Division 74: Other professional, scientific and technical activities

Excludes

• engineering design, i.e. applying physical laws and principles of engineering in the design of machines, materials, instruments, structures, processes and systems, see 71.1271.12
• design of computer plans for 3D printing, see 71.1271.12

Includes

• industrial design, carried out also through specialised software, i.e. creating and developing designs and specifications that optimise the use, value, package and appearance of products, including the determination of the materials, mechanism, shape, colour and surface finishes of the product, taking into consideration human characteristics and needs, safety, market appeal in distribution, use and maintenance

Includes

• fashion design related to textiles, wearing apparel, shoes, jewellery, furniture and other interior decoration, and other fashion goods, as well as other personal or household goods

Excludes

• design of computer-produced graphics for animations, see 59.1159.11
• designing the structure of web pages applying principles of software engineering, see 62.1062.10
• web design in combination with programming of web pages, see 62.1062.10

Implementation rule

• The activities included in this category are subdivided in graphic design of web pages, and other graphic design and visual communication activities.

Includes

• graphic design of web pages
• activities of graphic designers of web pages

Includes

• activities of graphic designers
• activities of communication designers
• activities specialised in the design of messages and information, taking into account the characteristics and needs of people, corporate objectives, market attractiveness and dissemination media
• design and consulting in the content and external appearance of campaigns and communication content; conception and design of visual images (corporate design) and media of corporate communication; brand design and brand updating; determination of visual language (form, colour, typography of publications, didactic illustration of complex and abstract contexts)

Excludes

• architectural design activities, see 71.1171.11

Includes

• activities of interior decorators
• interior design services (e.g. the planning and designing of interior spaces to meet the aesthetic and functional needs of people focusing mainly on finishes, furniture and colour palettes)
• drafting designs for interior decoration

Excludes

• design of computer-produced graphics for animations, see 59.1159.11
• industrial product and fashion design activities, see 74.1174.11

Implementation rule

• The activities included in this category are subdivided in specialised design activities provided by draughtsmen and other specialised design activities n.e.c.

Excludes

• activities of printing photographs (from cellular phones, memory cards, universal serial bus (USB) and other electronic supports), see 18.1218.12
• processing motion picture film related to motion picture and television industries, see 59.1259.12
• cartographic and spatial information activities, see 71.1271.12
• photogrammetric surveying activities, see 71.1271.12
• operation of coin-operated (self-service) photo machines, see 96.9996.99

Includes

• activities of photojournalists
• activities of photojournalists, not self-publishing their own created content

Includes

• aerial and underwater photography

Includes

• commercial and consumer photography:
  • portrait photography for passports, schools, weddings, etc.
  • photography for commercials, publishers, fashion, real estate or tourism purposes
  • videotaping of events: weddings, meetings, etc.
  • activities of artistic photographs

Includes

• film processing:
  • developing, printing and enlarging from client-taken negatives or cine-films
  • film developing and photo printing laboratories
  • one-hour photo shops (not part of shops selling cameras)
  • mounting of slides
  • copying and restoring or transparency retouching in connection with photographs

Also includes

• microfilming of documents
• digitising photographs, uploading video to the cloud
• object scanning in 3D

Excludes

• publishing translation software, see 58.2958.29
• development of translation tools and training translation engines, see 62.1062.10
• language teaching activities, see 85.5985.59

Includes

• translation and interpretation of all languages, including sign language, whether spoken or written

Excludes

• leasing of intellectual property and similar products, see 77.4077.40

Includes

• brokering and marketing activities for patents

Also includes

• management services for rights to industrial property (patents, licences, trademarks, franchises, etc.)
• activities of collective rights management organisations
• management of rights in intellectual property (e.g. copyrights and their revenues)
• marketing of licences and other administrative authorisations for commercial-type activities

Excludes

• forest management consulting services, see 02.4002.40
• activities of auctioning houses (wholesale) and online auction activities (wholesale), see 46.146.1
• activities of auctioning houses (retail sale) and online auction activities (retail sale), see 47.947.9
• activities of real estate brokers, see 68.3168.31
• bookkeeping activities, see 69.2069.20
• activities of management consultants, see 70.2070.20
• activities of architecture and engineering consultants, see 71.171.1
• provision of architectural or engineering project management services for construction projects, see 71.171.1
• environmental engineering activities, see 71.1271.12
• geodetic surveying activities, see 71.1271.12
• project management activities related to architectural activities, see 71.1171.11
• planning or overseeing conservation of historical civil engineering constructions, see 71.1271.12
• project management activities related to civil engineering works, see 71.1271.12
• industrial and machinery design, see 71.12, 74.1171.1274.11
• veterinary testing and control in relation to food production, see 71.2071.20
• archaeological excavations, see 72.2072.20
• display of advertisements and other advertising design, see 73.1173.11
• sales promotion service activities, see 73.1173.11
• activities of scientific consulting for promotion purposes concerning pharmaceutical preparations or other pharmaceutical goods, see 73.3073.30
• patent brokerage activities, see 74.9174.91
• management services for rights to industrial property (e.g. patents, licences, trademarks, franchises, etc.), see 74.9174.91
• security consultants' activities, see 80.0980.09
• activities of convention and trade show organisers, see 82.3082.30
• administration of loyalty programmes, see 82.9982.99
• consultation of medical doctors, see 86.286.2
• consumer credit and debt counselling, see 88.9988.99
• genealogical activities, see 96.9996.99
• graphological research services, see 96.9996.99

Includes

• agronomy consulting services

Excludes

• agricultural wine-growing and wine-making consulting activities provided by oenologists, see 74.99.1574.99.15
• agricultural wine-growing and wine-making consulting activities provided by wine technicians, see 74.99.1674.99.16

Excludes

• agricultural wine-growing and wine-making consulting activities provided by oenologists, see 74.99.1574.99.15
• agricultural wine-growing and wine-making consulting activities provided by wine technicians, see 74.99.1674.99.16

Excludes

• agricultural wine-growing and wine-making consulting activities provided by oenologists, see 74.99.1574.99.15
• agricultural wine-growing and wine-making consulting activities provided by wine technicians, see 74.99.1674.99.16

Excludes

• agricultural wine-growing and wine-making consulting activities provided by oenologists, see 74.99.1574.99.15
• agricultural wine-growing and wine-making consulting activities provided by wine technicians, see 74.99.1674.99.16

Excludes

• consulting activities provided by wine merchants and sommeliers, see 74.99.4174.99.41

Excludes

• consulting activities provided by wine merchants and sommeliers, see 74.99.4174.99.41

Includes

• consulting in the area of occupational safety and health at the workplace

Includes

• consulting services on safety of products only if not associated with technical testing and analysis
• other consulting services in the area of safety only if not associated with security consultants activities

Includes

• consulting in the area of prevention and reduction of air, water and soil pollution
• environmental consulting activities

Includes

• energy-saving advice activities
• consulting in the area of natural energy resources (coal, oil, gas, uranium and hydrogen) management
• consulting in the area of biomass energy management
• consulting in the area of wind, water and solar energy management

Excludes

• forest management consulting services, see 02.40.0002.40.00

Excludes

• business and other management consultancy activities in the restaurant industry, see 70.20.070.20.0
• technical testing on wines and other alcoholic products, see 71.2071.20
• oenology courses, see 85.59.985.59.9

Includes

• technical consulting provided by industrial experts, e.g. in the area of construction, electrical engineering, information technology and electronics

Includes

• weather forecasting activities

Also includes

• activities carried out by agents and agencies on behalf of individuals usually involving the obtaining of engagements in motion picture, theatrical production or other entertainment or sports attractions, as well as the placement of books, plays, artworks, photographs, etc., with publishers, producers, etc.
• talent management activities

Includes

• document examination in forensic graphology
• human resources and recruitment graphological consulting activity

Excludes

• genealogical activities, see 96.99.9996.99.99
• graphological research services, see 96.99.9996.99.99

Includes

• business brokerage activities, i.e. arranging for the purchase and sale of small and medium-sized businesses, including professional practices, but excluding real estate brokerage
• appraisal activities other than for real estate and insurance (for antiques, jewellery etc.)
• bill auditing and freight rate information
• other technical consulting
• activities of quantity surveyors

Also includes

• economic services for construction projects (e.g. by construction economists)
• supervisory board activities
• activities of planning and elaboration of projects in the area of hunting management
• activities of estimation of the number of game animals

Excludes

• archaeological excavations, see 72.20.0172.20.01