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 CPA code NEVER equals 0
Fifth digit of CPA describing subcontracted
operations in manufacturing ALWAYS equals 9
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 notes, then developed and more precise
Specific features
All wastes, if not produced, 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 (div. 03)
Seats (div. 31)
Retail sale trade services (div. 47)
Constructions (buildings and civil engineering works) and construction services (div. 41)
Scientific research and development services (from CPA 2.1 on) (div. 72)
Conventional link
Non-specialized trade ( , )
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!