Detailed structure and explanatory notes 231 activities of auctioning houses (retail), see 4799 — — activities of real estate brokers, see 6820 — — bookkeeping activities, see 6920 — — activities of management consultants, see 7020 — — activities of architecture and engineering consultants, see 7110 — — engineering design activities, see 7110 — — display of advertisement and other advertising design, see 7310 — — creation of stands and other display structures and sites, see 7310 — — industrial design activities, see 7410 — — activities of convention and trade show organizers, see 8230 — — activities of independent auctioneers, see 8299 — — administration of loyalty programmes, see 8299 — — consumer credit and debt counselling, see 8890 — — activities of authors of scientific and technical books, see 9000 — — activities of independent journalists, see 9000 — — 75 Veterinary activities This division includes the provision of animal health care and control activities for farm animals or pet animals. These activities are carried out by qualified veterinarians in vet- erinary hospitals as well as when visiting farms, kennels or homes, in own consulting and surgery rooms or elsewhere. It also includes animal ambulance activities. 750 Veterinary activities See class 7500. 7500 Veterinary activities This class includes: animal health care and control activities for farm animals — — animal health care and control activities for pet animals — — These activities are carried out by qualified veterinarians when working in veterinary hos- pitals as well as when visiting farms, kennels or homes, in own consulting and surgery rooms or elsewhere. This class also includes: activities of veterinary assistants or other auxiliary veterinary personnel — — clinico-pathological and other diagnostic activities pertaining to animals — — animal ambulance activities — — This class excludes: farm animal boarding activities without health care, see 0162 — — sheep shearing, see 0162 — — herd testing services, droving services, agistment services, poultry caponizing, see 0162 — — activities related to artificial insemination, see 0162 — — pet animal boarding activities without health care, see 9609 — —
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 232 Section N Administrative and support service activities This section includes a variety of activities that support general business operations. These activi- ties differ from those in section M, since their primary purpose is not the transfer of specialized knowledge. 77 Rental and leasing activities This division includes the renting and leasing of tangible and non-financial intangible assets, including a wide array of tangible goods, such as automobiles, computers, con- sumer goods and industrial machinery and equipment to customers in return for a peri- odic rental or lease payment. It is subdivided into: (1) the renting of motor vehicles, (2) the renting of recreational and sports equipment and personal and household equipment, (3) the leasing of other machinery and equipment of the kind often used for business operations, including other transport equipment and (4) the leasing of intellectual prop- erty products and similar products. Only the provision of operating leases is included in this division. This division excludes financial leasing activities (see class 6491), renting of real estate (see section L) and the renting of equipment with operator. The latter is classified accord- ing to the activities carried out with this equipment, e.g. construction (section F) or trans- portation (section H). 771 Renting and leasing of motor vehicles See class 7710. 7710 Renting and leasing of motor vehicles This class includes: renting and operational leasing of the following types of vehicles: — — passenger cars (without drivers) trucks, utility trailers and recreational vehicles This class excludes: renting or leasing of vehicles or trucks with driver, see 4922, 4923 — — financial leasing, see 6491 — — 772 Renting and leasing of personal and household goods This group includes the renting of personal and household goods as well as renting of recreational and sports equipment and video tapes. Activities generally include short- term renting of goods although in some instances, the goods may be leased for longer periods of time. 7721 Renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods This class includes: renting of recreational and sports equipment: — — pleasure boats, canoes, sailboats, bicycles beach chairs and umbrellas
Detailed structure and explanatory notes 233 other sports equipment skis This class excludes: renting of video tapes and disks, see 7722 — — renting of other personal and household goods n.e.c., see 7729 — — renting of leisure and pleasure equipment as an integral part of recreational facilities, see — — 9329 7722 Renting of video tapes and disks This class includes: renting of video tapes, records, CDs, DVDs etc. — — 7729 Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods This class includes: renting of all kinds of household or personal goods, to households or industries (except — — recreational and sports equipment): textiles, wearing apparel and footwear furniture, pottery and glass, kitchen and tableware, electrical appliances and house wares jewellery, musical instruments, scenery and costumes books, journals and magazines machinery and equipment used by amateurs or as a hobby e.g. tools for home repairs flowers and plants electronic equipment for household use This class excludes: renting of cars, trucks, trailers and recreational vehicles without driver, see 7710 — — renting of recreational and sports goods, see 7721 — — renting of video tapes and disks, see 7722 — — renting of motorcycles and caravans without driver, see 7730 — — renting of office furniture, see 7730 — — provision of linen, work uniforms and related items by laundries, see 9601 — — 773 Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods See class 7730. 7730 Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods This class includes: renting and operational leasing, without operator, of other machinery and equipment — — that are generally used as capital goods by industries: engines and turbines machine tools mining and oilfield equipment professional radio, television and communication equipment motion picture production equipment measuring and controlling equipment
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 234 other scientific, commercial and industrial machinery renting and operational leasing of land-transport equipment (other than motor vehi- — — cles) without drivers: motorcycles, caravans and campers etc. railroad vehicles renting and operational leasing of water-transport equipment without operator: — — commercial boats and ships renting and operational leasing of air transport equipment without operator: — — airplanes hot-air balloons renting and operational leasing of agricultural and forestry machinery and equipment — — without operator: renting of products produced by class 2821, such as agricultural tractors etc. renting and operational leasing of construction and civil-engineering machinery and — — equipment without operator: crane lorries scaffolds and work platforms, without erection and dismantling renting and operational leasing of office machinery and equipment without operator: — — computers and computer peripheral equipment duplicating machines, typewriters and word-processing machines accounting machinery and equipment: cash registers, electronic calculators etc. office furniture This class also includes: renting of accommodation or office containers — — renting of containers — — renting of pallets — — renting of animals (e.g. herds, race horses) — — This class excludes: renting of agricultural and forestry machinery or equipment with operator, see 0161, 0240 — — renting of construction and civil engineering machinery or equipment with operator, see — — division 43 renting of water-transport equipment with operator, see division 50 — — renting of air-transport equipment with operator, see division 51 — — financial leasing, see 6491 — — renting of pleasure boats, see 7721 — — renting of bicycles, see 7721 — — 774 Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works See class 7740. 7740 Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works This class includes the activities of allowing others to use intellectual property products and similar products for which a royalty payment or licensing fee is paid to the owner of the product (i.e. the asset holder). The leasing of these products can take various forms, such as permission for reproduction, use in subsequent processes or products, operating businesses under a franchise etc. The current owners may or may not have created these products.
Detailed structure and explanatory notes 235 This class includes: leasing of intellectual property products (except copyrighted works, such as books or — — software) receiving royalties or licensing fees for the use of: — — patented entities trademarks or service marks brand names mineral exploration and evaluation franchise agreements This class excludes: acquisition of rights and publishing, see divisions 58 and 59 — — producing, reproducing and distributing copyrighted works (books, software, film), see — — divisions 58 and 59 leasing of real estate, see group 681 — — leasing of tangible products (assets), see groups 771, 772, 773 — — renting of video tapes and disks, see 7722 — — renting of books, see 7729 — — 78 Employment activities This division includes activities of listing employment vacancies and referring or placing applicants for employment, where the individuals referred or placed are not employees of the employment agencies, supplying workers to clients’ businesses for limited peri- ods of time to supplement the working force of the client, and the activities of providing human resources and human resource management services for others on a contract or fee basis. This division also includes executive search and placement activities and activi- ties of theatrical casting agencies. This division excludes the activities of agents for individual artists (see class 7490). 781 Activities of employment placement agencies See class 7810. 7810 Activities of employment placement agencies This class includes listing employment vacancies and referring or placing applicants for employment, where the individuals referred or placed are not employees of the employ- ment agencies. This class includes: personnel search, selection referral and placement activities, including executive — — placement and search activities activities of casting agencies and bureaus, such as theatrical casting agencies — — activities of on-line employment placement agencies — — This class excludes: activities of personal theatrical or artistic agents or agencies, see 7490 — — 782 Temporary employment agency activities See class 7820.
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 236 7820 Temporary employment agency activities This class includes: supplying workers to clients’ businesses for limited periods of time to temporarily — — replace or supplement the working force of the client, where the individuals provided are employees of the temporary help service unit Units classified here do not provide direct supervision of their employees at the clients’ work sites. 783 Other human resources provision See class 7830. 7830 Other human resources provision This class includes: provision of human resources for client businesses — — This provision of human resources is typically done on a long-term or permanent basis and the units classified here may perform a wide range of human resource and personnel management duties associated with this provision. The units classified here represent the employer of record for the employees on matters relating to payroll, taxes, and other fiscal and human resource issues, but they are not responsible for direction and supervision of employees. This class excludes: provision of human resources functions together with supervision or running of the busi- — — ness, see the class in the respective economic activity of that business provision of human resources to temporarily replace or supplement the workforce of the — — client, see 7820 79 Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities This division includes the activity of selling travel, tour, transportation and accommoda- tion services to the general public and commercial clients and the activity of arranging and assembling tours that are sold through travel agencies or directly by agents such as tour operators, as well as other travel-related services including reservation services. The activities of tourist guides and tourism promotion activities are also included. 791 Travel agency and tour operator activities This group includes the activities of agencies, primarily engaged in selling travel, tour, transportation and accommodation services to the general public and commercial cli- ents and the activity of arranging and assembling tours that are sold through travel agen- cies or directly by agents such as tour operators. 7911 Travel agency activities This class includes: activities of agencies primarily engaged in selling travel, tour, transportation and — — accommodation services to the general public and commercial clients
Detailed structure and explanatory notes 237 7912 Tour operator activities This class includes: arranging and assembling tours that are sold through travel agencies or directly by — — tour operators. The tours may include any or all of the following: transportation accommodation food visits to museums, historical or cultural sites, theatrical, musical or sporting events 799 Other reservation service and related activities See class 7990. 7990 Other reservation service and related activities This class includes: provision of other travel-related reservation services: — — reservations for transportation, hotels, restaurants, car rentals, entertainment and sport etc. provision of time-share exchange services — — ticket sales activities for theatrical, sports and other amusement and entertainment — — events provision of visitor assistance services: — — provision of travel information to visitors activities of tourist guides tourism promotion activities — — This class excludes: activities of travel agencies and tour operators, see 7911, 7912 — — organization and management of events such as meetings, conventions and conferences, — — see 8230 80 Security and investigation activities This division includes security-related services such as: investigation and detective serv- ices; guard and patrol services; picking up and delivering money, receipts, or other valu- able items with personnel and equipment to protect such properties while in transit; operation of electronic security alarm systems, such as burglar and fire alarms, where the activity focuses on remote monitoring these systems, but often involves also sale, installa- tion and repair services. If the latter components are provided separate, they are excluded from this division and classified in retail sale, construction etc. 801 Private security activities See class 8010. 8010 Private security activities This class includes the provision of one or more of the following: guard and patrol serv- ices, picking up and delivering money, receipts or other valuable items with personnel and equipment to protect such properties while in transit.