Date adopted: 25 June 1969
Document Number/Symbol: C130
Organization: International Labour Organisation
C130 Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention, 1969
Convention concerning Medical Care and Sickness Benefits (Note: Date of coming into force: 27:05:1972.)
Description:(Convention)
Convention:C130
Place:Geneva
Session of the Conference:53
Date of adoption:25:06:1969
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met
in its Fifty-third Session on 4 June 1969, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the revision of the Sickness Insurance
(Industry) Convention, 1927, and the Sickness Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1927, which is the fifth
item on the agenda of the session, and
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international Convention,
adopts the twenty-fifth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine, the following
Convention, which may be cited as the Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention, 1969:
Part I. General Provisions
Article 1
In this Convention--
(a) the term legislation includes any social security rules as well as laws and regulations;
(b) the term prescribed means determined by or in virtue of national legislation;
(c) the term industrial undertaking includes all undertakings in the following branches of economic activity:
mining and quarrying; manufacturing; construction; electricity, gas and water; and transport, storage and
communication;
(d) the term residence means ordinary residence in the territory of the Member and the term resident
means a person ordinarily resident in the territory of the Member;
(e) the term dependent refers to a state of dependency which is presumed to exist in prescribed cases;
(f) the term wife means a wife who is dependent on her husband;
(g) the term child covers--
(i) a child under school-leaving age or under 15 years of age, whichever is the higher: Provided that a
Member which has made a declaration under Article 2 may, while such declaration is in force, apply the
Convention as if the term covered a child under school-leaving age or under 15 years of age; and
(ii) a child under a prescribed age higher than that specified in clause (i) of this subparagraph and who is an
apprentice or student or has a chronic illness or infirmity disabling him for any gainful activity, under
prescribed conditions: Provided that this requirement shall be deemed to be met where national legislation
defines the term so as to cover any child under an age appreciably higher than that specified in clause (i) of
this subparagraph;
(h) the term standard beneficiary means a man with a wife and two children;
(i) the term qualifying period means a period of contribution, or a period of employment, or a period of
residence, or any combination thereof, as may be prescribed;
(j) the term sickness means any morbid condition, whatever its cause;
(k) the term medical care includes allied benefits.
Article 2
1. A Member whose economy and medical facilities are insufficiently developed may avail itself, by a
declaration accompanying its ratification, of the temporary exceptions provided for in Article 1, subparagraph
(g), clause (i); Article 11; Article 14; Article 20; and Article 26, paragraph 2. Any such declaration shall state
the reason for such exceptions.
2. Each Member which has made a declaration under paragraph 1 of this Article shall include in its reports
upon the application of this Convention submitted under article 22 of the Constitution of the International
Labour Organisation a statement in respect of each exception of which it avails itself--
(a) that its reason for doing so subsists; or
(b) that it renounces its right to avail itself of the exception in question as from a stated date.
3. Each Member which has made a declaration under paragraph 1 of this Article shall, as appropriate to the
terms of such declaration and as circumstances permit--
(a) increase the number of persons protected;
(b) extend the range of medical care provided;
(c) extend the duration of sickness benefit.
Article 3
1. Any Member whose legislation protects employees may, by a declaration accompanying its ratification,
temporarily exclude from the application of this Convention the employees in the sector comprising
agricultural occupations who, at the time of the ratification, are not yet protected by legislation which is in
conformity with the standards of this Convention.
2. Each Member which has made a declaration under paragraph 1 of this Article shall indicate in its reports
upon the application of this Convention submitted under article 22 of the Constitution of the International
Labour Organisation to what extent effect is given and what effect is proposed to be given to the provisions
of the Convention in respect of the employees in the sector comprising agricultural occupations and any
progress which may have been made with a view to the application of the Convention to such employees or,
where there is no change to report, shall furnish all the appropriate explanations.
3. Each Member which has made a declaration under paragraph 1 of this Article shall increase the number
of employees protected in the sector comprising agricultural occupations to the extent and with the speed
that the circumstances permit.
Article 4
1. Any Member which ratifies this Convention may, by a declaration accompanying its ratification, exclude
from the application of the Convention--
(a) seafarers, including sea fishermen,
(b) public servants, where these categories are protected by special schemes which provide in the
aggregate benefits at least equivalent to those required by this Convention.
2. Where a declaration under paragraph 1 of this Article is in force, the Member may--
(a) exclude the persons belonging to the category or categories excluded from the application of the
Convention from the number of persons taken into account when calculating the percentages specified in
Article 5, subparagraph (c); Article 10, subparagraph (b); Article 11; Article 19, subparagraph (b); and Article
20;
(b) exclude the persons belonging to the category or categories excluded from the application of the
Convention, as well as the wives and children of such persons, from the number of persons taken into
account when calculating the percentage specified in Article 10, subparagraph (c).
3. Any Member which has made a declaration under paragraph 1 of this Article may subsequently notify the
Director-General of the International Labour Office that it accepts the obligation of this Convention in respect
of a category or categories excluded at the time of its ratification.
Article 5
Any Member whose legislation protects employees may, as necessary, exclude from the application of this
Convention--
(a) persons whose employment is of a casual nature;
(b) members of the employer's family living in his house, in respect of their work for him;
(c) other categories of employees, which shall not exceed in number 10 per cent of all employees other than
those excluded under subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Article.
Article 6
For the purpose of compliance with this Convention, a Member may take account of protection effected by
means of insurance which, although not made compulsory by its legislation at the time of ratification for the
persons to be protected--
(a) is supervised by the public authorities or administered, in accordance with prescribed standards, by joint
operation of employers and workers;
(b) covers a substantial proportion of the persons whose earnings do not exceed those of the skilled manual
male employee defined in Article 22, paragraph 6; and
(c) complies, in conjunction with other forms of protection, where appropriate, with the provisions of the
Convention.
Article 7
The contingencies covered shall include--
(a) need for medical care of a curative nature and, under prescribed conditions, need for medical care of a
preventive nature;
(b) incapacity for work resulting from sickness and involving suspension of earnings, as defined by national
legislation.
Part II. Medical Care
Article 8
Each Member shall secure to the persons protected, subject to prescribed conditions, the provision of
medical care of a curative or preventive nature in respect of the contingency referred to in subparagraph (a)
of Article 7.
Article 9
The medical care referred to in Article 8 shall be afforded with a view to maintaining, restoring or improving
the health of the person protected and his ability to work and to attend to his personal needs.
Article 10
The persons protected in respect of the contingency referred to in subparagraph (a) of Article 7 shall
comprise--
(a) all employees, including apprentices, and the wives and children of such employees; or
(b) prescribed classes of the economically active population, constituting not less than 75 per cent of the
whole economically active population, and the wives and children of persons in the said classes; or
(c) prescribed classes of residents constituting not less than 75 per cent of all residents.
Article 11
Where a declaration made in virtue of Article 2 is in force, the persons protected in respect of the
contingency referred to in subparagraph (a) of Article 7 shall comprise--
(a) prescribed classes of employees, constituting not less than 25 per cent of all employees, and the wives
and children of employees in the said classes; or
(b) prescribed classes of employees in industrial undertakings, constituting not less than 50 per cent of all
employees in industrial undertakings, and the wives and children of employees in the said classes.
Article 12
Persons who are in receipt of a social security benefit for invalidity, old age, death of the breadwinner or
unemployment, and, where appropriate, the wives and children of such persons, shall continue to be
protected, under prescribed conditions, in respect of the contingency referred to in subparagraph (a) of
Article 7.
Article 13
The medical care referred to in Article 8 shall comprise at least--
(a) general practitioner care, including domiciliary visiting;
(b) specialist care at hospitals for in-patients and out-patients, and such specialist care as may be available
outside hospitals;
(c) the necessary pharmaceutical supplies on prescription by medical or other qualified practitioners;
(d) hospitalisation where necessary;
(e) dental care, as prescribed; and
(f) medical rehabilitation, including the supply, maintenance and renewal of prosthetic and orthopaedic
appliances, as prescribed.
Article 14
Where a declaration made in virtue of Article 2 is in force, the medical care referred to in Article 8 shall
comprise at least--
(a) general practitioner care, including, wherever possible, domiciliary visiting;
(b) specialist care at hospitals for in-patients and out-patients, and, wherever possible, such specialist care
as may be available outside hospitals; (c) the necessary pharmaceutical supplies on prescription by medical
or other qualified practitioners; and
(d) hospitalisation where necessary.
Article 15
Where the legislation of a Member makes the right to the medical care referred to in Article 8 conditional
upon the fulfilment of a qualifying period by the person protected or by his breadwinner, the conditions
governing the qualifying period shall be such as not to deprive of the right to benefit persons who normally
belong to the categories of persons protected.
Article 16
1. The medical care referred to in Article 8 shall be provided throughout the contingency.
2. Where a beneficiary ceases to belong to the categories of persons protected, further entitlement to
medical care for a case of sickness which started while he belonged to the said categories may be limited to
a prescribed period which shall not be less than 26 weeks: Provided that the medical care shall not cease
while the beneficiary continues to receive a sickness benefit.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article, the duration of medical care shall be
extended for prescribed diseases recognised as entailing prolonged care.
Article 17
Where the legislation of a Member requires the beneficiary or his breadwinner to share in the cost of the
medical care referred to in Article 8, the rules concerning such cost sharing shall be so designed as to avoid
hardship and not to prejudice the effectiveness of medical and social protection.
Part III. Sickness Benefit
Article 18
Each Member shall secure to the persons protected, subject to prescribed conditions, the provision of
sickness benefit in respect of the contingency referred to in subparagraph (b) of Article 7.
Article 19
The persons protected in respect of the contingency specified in subparagraph (b) of Article 7 shall
comprise--
(a) all employees, including apprentices; or
(b) prescribed classes of the economically active population, constituting not less than 75 per cent of the
whole economically active population; or
(c) all residents whose means during the contingency do not exceed limits prescribed in such a manner as
to comply with the requirements of Article 24.
Article 20
Where a declaration made in virtue of Article 2 is in force, the persons protected in respect of the
contingency referred to in subparagraph (b) of Article 7 shall comprise--
(a) prescribed classes of employees, constituting not less than 25 per cent of all employees; or
(b) prescribed classes of employees in industrial undertakings, constituting not less than 50 per cent of all
employees in industrial undertakings.
Article 21
The sickness benefit referred to in Article 18 shall be a periodical payment and shall--
(a) where employees or classes of the economically active population are protected, be calculated in such a
manner as to comply either with the requirements of Article 22 or with the requirements of Article 23;
(b) where all residents whose means during the contingency do not exceed prescribed limits are protected,
be calculated in such a manner as to comply with the requirements of Article 24.
Article 22
1. In the case of a periodical payment to which this Article applies, the rate of the benefit, increased by the
amount of any family allowances payable during the contingency, shall be such as to attain for the standard
beneficiary, in respect of the contingency referred to in subparagraph (b) of Article 7, at least 60 per cent of
the total of the previous earnings of the beneficiary and of the amount of any family allowances payable to a
person protected with the same family responsibilities as the standard beneficiary.
2. The previous earnings of the beneficiary shall be calculated according to prescribed rules, and, where the
persons protected are arranged in classes according to their earnings, their previous earnings may be
calculated from the basic earnings of the classes to which they belonged.
3. A maximum limit may be prescribed for the rate of the benefit or for the earnings taken into account for the
calculation of the benefit, provided that the maximum limit is fixed in such a way that the provisions of
paragraph 1 of this Article are complied with where the previous earnings of the beneficiary are equal to or
lower than the wage of a skilled manual male employee.
4. The previous earnings of the beneficiary, the wage of the skilled manual male employee, the benefit and
any family allowances shall be calculated on the same time basis.
5. For the other beneficiaries the benefit shall bear a reasonable relation to the benefit for the standard
beneficiary.
6. For the purpose of this Article, a skilled manual male employee shall be--
(a) a fitter or turner in the manufacture of machinery other than electrical machinery; or
(b) a person deemed typical of skilled labour selected in accordance with the provisions of the following
paragraph; or
(c) a person whose earnings are such as to be equal to or greater than the earnings of 75 per cent of all the
persons protected, such earnings to be determined on the basis of annual or shorter periods as may be
prescribed; or
(d) a person whose earnings are equal to 125 per cent of the average earnings of all the persons protected.
7. The person deemed typical of skilled labour for the purposes of subparagraph (b) of the preceding
paragraph shall be a person employed in the major group of economic activities with the largest number of
economically active male persons protected in the contingency referred to in subparagraph (b) of Article 7 in
the division comprising the largest number of such persons; for this purpose, the International Standard
Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities adopted by the Economic and Social Council of the United
Nations at its Seventh Session on 27 August 1948, as amended up to 1968 and reproduced in the Annex to
this Convention, or such classification as at any time further amended, shall be used.
8. Where the rate of benefit varies by region, the skilled manual male employee may be determined for each
region in accordance with paragraphs 6 and 7 of this Article.
9. The wage of the skilled manual male employee shall be determined on the basis of the rates of wages for
normal hours of work fixed by collective agreements, by or in pursuance of national legislation, where
applicable, or by custom, including cost-of-living allowances if any; where such rates differ by region but
paragraph 8 of this Article is not applied, the median rate shall be taken.
Article 23
1. In the case of a periodical payment to which this Article applies, the rate of the benefit, increased by the
amount of any family allowances payable during the contingency, shall be such as to attain for the standard
beneficiary, in respect of the contingency referred to in subparagraph (b) of Article 7, at least 60 per cent of
the total of the wage of an ordinary adult male labourer and of the amount of any family allowances payable
to a person protected with the same family responsibilities as the standard beneficiary.
2. The wage of the ordinary adult male labourer, the benefit and any family allowances shall be calculated on
the same time basis.
3. For the other beneficiaries, the benefit shall bear a reasonable relation to the benefit for the standard
beneficiary.
4. For the purpose of this Article, the ordinary adult male labourer shall be--
(a) a person deemed typical of unskilled labour in the manufacture of machinery other than electrical
machinery; or
(b) a person deemed typical of unskilled labour selected in accordance with the provisions of the following
paragraph.
5. The person deemed typical of unskilled labour for the purpose of subparagraph (b) of the preceding
paragraph shall be a person employed in the major group of economic activities with the largest number of
economically active male persons protected in the contingency referred to in subparagraph (b) of Article 7 in
the division comprising the largest number of such persons; for this purpose, the International Standard
Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities adopted by the Economic and Social Council of the United
Nations at its Seventh Session on 27 August 1948, as amended up to 1968 and reproduced in the Annex to
this Convention, or such classification as at any time further amended, shall be used.
6. Where the rate of benefit varies by region, the ordinary adult male labourer may be determined for each
region in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Article.
7. The wage of the ordinary adult male labourer shall be determined on the basis of the rates of wages for
normal hours of work fixed by collective agreements, by or in pursuance of national legislation, where
applicable, or by custom, including cost-of-living allowances, if any; where such rates differ by region but
paragraph 6 of this Article is not applied, the median rate shall be taken.
Article 24
In the case of a periodical payment to which this Article applies--
(a) the rate of the benefit shall be determined according to a prescribed scale or a scale fixed by the
competent public authority in conformity with prescribed rules;
(b) such rate may be reduced only to the extent by which the other means of the family of the beneficiary
exceed prescribed substantial amounts or substantial amounts fixed by the competent public authority in
conformity with prescribed rules;
(c) the total of the benefit and any other means, after deduction of the substantial amounts referred to in
subparagraph (b), shall be sufficient to maintain the family of the beneficiary in health and decency, and shall
be not less than the corresponding benefit calculated in accordance with the requirements of Article 23;
(d) the provisions of subparagraph (c) shall be deemed to be satisfied if the total amount of sickness benefits
paid under this Convention exceeds by at least 30 per cent the total amount of benefits which would be
obtained by applying the provisions of Article 23 and the provisions of subparagraph (b) of Article 19.
Article 25
Where the legislation of a Member makes the right to the sickness benefit referred to in Article 18 conditional
upon the fulfilment of a qualifying period by the person protected, the conditions governing the qualifying
period shall be such as not to deprive of the right to benefit persons who normally belong to the categories of
persons protected.
Article 26
1. The sickness benefit referred to in Article 18 shall be granted throughout the contingency: Provided that
the grant of benefit may be limited to not less than 52 weeks in each case of incapacity, as prescribed.
2. Where a declaration made in virtue of Article 2 is in force, the grant of the sickness benefit referred to in
Article 18 may be limited to not less than 26 weeks in each case of incapacity, as prescribed.
3. Where the legislation of a Member provides that sickness benefit is not payable for an initial period of
suspension of earnings, such period shall not exceed three days.
Article 27
1. In the case of the death of a person who was in receipt of, or qualified for, the sickness benefit referred to
in Article 18, a funeral benefit shall, under prescribed conditions, be paid to his survivors, to any other
dependants or to the person who has borne the expense of the funeral.
2. A member may derogate from the provision of paragraph 1 of this Article where--
(a) it has accepted the obligations of Part IV of the Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Convention,
1967;
(b) it provides in its legislation for cash sickness benefit at a rate of not less than 80 per cent of the earnings
of the persons protected; and
(c) the majority of persons protected are covered by voluntary insurance which is supervised by the public
authorities and which provides a funeral grant.
Part IV. Common Provisions
Article 28
1. A benefit to which a person protected would otherwise be entitled in compliance with this Convention may
be suspended to such extent as may be prescribed--
(a) as long as the person concerned is absent from the territory of the Member;
(b) as long as the person concerned is being indemnified for the contingency by a third party, to the extent of
the indemnity;
(c) where the person concerned has made a fraudulent claim;
(d) where the contingency has been caused by a criminal offence committed by the person concerned;
(e) where the contingency has been caused by the serious and wilful misconduct of the person concerned;
(f) where the person concerned, without good cause, neglects to make use of the medical care or the
rehabilitation services placed at his disposal, or fails to comply with rules prescribed for verifying the
occurrence or continuance of the contingency or for the conduct of beneficiaries;
(g) in the case of the sickness benefit referred to in Article 18, as long as the person concerned is
maintained at public expense or at the expense of a social security institution or service; and
(h) in the case of the sickness benefit referred to in Article 18, as long as the person concerned is in receipt
of another social security cash benefit, other than a family benefit, subject to the part of the benefit which is
suspended not exceeding the other benefit.
2. In the cases and within the limits prescribed, part of the benefit otherwise due shall be paid to the
dependants of the person concerned.
Article 29
1. Every claimant shall have a right of appeal in the case of refusal of the benefit or complaint as to its quality
or quantity.
2. Where in the application of this Convention a government department responsible to a legislature is
entrusted with the administration of medical care, the right of appeal provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article
may be replaced by a right to have a complaint concerning the refusal of medical care or the quality of the
care received investigated by the appropriate authority.
Article 30
1. Each Member shall accept general responsibility for the due provision of the benefits provided in
compliance with this Convention and shall take all measures required for this purpose.
2. Each Member shall accept general responsibility for the proper administration of the institutions and
services concerned in the application of this Convention.
Article 31
Where the administration is not entrusted to an institution regulated by the public authorities or to a
government department responsible to a legislature--
(a) representatives of the persons protected shall participate in the management under prescribed
conditions;
(b) national legislation shall, where appropriate, provide for the participation of representatives of employers;
(c) national legislation may likewise decide as to the participation of representatives of the public authorities.
Article 32
Each Member shall, within its territory, assure to non-nationals who normally reside or work there equality of
treatment with its own nationals as regards the right to the benefits provided for in this Convention.
Article 33
1. A Member--
(a) which has accepted the obligations of this Convention without availing itself of the exceptions and
exclusions provided for in Article 2 and Article 3,
(b) which provides over-all higher benefits than those provided in this Convention and whose total relevant
expenditure on medical care and sickness benefits amounts to at least 4 per cent of its national income, and
(c) which satisfies at least two of the three following conditions:
(i) it covers a percentage of the economically active population which is at least ten points higher than the
percentage required by Article 10, subparagraph (b), and by Article 19, subparagraph (b), or a percentage of
all residents which is at least ten points higher than the percentage required by Article 10, subparagraph (c),
(ii) it provides medical care of a curative and preventive nature of an appreciably higher standard than that
prescribed by Article 13,
(iii) it provides sickness benefit corresponding to a percentage at least ten points higher than is required by
Articles 22 and 23, may, after consultation with the most representative organisations of employers and
workers, where such exist, make temporary derogations from particular provisions of Parts II and III of this
Convention on condition that such derogation shall neither fundamentally reduce nor impair the essential
guarantees of this Convention.
2. Each Member which has made such a derogation shall indicate in its reports upon the application of this
Convention submitted under article 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation the
position of its law and practice as regards such derogation and any progress made towards complete
application of the terms of the Convention.
Article 34
This Convention shall not apply to--
(a) contingencies which occurred before the coming into force of the Convention for the Member concerned;
(b) benefits in contingencies occurring after the coming into force of the Convention for the Member
concerned in so far as the rights to such benefits are derived from periods preceding that date.
Part V. Final Provisions
Article 35
This Convention revises the Sickness Insurance (Industry) Convention, 1927, and the Sickness Insurance
(Agriculture) Convention, 1927.
Article 36
1. In conformity with the provisions of Article 75 of the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention,
1952, Part III of that Convention and the relevant provisions of other Parts thereof shall cease to apply to any
Member having ratified this Convention as from the date at which this Convention is binding on that Member
and no declaration under Article 3 is in force.
2. Acceptance of the obligations of this Convention shall, on condition that no declaration under Article 3 is in
force, be deemed to constitute acceptance of the obligations of Part III of the Social Security (Minimum
Standards) Convention, 1952, and the relevant provisions of other Parts thereof, for the purpose of Article 2
of the said Convention.
Article 37
If any Convention which may be adopted subsequently by the Conference concerning any subject or
subjects dealt with in this Convention so provides, such provisions of this Convention as may be specified in
the said Convention shall cease to apply to any Member having ratified the said Convention as from the date
at which the said Convention comes into force for that Member.
Article 38
The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to the Director-General of the International
Labour Office for registration.
Article 39
1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members of the International Labour Organisation whose
ratifications have been registered with the Director-General.
2. It shall come into force twelve months after the date on which the ratifications of two Members have been
registered with the Director-General.
3. Thereafter, this Convention shall come into force for any Member twelve months after the date on which
its ratifications has been registered.
Article 40
1. A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the expiration of ten years from the
date on which the Convention first comes into force, by an Act communicated to the Director-General of the
International Labour Office for registration. Such denunciation should not take effect until one year after the
date on which it is registered.
2. Each Member which has ratified this Convention and which does not, within the year following the
expiration of the period of ten years mentioned in the preceding paragraph, exercise the right of denunciation
provided for in this Article, will be bound for another period of ten years and, thereafter, may denounce this
Convention at the expiration of each period of ten years under the terms provided for in this Article.
Article 41
1. The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall notify all Members of the International Labour
Organisation of the registration of all ratifications and denunciations communicated to him by the Members
of the Organisation.
2. When notifying the Members of the Organisation of the registration of the second ratification
communicated to him, the Director-General shall draw the attention of the Members of the Organisation to
the date upon which the Convention will come into force.
Article 42
The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall communicate to the Secretary-General of the
United Nations for registration in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations full
particulars of all ratifications and acts of denunciation registered by him in accordance with the provisions of
the preceding Articles.
Article 43
At such times as may consider necessary the Governing Body of the International Labour Office shall
present to the General Conference a report on the working of this Convention and shall examine the
desirability of placing on the agenda of the Conference the question of its revision in whole or in part.
Article 44
1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this Convention in whole or in part, then, unless
the new Convention otherwise provides:
a) the ratification by a Member of the new revising Convention shall ipso jure involve the immediate
denunciation of this Convention, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 40 above, if and when the new
revising Convention shall have come into force;
b) as from the date when the new revising Convention comes into force this Convention shall cease to be
open to ratification by the Members.
2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its actual form and content for those Members which
have ratified it but have not ratified the revising Convention.
Article 45
The English and French versions of the text of this Convention are equally authoritative.
ANNEX
ANNEX
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION OF ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
(Revised up to 1968)
LIST OF MAJOR DIVISIONS, DIVISIONS AND MAJOR GROUPS
Division Major group
Major Division 1. Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry and Fishing
11 Agriculture and Hunting
111 Agriculture and livestock production
112 Agricultural services
113 Hunting, trapping and game propagation
12 Forestry and logging
121 Forestry
122 Logging
130 Fishing
21 210 Coal Mining
23 230 Metal Ore Mining
29 290 Other Mining
Major Division 2. Mining and Quarrying
31 Manufacture of Food, Beverages and Tobacco
311-312 Food manufacturing
313 Beverage industries
314 Tobacco manufacturers
32 Textile, Wearing Apparel and Leather
Industries
321 Manufacture of textiles
322 Manufacture of wearing apparel, except
footwear
323 Manufacture of leather and products of
leather, leather substitutes and fur,
except footwear and wearing apparel
324 Manufacture of footwear, except
vulcanised or moulded rubber or plastic
footwear
33 Manufacture of Wood and Wood Products,
Including Furniture
331 Manufacture of wood and wood and cork
products, except furniture
332 Manufacture of furniture and fixtures,
except primarily of metal
34 Manufacture of Paper and Paper Products,
Printing and Publishing
341 Manufacture of paper and paper products
342 Printing, publishing and allied industries
35 Manufacture of Chemicals and Chemical,
Petroleum, Coal, Rubber and Plastic
Products
351 Manufacture of industrial chemicals
352 Manufacture of other chemical products
353 Petroleum refineries
354 Manufacture of miscellaneous products of
petroleum and coal
355 Manufacture of rubber products
356 Manufacture of plastic products not
elsewhere classified
36 Manufacture of Non-Metallic Mineral
Products, except Products of Petroleum
and Coal
361 Manufacture of pottery, china and
earthenware
362 Manufacture of glass and glass products
369 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral
products
37 Basic Metal Industries
371 Iron and steel basic industries
372 Non-ferrous metal basic industries
38 Manufacture of Fabricated Metal Products,
Machinery and Equipment
381 Manufacture of fabricated metal products,
except machinery and equipment
382 Manufacture of machinery except electrical
383 Manufacture of electrical machinery
apparatus, appliances and supplies
384 Manufacture of transport equipment
385 Manufacture of professional and scientific
and measuring and controlling equipment
not elsewhere classified, and of
photographic and optical goods
39 390 Other Manufacturing Industries
Major Division 4. Electricity, Gas and Water
41 410 Electricity, Gas and Steam
42 420 Water Works and Supply
Major Division 5. Construction
50 500 Construction
Major Division 6. Wholesale and Retail Trade and Restaurants
and Hotels
61 610 Wholesale Trade
62 620 Retail Trade
63 Restaurants and Hotels
631 Restaurants, cafés and other eating and
drinking places
632 Hotels, rooming houses, camps and other
lodging places
Major Division 7. Transport, Storage and Communication
71 Transport and Storage
711 Land transport
712 Water transport
713 Air transport
719 Services allied to transport
72 720 Communication
Major Division 8. Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and
Business Services
81 810 Financial Institutions
82 820 Insurance
83 Real Estate and Business Services
831 Real estate
832 Business services except machinery and
equipment rental and leasing
833 Machinery and equipment rental and leasing
Major Division 9. Community, Social and Personal Services
91 910 Public Administration and Defence
92 920 Sanitary and Similar Services
93 Social and Related Community Services
931 Education services
932 Research and scientific institutes
933 Medical, dental, other health and
veterinary services
934 Welfare institutions
935 Business, professional and labour
939 Other social and related community services
94 Recreational and Cultural Services
941 Motion picture and other entertainment
services
942 Libraries, museums, botanical and
zoological gardens, and other cultural
services not elsewhere classified
949 Amusement and recreational services not
elsewhere classified
95 Personal and Household Services
951 Repair services not elsewhere classified
952 Laundries, laundry services, and cleaning
and dyeing plants
953 Domestic services
959 Miscellaneous personal services
96 960 International and Other Extra-Territorial
Bodies
Major Division 0. Activities Not Adequately Defined
0 000 Activities not adequately defined