What are the new intermediation classes in transport, postal and telecommunication?

Four new intermediation classes were created for transport, postal and courier, and telecommunication work in NACE Rev. 2.1: class 52.31 for freight transportation, class 52.32 for passenger transportation, class 53.30 for postal and courier activities, and class 61.20 for telecommunication reselling and intermediation. Paragraph 135 lists the classes. The classes are statistical headings. They do not determine a code for a specific reader.

What are the four classes?

Paragraph 135 lists the classes with their titles. Class 52.31 is intermediation service activities for freight transportation. Class 52.32 is intermediation service activities for passenger transportation. Class 53.30 is intermediation service activities for postal and courier activities. Class 61.20 is telecommunication reselling activities and intermediation service activities for telecommunication. The first three titles follow the common intermediation pattern. The fourth title adds reselling to intermediation, which reflects the character of the telecommunication class as the manual states it: reselling and intermediation for telecommunication sit together in one class, where the other three classes name intermediation alone.

The division placement follows the principle in paragraph 135: the classes were created in the divisions where the goods and services are produced. The freight and passenger classes sit in division 52, warehousing and support activities for transportation, beside the transport support classes. The postal and courier class sits in division 53, postal and courier activities. The telecommunication class sits in division 61, telecommunication, beside the single class 61.10 for telecommunication activities themselves. The placement means that a reader working in any of the three divisions must check for an intermediation class in the same division, before assuming that the division contains only the direct provision of the service.

How do the transport classes divide?

The two transport classes divide by the kind of transport intermediated for: freight on one side, and passengers on the other. The division mirrors the division of transport itself into freight and passenger work, which runs through divisions 49 to 51 for the transport modes. The notes for the two classes state the contents in full, including the treatment of intermediation that covers both freight and passenger work, where the notes for the neighbouring classes govern the boundary in general terms. Section 4 does not reproduce the notes, and this guide does not state inclusion lists that it has not verified from the notes. The notes must be read, together with the notes for the transport classes concerned, before either class is quoted.

The postal and courier class, and the telecommunication class, raise the same reading point from different directions. Postal and courier intermediation sits in the postal division, not in the transport support division, because the service intermediated for is a postal service. Telecommunication reselling and intermediation sit in the telecommunication division, not in a general intermediation division, because the service is a telecommunication service. The division follows the service, in every case, and the notes for the classes in the division state the boundary between direct provision, reselling and intermediation, in general terms, for the division concerned.

How are the four classes laid out?

| New class | Title in paragraph 135 | Division where created |

|---|---|---|

| 52.31 | Intermediation service activities for freight transportation | 52, warehousing and support activities for transportation |

| 52.32 | Intermediation service activities for passenger transportation | 52, warehousing and support activities for transportation |

| 53.30 | Intermediation service activities for postal and courier activities | 53, postal and courier activities |

| 61.20 | Telecommunication reselling activities and intermediation service activities for telecommunication | 61, telecommunication |

The table follows paragraph 135. It lists the four classes, their titles and their divisions, and nothing more, because section 4 states nothing more about the classes. The explanatory notes for the classes, and the correspondence table, supply the content and the mapping from the old structure. The table in this guide is a summary of the manual summary, and it must not be quoted as a statement of the content of any class.

What does a new class not decide?

A new class is a new heading in the published classification. No decision about a specific unit follows, and no guarantee follows that an activity previously held in an old class now belongs in the new class. How the new class content relates to the old classes that previously held the work is recorded in the correspondence table, and what the new class includes and excludes is stated in its explanatory note. The classification is statistical only. Tax, licensing, social security, collective agreement and funding questions are outside the code decisions, and only the institute or register holding the record confirms the entry.

Where is a new class confirmed?

The check for a new class runs in three steps. First, the section 4 summary in the manual for the creation as adopted. Second, the explanatory note for the class, for inclusions and exclusions. Third comes the institute or register holding the entry actually held. This guide gives the first step and points to the other two.

Place each intermediation class in the division of the service it serves, read the reselling wording for class 61.20 with care, and confirm the entry with the institute or register that holds it.