What does the new Section J cover?

The new Section J covers publishing, broadcasting and content production and distribution activities. The EUR-Lex summary lists that title among the 22 sections of NACE Rev. 2.1. The section contains divisions 58, 59 and 60, plus activities moved from the old division 63. The title is a statistical heading. A specific reader code is not determined here.

Which divisions sit in the new Section J?

Paragraph 165 states that the first new section includes the existing divisions 58, 59 and 60. Division 58 covers publishing activities, division 59 covers motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities, and division 60 covers programming, broadcasting, news agency and other content distribution activities, in the detailed structure of the manual. The division titles are taken from the detailed structure in Part 2 of the manual. The section also includes the activities of news agencies and postproduction recording conversion services to streaming formats, formerly in division 63, as paragraph 165 states.

The inclusion of the moved activities is part of the point of the new section. The manual states in paragraph 165 that the objective of the new Section J is to reflect that publishing, broadcasting and content production and distribution activities are often carried out together. A unit that publishes, produces and distributes content therefore finds those activities grouped in one section, where the old structure placed part of the distribution work in a different division. The grouping is statistical. It does not state that a unit carrying on one of the activities also carries on the others.

What is the boundary of the new Section J?

The boundary runs between making and distributing content, on one side, and carrying content and providing computing services, on the other. Telecommunication, computer programming, consulting, computing infrastructure and other information service activities sit in the new Section K, not in Section J. The explanatory notes for Section K state the exclusion expressly: publishing, broadcasting and content production, including software publishing, postproduction services to convert audio and video content into streaming formats, and independent third party provision of on demand audio and video streaming or download distribution services, are excluded from Section K and belong in Section J.

The boundary is therefore stated twice in the manual, once from each side. Section J includes content production and distribution. Section K excludes it. A reader who is unsure which side of the boundary an activity falls on should read both notes, because the exclusion in one note and the inclusion in the other are the two halves of the same decision. Neither note, on its own, decides a specific unit. The institute or register that holds the record confirms the entry, after the notes have been read.

How is the section laid out in the structure?

| Division | Place in the new Section J |

|---|---|

| 58 | Publishing activities, carried over as an existing division |

| 59 | Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing |

| 60 | Programming, broadcasting, news agency and other content distribution activities |

| Moved from 63 | News agency activities and postproduction recording conversion services to streaming formats |

The table follows paragraph 165 and the detailed structure. The first three rows are the existing divisions. The fourth row is the moved content, which is the part of the section that did not sit in divisions 58 to 60 under NACE Rev. 2. The table does not list groups or classes, because the group and class detail for each division is set out in the explanatory notes, and a summary table that listed only some classes would mislead a reader about the completeness of the section.

What does the split not decide?

The split changes the structure of the classification. Because a code has no legal effect beyond statistical use, its legal effect is unchanged by this. Eurostat and the EUR-Lex summary both confine the legislation to statistical purposes. The dataset classification version and the correspondence table account of the move are the first two questions for an old Section J code in a dataset. Neither question is answered by the letter alone, nor by this guide for a specific unit.

Where is a moved code confirmed?

Confirmation here means three checks in order. First, the section 4 summary in the manual for the structural change. Second, the explanatory notes for the categories at each end of the move. Third, the institute or register for the entry held for a specific unit. The first check is supplied here, and the other two are pointed to.

Place the activity in division 58, 59 or 60, or in the moved content from division 63, check the Section K exclusion, and confirm the entry with the institute or register that holds it.