How did group 56.1 split?

Group 56.1, restaurants and mobile food service activities, split into two classes in NACE Rev. 2.1: class 56.11, restaurant activities, and class 56.12, mobile food service activities. Paragraph 163 of the manual states the split. The group continues to exist, with the same title and place in division 56. The split does not determine a code for a specific reader.

What does the split separate?

The split separates restaurant activities, carried on at a fixed place, from mobile food service activities, carried on from a mobile unit. The titles state the dividing line in heading form, and the explanatory notes state the contents in full. Section 4 does not reproduce the notes, and this guide does not state an inclusion list for either class that it has not verified from the notes. The notes state, in general terms, what counts as a restaurant activity and what counts as a mobile food service activity, including the treatment of food service that combines fixed and mobile elements, and the treatment of food service carried on as part of another activity, such as accommodation or transport, where the notes for the neighbouring classes govern.

The separation follows the manual’s grouping principle, which takes account of the process and technique of production and the character of the output. A restaurant and a mobile food unit produce similar outputs, food and drink for consumption, but by different processes and in different settings, and the manual groups them separately so that statistics can show the two settings apart. The grouping is statistical. It carries no statement about food safety, hygiene, licensing or any other regulatory question, which are governed by other instruments and decided by other authorities.

What sits beside the split in division 56?

The split of group 56.1 sits beside the creation of a new group in the same division for intermediation work. Paragraph 135 lists class 56.40, intermediation service activities for food and beverage services activities, among the new intermediation classes created in the divisions where the goods and services are produced. The intermediation class is not part of the split of group 56.1. It is a new class in a new group, for work that brings together the provider and the customer without itself providing the food service. The distinction between providing a food service and intermediating for a food service is the same distinction that runs through the intermediation changes across the classification, and it is covered in the new classes cluster.

The presence of the intermediation group in the same division is a warning against reading the division as a single kind of work. Division 56 contains food and beverage service activities, and it also contains intermediation for those activities, in a separate group. A reader who treats every class in the division as a food service class will misplace the intermediation work, and a reader who treats the intermediation class as a food service class will miss the boundary the manual draws. The notes for group 56.1 and group 56.4 state the boundary, and both notes must be read where the character of the work is in question in general terms.

How is the split shown?

| NACE Rev. 2.1 class | Title in the manual |

|---|---|

| 56.11 | Restaurant activities |

| 56.12 | Mobile food service activities |

The table follows paragraph 163. It lists the two classes and their titles, and nothing more, because section 4 states nothing more about the split. The explanatory notes for the two classes, and the correspondence table, supply the content and the mapping. Quoting this guide table as the content of either class would misstate it, since the table only summarises the manual summary.

What does a split not decide?

Splits and rearrangements recorded in the table are never presented in this cluster as one to one guaranteed mappings. Clean splits record as one to many, and rearrangements of content across several categories record as many to many. In both cases, joint scopes are recorded in the table, and each new class note must be read. Directly stated in the guardrail, the limit is repeated in the body of the guide in wording written for this guide.

Where is a split class confirmed?

The checks for a service split are the explanatory notes of the new classes, the correspondence table entry for the old group or class, and confirmation of the entry for the unit concerned from the national statistical institute or business register holding the record.

Separate fixed restaurant work from mobile food service work, keep the intermediation group apart, and confirm the entry with the institute or register that holds it.