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G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE; REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES

CAEN Code 4677: Wholesale of waste and scrap

This class includes:

  • wholesale of metal and non-metal waste and scrap and materials for recycling, including collecting, sorting, separating, stripping of used goods such as cars in order to obtain reusable parts, packing and repacking, storage and delivery, but without a real transformation process Additionally, the purchased and sold waste has a remaining value

This class also includes:

  • dismantling of automobiles, computers, televisions and other equipment to obtain and re-sell usable parts

This class excludes:

  • collection of household and industrial waste, see 381 - treatment of waste, not for a further use in an industrial manufacturing process, but with the aim of disposal, see 382 - processing of waste and scrap and other articles into secondary raw material when a real transformation process is required (the resulting secondary raw material is fit for direct use in an industrial manufacturing process, but is not a final product), see 383 - dismantling of automobiles, computers, televisions and other equipment for materials recovery, see CAEN 3831
  • ship-breaking, see CAEN 3831
  • Car shredding through mechanical processes, see CAEN 3832
  • Retail sale of second-hand goods, see CAEN 4779