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O - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE; COMPULSORY SOCIAL SECURITY

CAEN Code 8422: Defence activities

This class includes:

  • Administration, supervision, and operation of military defense affairs and land, sea, air, and space defense forces:
    • combat forces from the army, navy, and air force:
    • engineering, transport, communications, intelligence, material, personnel, and other non-combat forces and commands
    • reserve and auxiliary forces of the defence establishment
    • military logistics (provision of equipment, infrastructure, supplies, etc.)
    • health activities for military personnel in the field
  • administration, operation and support of civil defence forces
  • support for the working out of contingency plans and the carrying out of exercises in which civilian institutions and populations are involved
  • administration of defence-related research and development policies and related funds

This class excludes:

  • research and experimental development activities, see division 72 - provision of military aid to foreign countries, see CAEN 8421
  • activities of military tribunals, see CAEN 8423 - provision of supplies for domestic emergency use in case of peacetime disasters, see CAEN 8424 - educational activities of military schools, colleges and academies, see 854 - activities of military hospitals, see CAEN 8610