8411 General public administration activities


Corresponding CPA codes

  • 84.11.1 General (overall) public services
  • 84.11.11 Executive and legislative services

    This subcategory includes:

    • executive and legislative administration services of central, regional and local bodies
  • 84.11.12 Financial and fiscal services

    This subcategory includes:

    • administrative and supervisory services related to financial and fiscal affairs, such as: • operational services for taxation schemes • duty and tax collection on goods • tax violation investigation services
    • budget implementation and management services of public funds and public debt services
  • 84.11.13 Overall economic and social planning and statistical services

    This subcategory includes:

    • administrative and operational services related to overall economic and social planning
    • services provided by planning and statistical offices undertaken at the different levels of government
    • services by the other offices, bureaux or programme units which formulate, co-ordinate and frequently monitor the implementation of overall economic and social plans and programmes
  • 84.11.14 Government services to fundamental research

    This subcategory includes:

    • administrative services provided by offices, bureaux, programme units etc., for governmental activities in the funding or conduction of fundamental research into the natural sciences, the social sciences and humanities and fundamental multidisciplinary research

    This subcategory excludes:

    • administrative services for research and development policies intended to increase personal well-being and of associated funds, see 84.12.12
    • administrative services for research and development policies intended to improve economic performance and competitiveness, see 84.13.1
    • administrative services for defence-related research and development policies and of associated funds, see 84.22.1
  • 84.11.19 Other general (overall) public services

    This subcategory includes:

    • administrative, operational and support services related to government (public) affairs that cannot be assigned to one of the four previous categories
    • services provided by programme units dealing with non-self-governing and trust territory affairs
    • services provided by programme units administering elections
  • 84.11.2 Supporting services for the government
  • 84.11.21 General personnel services for the government

    This subcategory includes:

    • public administrative and operational services for general personnel affairs, whether or not connected with a specific function
    • services related to the development and implementation of general personnel policies and procedures, covering selection and promotion, rating methods, job descriptions, evaluation and classification, administration of civil service regulations and similar matters
  • 84.11.29 Other supporting services for the government

    This subcategory includes:

    • centralised public procurement and supply services

    This subcategory excludes:

    • operation services of government owned or occupied buildings, see 68.20.12, 68.32.13
    • operation services of government archives, see 91.01.12