for a specific period of time. Also included is the operation of food concessions at sports and similar facilities. The food is often prepared in a central unit. This class includes: activities of food service contractors (e.g. for transportation companies) — — operation of food concessions at sports and similar facilities — — operation of canteens or cafeterias (e.g. for factories, offices, hospitals or schools) on a — — concession basis This class excludes: manufacture of perishable food items for resale, see 1079 — — retail sale of perishable food items, see division 47 — — 563 Beverage serving activities See class 5630. 5630 Beverage serving activities This class includes the preparation and serving of beverages for immediate consumption on the premises. This class includes activities of: bars — — taverns — — cocktail lounges — — discotheques (with beverage serving predominant) — — beer parlors and pubs — — coffee shops — — fruit juice bars — — mobile beverage vendors — — This class excludes: reselling packaged/prepared beverages, see 4711, 4722, 4781, 4799 — — operation of discotheques and dance floors without beverage serving, see 9329 — — Section J Information and communication This section includes the production and distribution of information and cultural products, the provision of the means to transmit or distribute these products, as well as data or communica- tions, information technology activities and the processing of data and other information service activities. The main components of this section are publishing activities (division 58), including software publishing, motion picture and sound recording activities (division 59), radio and TV broadcasting
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 206 and programming activities (division 60), telecommunications activities (division 61) and infor- mation technology activities (division 62) and other information service activities (division 63). Publishing includes the acquisition of copyrights to content (information products) and making this content available to the general public by engaging in (or arranging for) the reproduction and distribution of this content in various forms. All the feasible forms of publishing (in print, elec- tronic or audio form, on the internet, as multimedia products such as CD-ROM reference books etc.) are included in this section. Activities related to production and distribution of TV programming span divisions 59, 60 and 61, reflecting different stages in this process. Individual components, such as movies, television series etc. are produced by activities in division 59, while the creation of a complete television channel programme, from components produced in division 59 or other components (such as live news programming) is included in division 60. Division 60 also includes the broadcasting of this pro- gramme by the producer. The distribution of the complete television programme by third parties, i.e. without any alteration of the content, is included in division 61. This distribution in division 61 can be done through broadcasting, satellite or cable systems. 58 Publishing activities This division includes the publishing of books, brochures, leaflets, dictionaries, encyclo- paedias, atlases, maps and charts; publishing of newspapers, journals and periodicals; directory and mailing list and other publishing, as well as software publishing. Publishing includes the acquisition of copyrights to content (information products) and making this content available to the general public by engaging in (or arranging for) the reproduction and distribution of this content in various forms. All the feasible forms of publishing (in print, electronic or audio form, on the Internet, as multimedia products such as CD-ROM reference books etc.), except publishing of motion pictures, are included in this division. This division excludes the publishing of motion pictures, video tapes and movies on DVD or similar media (division 59) and the production of master copies for records or audio material (division 59). Also excluded are printing (see 1811) and the mass reproduction of recorded media (see 1820). 581 Publishing of books, periodicals and other publishing activities This group includes activities of publishing books, newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, directories and mailing lists, and other works such as photos, engravings, postcards, timetables, forms, posters and reproductions of works of art. These works are characterized by the intellectual creativity required in their development and are usually protected by copyright. 5811 Book publishing This class includes the activities of publishing books in print, electronic (CD, electronic displays etc.) or audio form or on the Internet. This class includes: publishing of books, brochures, leaflets and similar publications, including publishing — — of dictionaries and encyclopedias publishing of atlases, maps and charts — — publishing of audio books — — publishing of encyclopedias etc. on CD-ROM — — This class excludes: production of globes, see 3290 — — publishing of advertising material, see 5819 — —
Detailed structure and explanatory notes 207 publishing of music and sheet books, see 5920 — — activities of independent authors, see 9000 — — 5812 Publishing of directories and mailing lists This class includes the publishing of lists of facts/information (databases) that are pro- tected in their form, but not in their content. These lists can be published in printed or electronic form. This class includes: publishing of mailing lists — — publishing of telephone books — — publishing of other directories and compilations, such as case law, pharmaceutical — — compendia etc. 5813 Publishing of newspapers, journals and periodicals This class includes: publishing of newspapers, including advertising newspapers — — publishing of periodicals and other journals, including publishing of radio and televi- — — sion schedules Publishing can be done in print or electronic form, including on the Internet. 5819 Other publishing activities This class includes: publishing (including on-line) of: — — catalogs photos, engravings and postcards greeting cards forms posters, reproduction of works of art advertising material other printed matter on-line publishing of statistics or other information — — This class excludes: retail sale of software, see 4741 — — publishing of advertising newspapers, see 5813 — — on-line provision of software (application hosting and application service provisioning), — — see 6311 582 Software publishing See class 5820. 5820 Software publishing This class includes: publishing of ready-made (non-customized) software: — — operating systems business and other applications computer games for all platforms
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 208 This class excludes: reproduction of software, see 1820 — — retail sale of non-customized software, see 4741 — — production of software not associated with publishing, see 6201 — — on-line provision of software (application hosting and application service provisioning), — — see 6311 59 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities This division includes production of theatrical and non-theatrical motion pictures whether on film, videotape or disc for direct projection in theatres or for broadcasting on television; supporting activities such as film editing, cutting, dubbing etc.; distribution of motion pictures and other film productions to other industries; as well as motion picture or other film productions projection. Also included is the buying and selling of distribu- tion rights for motion pictures or other film productions. This division also includes the sound recording activities, i.e. production of original sound master recordings, releasing, promoting and distributing them, publishing of music as well as sound recording service activities in a studio or elsewhere. 591 Motion picture, video and television programme activities This group includes production of theatrical and non-theatrical motion pictures whether on film, videotape, DVD or other media, including digital distribution, for direct projec- tion in theatres or for broadcasting on television; supporting activities such as film edit- ing, cutting, dubbing etc.; distribution of motion pictures or other film productions (video tapes, DVDs, etc) to other industries; as well as their projection. Buying and selling of motion picture or any other film production distribution rights is also included. 5911 Motion picture, video and television programme production activities This class includes: production of motion pictures, videos, television programmes or television commer- — — cials This class excludes: film duplicating (except reproduction of motion picture film for theatrical distribution) as — — well as reproduction of audio and video tapes, CDs or DVDs from master copies, see 1820 wholesale of recorded video tapes, CDs, DVDs, see 4649 — — retail trade of video tapes, CDs, DVDs, see 4762 — — post-production activities, see 5912 — — reproduction of motion picture film for theatrical distribution, see 5912 — — sound recording and recording of books on tape, see 5920 — — creating a complete television channel programme, see 6020 — — television broadcasting, see 6020 — — film processing other than for the motion picture industry, see 7420 — — activities of personal theatrical or artistic agents or agencies, see 7490 — — renting of video tapes, DVDs to the general public, see 7722 — — real-time (i.e. simultaneous) closed captioning of live television performances, meetings, — — conferences, etc., see 8299 activities of own account actors, cartoonists, directors, stage designers and technical spe- — — cialists, see 9000
Detailed structure and explanatory notes 209 5912 Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities This class includes: post-production activities such as: — — editing, titling, subtitling, credits closed captioning computer-produced graphics, animation and special effects film/tape transfers activities of motion picture film laboratories and activities of special laboratories for — — animated films: developing and processing motion picture film reproduction of motion picture film for theatrical distribution This class also includes: activities of stock footage film libraries etc. — — This class excludes: film duplicating (except reproduction of motion picture film for theatrical distribution) as — — well as reproduction of audio and video tapes, CDs or DVDs from master copies, see 1820 wholesale of recorded video tapes, CDs, DVDs, see 4649 — — retail trade of video tapes, CDs, DVDs, see 4762 — — film processing other than for the motion picture industry, see 7420 — — renting of video tapes, DVDs to the general public, see 7722 — — activities of own account actors, cartoonists, directors, stage designers and technical spe- — — cialists, see 9000 5913 Motion picture, video and television programme distribution activities This class includes: distributing film, video tapes, DVDs and similar productions to motion picture thea- — — tres, television networks and stations and exhibitors This class also includes: acquiring film, video tape and DVD distribution rights — — This class excludes: film duplicating (except reproduction of motion picture film for theatrical distribution) as — — well as reproduction of audio and video tapes, CDs or DVDs from master copies, see 1820 reproduction of motion picture film for theatrical distribution, see 5912 — — 5914 Motion picture projection activities This class includes: motion picture or videotape projection in cinemas, in the open air or in other projec- — — tion facilities activities of cine-clubs — — 592 Sound recording and music publishing activities See class 5920.