8413 Regulation of and contribution to more efficient operation of businesses

This category includes:

• administrative services of research and development policies and associated funds in these sectors
• support and information services for the below-mentioned affairs

This category excludes:

• research and experimental development services, see division 72

This subcategory includes:

• public administrative services related to:
  • agricultural land management
  • agrarian reform and land settlement
  • stabilisation of agrarian markets
  • veterinary affairs
  • pest control
  • forestry
  • fishing and hunting affairs
• administrative services provided by offices, bureaux and programme units concerning:
  • conservation of farmland
  • land reclamation
  • land improvement and expansion
  • supply of veterinary services to farms
  • eradication or control of pests, vermin, plant diseases or other destructive agents
  • crop inspection and grading
• administrative services concerning:
  • regulations governing forest operations
  • issuing of tree-felling licences
  • rationalisation of forest resources, exploitation
  • reforestation work
  • administrative services concerning the operation and support of game preserves and fish hatcheries
  • development and monitoring of regulations, including the licensing of fishing and hunting

This subcategory includes:

• administrative services provided by offices, bureaux and programme units concerning:
  • solid fuel, including regulations concerning their exploitation or conservation
  • petroleum and natural gas
  • mineral fuel
  • nuclear and non-commercial fuel, including such fuels as alcohol, wood and wood waste etc.

This subcategory includes:

• administrative services provided by offices, bureaux and programme units concerning:
  • discovery, exploitation, conservation, marketing and other aspects of mineral production, including the development and monitoring of regulations concerning prospecting
  • mining and safety standards
  • services designed to develop, expand and improve the position of manufacturing establishments
  • services related to development and administration of regulations concerning building standards, issuing of occupation certificates, development and monitoring of regulations concerning safety on construction sites

This subcategory excludes:

• administrative services related to mineral fuel, see 84.13.12

This subcategory includes:

• public administrative services for road and water transport, railway and air transport and communications
• administrative services provided by offices, bureaux and programme units concerning:
  • planning, design, construction, maintenance and improvement of roads, highways and associated structures
  • road-beds and associated structures
  • water transport facilities; railways; airport runways, terminals, hangars, air navigation aids; other fixed structures and equipment associated with air transport
  • pipelines and other facilities
• supervision and regulation of such work and development and administration of operational regulations for all the above-mentioned means of transport and related equipment
• administrative services related to communications, i.e., postal, telephone, telegraph, cable and wireless communications systems and communications satellites
• services related to planning, development, functioning and improvement of communications systems
• services concerning the development and administration of regulations for these systems

This subcategory excludes:

• police traffic-control services on roads and waterways, see 84.24.11

This subcategory includes:

• public administrative services related to the distributive trades, storage and warehousing and hotels and restaurants
• administrative services provided by offices, bureaux and programme units concerning:
  • development and monitoring of regulations concerning wholesale and retail trade, consumer protection, price control and rationing schemes operating through retailers or wholesalers, storage and warehousing, hotel and restaurant operation
• administrative services concerning the design and construction of hotel and restaurant accommodation

This subcategory includes:

• public administration services related to tourism and tourism promotion
• administrative services provided by offices, bureaux and programme units concerning:
  • advertising campaigns
  • dissemination of tourism information
  • other tourist support services

This subcategory excludes:

• operational services of tourist offices, see 79.90.12

This subcategory includes:

• administrative services provided by offices, bureaux and programme units concerning: planning, design, construction, improvement and operation of multipurpose projects. Such projects typically consist of integrated facilities for power generation, flood control, irrigation, navigation and recreation.

This subcategory includes:

• administrative services provided by offices, bureaux and programme units involving:
  • formulation of general economic policies
  • regulation or support of general economic activities, such as export and import trade as a whole, commodity and equity markets
  • overall income controls
  • general trade promotion activities
  • general regulation of monopolies and other restraints on trade and market entry
  • regulation, licensing and inspection of miscellaneous commercial sectors
• administrative services concerning the operation of such institutions as the patent, trademark and copyright offices, weather forecasting institutions, standardisation institutions
• administrative services concerning the formulation and implementation of general labour policies and regulations, such as labour conditions; the operation of labour exchanges; the implementation of national and regional development policy measures to reduce unemployment and to stimulate labour mobility