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2. Treatment of mixed activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113131

(a) Treatment of independent multiple activities . . . . . 115116
(b) Treatment of vertical integration . . . . . . . . . . . . 117119
(c) Treatment of horizontal integration . . . . . . . . . . 120122
(d) The top-down method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123131
Box 1. Example: Identifying the principal activity of a
reporting unit using the top-down method . . . . . . . .

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Box 2. Example: Identifying the principal activity of a

reporting unit using the top-down method within
wholesale and retail trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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3. E-commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132134
4. Repair and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5. Outsourcing / activities on a fee or contract basis . . . . . 136145
(a) Classification of the contractor . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(b) Classification of the principal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140145
6. Government activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146147
7. Classification of enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148149
8. Classification of households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150151
9. Changes in the classification of units . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152154

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D. Capturing information about the activity of units and coding

it according to ISIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155157

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IV. Other topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158198

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A. Use of ISIC in establishing related national classifications . . . 158169

1. Aggregation and disaggregation of ISIC . . . . . . . . . . . 162167
2. Level of international comparability . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168169

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B. Use of different levels of the classification for the presentation

of statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170171

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C. Relationship with other classifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172192

1. General remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2. Relationship with product classifications: CPC, HS
and SITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173175
3. Other derived and related activity classifications . . . . . . 176184
(a) Derived classifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179181
(b) Related classifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182184
4. Relationship of other international classifications with
ISIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185192

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D. Indexes to the classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193194

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E. Correspondence tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195197

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F. Alternative aggregations for ISIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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