Agriculture in the Central Product Classification, the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities and the International Standard Classification of Occupations

Revise the activity (European Classification, Rev.1.1) and product classifications (Classification of Products by Activity) in accordance with changes in the International Standard Industry Classification of All Economic Activities and the Central Product Classification

In that regard, the Classification of Products by Activities (CPA), the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS), the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC), the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS Harmonized System), the Extended Balance of Payments Services Classification (EBOPS) and the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities have been considered for substantial parts of the revision process.

Such a review should be undertaken for economic classifications including the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, the Central Product Classification, the Standard International Trade Classification, the Classification by Broad Economic Categories and the classifications of expenditure according to purpose.

Final draft of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 4

Status of the revision process of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities

The planned user's guide for the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities will address Central Product Classification issues as well. This will be achieved through the discussion of classification principles and their interpretation and application in both classifications, recognizing that the CPC describes the outputs of the economic activities described in the ISIC.

The consultative process for the revision of the Central Product Classification was based on the same principles and mechanism as the revision of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities.

Similarly, the activities for furthering the implementation of the Central Product Classification will be combined with the implementation efforts for the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities United Nations Statistics Division workshops will focus on the combined use of the ISIC and the CPC, as described above.

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The Technical Subgroup prepared a proposal for the work programme for the 2007 revision of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 4, and the Central Product Classification, Version 2, in a multistage process.

(g) Recommending more detailed categories for the updating of the International Standard Classification of Occupations, 1988, to cover specific descriptions of informal activities

Similar to the link between the ISIC and NACE, particular attention has been paid to maintain a strong correlation between the Central Product Classification and the Classification of Products by Activities at the most detailed level, although their aggregation structures differ.

These correspondence tables are essential for ensuring compatibility between the different detailed structure levels of ISIC of, among others, the United Nations, the General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities within the European Communities (NACE) of Eurostat, the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) of the United States of America, Canada and Mexico and the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC).

The submission of the final structure for the proposed Central Product Classification, Version 2, to the present session of the Statistical Commission concludes a multi year programme that was undertaken in conjunction with the revision of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities.

3 For example, the European Classification (NACE), the North American Classification (NAICS) and the Australia New Zealand Classification (ANZSIC).

(f) Survey methods and questions for identifying status in employment categories and the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Rev.4.

The Statistical Commission mandated the beginning of the revision in 1999 following its review of the report entitled Evaluation of progress in the implementation of International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 3 and the Central Product Classification, Version 1.0 (E CN.3 1999 16).

World Health Organization, Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard and Guidelines to Classification, 2000 2002, WHO PCS 01.5, http www.who.int pcs docs Classification 20of 20Pesticides 202000 02.pdf.

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Globally Harmonized System of Classification

The inclusion of the FAO proposals for the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities and the Central Product Classification in their new versions, the ISIC, Revision 4, and CPC, Version 2, has effectively facilitated their application to the next World Programme for the Census of Agriculture.

These include the updated System of National Accounts, 1993 (1993 SNA, Rev.1) and the revised Balance of Payments Manual, both planned to be published in 2008, and the International Standard Industry Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) and the Central Product Classification, to be revised in 2007.

The classification of crops, classification of livestock and classification of machinery and equipment recommended in the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010 are now fully compatible with the ISIC and the CPC.

The OECD Working Party on Indicators of the Information Society is reviewing the definitions of the ICT sector, as well as ICT goods and services products in the light of the revision of the International Standard Industry Classification of All Economic Activities, the Central Product Classification and the Harmonized System (2007).

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(c) That Member States participating in the activities of the Subcommittee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, as well as the European Commission, are actively preparing revisions of national or regional legislation applicable to chemicals for implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals

20 See The WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard and Guidelines to Classification, 2004 (Geneva, World Health Organization, 2005).

It also developed a number of proposals for the revision of the Balance of Payments Manual, the International Standard Industry Classification of All Economic Activities and the Central Product Classification in order to increase harmonization of concepts between these frameworks and tourism statistics and to make them more helpful for the collection of tourism statistics.

(b) The classification of fireworks for transport

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The term derived classification has been reserved for members of the family of international classifications, which are based upon the relevant reference classification.

The Commission is requested to review the draft and, as recommended by the Expert Group, approve the draft of Revision 4 as the recommended international classification standard for economic activities.

Push ahead with implementation of refuse classification system

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The final draft of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 4, was considered by the Expert Group on International Economic and Social Classifications at its meeting in June 2005.

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Final draft of the Central Product Classification, Version 2

Status of the revision process of the Central Product Classification

The objectives of the 2007 revision of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities were formulated in terms of improving and strengthening its relevance and comparability with other classifications, while considering its continuity.

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Considering that this kind of economic activity was an important variable for the classification of informal sector activities, the Group recommended that the Chairman of the Group should take appropriate action to request that activities undertaken by informal sector enterprises be reflected in sufficient detail in ISIC, Rev.4.

Status of the revision process of the Standard International Trade Classification