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Swiss federal authorities

05 Mining of coal and lignite


This division includes the extraction of solid mineral fuels through underground or open-cast mining and includes operations (for example, grading, cleaning, compressing and other steps necessary for transport) leading to a marketable product.

This division excludes:

  • cocking, see 191000
  • services incidental to coal or lignite mining, see 099000
  • manufacture of briquettes, see 192000