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 84.13.02

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, improvement and administration of regulations of communications systems

This subcategory excludes:

• police traffic-control services on roads and waterways, see 84.24.01

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 79.90.10

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