1. ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATIONS Advanced course Day 3 – first afternoon session CPA – Classification of Products by Activity
Zsófia Ercsey - KSH – Hungary
Marie-Madeleine Fuger - INSEE – France
Hans Van Hooff - CBS - Netherlands
THE CONTRACTOR IS ACTING UNDER A FRAMEWORK CONTRACT CONCLUDED WITH THE COMMISSION

2. CPA: Classification of Products by Activity
Targets
European version of CPC
Same principles, concepts, obligations, etc.
Plus : legal obligations (European regulation) about uses and links with other EU product classifications
CPA revised like CPC
Principles
Major principles:
All products classified depending of an origin activity defined in NACE class
 some necessary conventions: all CPA objects being not products: wastes, second-hand goods, by-products)
A CPA item : a full or split CPC item (so CPA more detailed); CPA Rev. 2 has 3142 subcategories and CPA ver. 2.1 has 3218 subcategories

3. CPA Rev. 2 & CPA Rev. 2.1 Coding system Sections, divisions: like NACE
Less groups and classes
Products not always linked to NACE classes but to Divisions: more than one possible origin activity
In such a case codes: xx.00.xx
6-digit codes: NACE code + two digits (xx.xx.xx)
Fifth digit of industrial services = always 9
Fifth digit of CPA code NEVER equals 0
Categories
Sub-categories

4. Structure of CPA NACE 2 CPA 2 CPA 2.1 21 88 272 261 262 615 575 576 -
Section 21
Division 88
Group
272
261
262
Class
615
575
576
Category -
1342
1357
Sub-category
3142
3218
5429
5522

5. CPA Rev. 2 & CPA Rev. 2.1 Interpretation Specific features
Commodities: HS rules and explanatory notes
Non-transportable goods and services: explanatory notes
Based on CPC ones then developed and more precise
Specific features
All wastes, either from household or businesses, are linked to NACE 38.1 and 38.2
Second-hand goods: out of scope
No CPA for second-hand cars
But, Worn clothing and other worn articles
Explanation: waste and scrap are classified in CPC 39, which has no reference to ISIC

6. CPA Rev. 2 & CPA Rev. 2.1 Particular correspondence to NACE No link
Mixed farming (NACE 01.50): no specific product
High level link
Fish and sea-food (NACE 03)
Seats (NACE 31)
Retail sale trade services (NACE 47)
Non-specialized trade
Constructions (buildings and civil engineering works) and construction services (NACE 41)
Scientific research and development services (from CPA 2.1 on)
xx.00.yy

7. CPA Rev. 2 & CPA Rev. 2.1 Particular characteristics
Services performed on a fee or contract basis
A manufacturing produces a good (in most cases) or a service (printing, moulding, casting, forging…)
The latter are identified in CPC division 89
When a contractor performs an activity on goods he does not own, the output of his activity is a service (identified in CPC division 88)
These manufacturing are identified in CPA with specific coding wx.yz.9 and wx.yz.99 sub-contracted operations as part of manufacturing of…

8. CPA Rev. 2.1 Links – odds features CPC CN
missing links (eg: , )
Multiple links when CPC has more detail than CPA (eg: , , , , aso…)
Secondary links (when a CN is linked to more than one CPA)
Missing link: when the concept does not exist (cf. food supplements
No description in CPA for used vehicles or second hand goods
CPC CN

9. CPA Rev. 2 & CPA Rev. 2.1 Main uses Revision policy
Same ones than for CPC (PPI, SNA, EBoPS, tourism products)
Short term statistics
PRODCOM
Non-statistical uses
Public procurements : Community Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
Revision policy
Like CPC

10. Thank you!