58.1 Publishing of books, periodicals and other publishing activities

This class includes the activities of publishing of books in print, electronic (CD, electronic displays etc.) or audio form or on the Internet. Included are: - publishing of books, brochures, leaflets and similar publications, including publishing of dictionaries and encyclopaedias - publishing of atlases, maps and charts - publishing of audio books - publishing of encyclopaedias etc. on CD-ROM This class excludes: - production of globes, see 32.99 - publishing of advertising material, see 58.19 - publishing of music and sheet books, see 59.20 - activities of independent authors, see 90.03

This class includes the publishing of lists of facts/information (databases), that are protected in their form, but not in their content. These lists can be published in printed or electronic form. This class includes: - publishing of mailing lists - publishing of telephone books - publishing of other directories and compilations, such as case law, pharmaceutical compendia etc.

This class includes the publishing of newspapers, including advertising newspapers, appearing at least four times a week. Publishing can be done in print or electronic form, including on the Internet. This class excludes: - news agency activities, see 63.91

This class includes the publishing of periodicals and other journals, appearing less than four times a week. Publishing can be done in print or electronic form, including on the Internet. Publishing of radio and television schedules is included here.

This class includes: - publishing (including on-line) of: • catalogues • photos, engravings and postcards • greeting cards • forms • posters, reproduction of works of art • advertising material • other printed matter - on-line publishing of statistics and other information This class excludes: - publishing of advertising newspapers, see 58.13 - on-line provision of software (application hosting and application service provisioning), see 63.11