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This type includes:

  • planting, care and maintenance of parks and gardens for:
  • private and public housing
  • public and semi-public buildings (schools, hospitals, administrative buildings, church buildings, etc.)
  • municipal grounds (parks, green areas, cemeteries, etc.)
  • highway greenery (roads, train lines and tramlines, waterways, ports)
  • industrial and commercial buildings
  • planting, care and maintenance of greenery for:
  • buildings (roof gardens, facade greenery, indoor gardens, etc.)
  • sports grounds (football fields, golf courses, etc.), playgrounds, lawns for sunbathing and other recreational parks
  • stationary and flowing water (basins, alternating wet areas, ponds, swimming pools, ditches, watercourses, plant sewage systems)
  • planting of vegetation for protection against noise, wind, erosion, visibility
  • protection and restoring landscape (e.g. for parks, gardens)
  • ecological engineering works for the purpose of ecological preservation of sites

This type also includes:

  • restoration of natural environments (e.g. plant engineering, renaturation of ecosystems)
  • erosion control activities in mountain environments, spawning grounds and riverbanks
  • creation and relocation of species habitats (e.g. nesting boxes, shelters, hibernacula)
  • prevention, control and response activities against the introduction and spread of invasive species in fauna or flora
  • environmental management (e.g. performing protection and maintenance measures for dunes, moors, wetlands or other sensitive areas; eco-grazing)

This type excludes:

  • protection or restoration activities of agricultural and forestry land, see divisions 01 and 02
  • commercial growing and planting for commercial growing of plants, trees, see divisions 01 and 02
  • tree nurseries and forest tree nurseries, see 013000, 021000
  • keeping the land in good environmental condition for agricultural use, see 016100
  • restoration of marine ecosystems, see 033000
  • construction activities for landscaping purposes, see section F
  • landscape design and architectural activities, see 7111
  • operation of national parks, nature reserves, etc., including conservation and maintenance, see 9142