Archive activities
Archive activities include the activities carried out by archival services of all types, with a view to building, storing, classifying, physical or digital archive collections and communicating them to the general public or to a particular category of users. This class includes: - activities of public archives pro…
Source: CSP · received 2026-09-22
Detailed NACE description
Classification hierarchy
- S · ARTS, SPORTS AND RECREATION
- 91 · Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities
- 91.1 · Library and archive activities
- 91.12 · Archive activities
Includes
Archive activities include the activities carried out by archival services of all types, with a view to building, storing, classifying, physical or digital archive collections and communicating them to the general public or to a particular category of users. This class includes: - activities of public archives providing a service to the general public or to a special clientele (e.g. students, scientists, staff members) as well as the operation of government archives - activities related to the acquisition or collection of archives - activities related to the identification, stocktaking, description and classification of archives - activities related to the safety and maintenance of archive items (monitoring of the sanitary status and of climatic conditions, safety and security, rehabilitation) - activities related to the communication of archives to the public on site or remotely - digitisation of archival documents for digital archive collections
Also includes
This class also includes: - archiving of all kinds of documents (in paper or electronic form)
Excludes
This class excludes: - retail sale of manuscripts, see 47.69 - storage of data files, see 63.10 - digitisation of files (linked to further processing of data), see 63.10 - digitisation of files (without any other related activity), see 82.10 - conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, see 91.30