NACE Code 51.57 Wholesale of waste and scrap

The NACE Code 51.57 is described as
Wholesale of waste and scrap

Description
This class includes:

· wholesale (purchase and sale) of metal and non-metal waste and scrap and materials for recycling, including collecting, sorting, separating, stripping of used goods such as cars in order to obtain reusable parts, (re-)packing, storage and delivery, but without a real transformation process.

Additionally the purchased and sold waste has a remaining value

· dismantling of end-of-life vehicles (dismantling of cars; wholesale in car wrecks; sale of parts from car wrecks to private persons and professional users)

This class excludes:

· processing of waste and scrap and other articles into secondary raw material. A real transformation process is required. The resulting secondary raw material is fit for direct use in an industrial manufacturing process and is not a final new product, see 37.10, 37.20

· shredding of cars by means of a mechanical process, see 37.10

· retail sale of second-hand goods, see 52.50

· treatment of waste, not for a further use in an industrial manufacturing process, but with the aim of disposal, see 90

· collection and treatment of household and industrial waste, see 90

(2019-08-02)

It belongs to the code group
NACE Code 51.5 Wholesale of non-agricultural intermediate products, waste and scrap

To this Code "51.57" belongs the sub codes
(No direct sub codes available)

The equivalent ISIC Code (Rev. 3.1) is

5149:	Wholesale of other intermediate products, waste and scrap
	Commerce de gros d'autres produits intermédiaires, de déchets et débris

The equivalent NAICS Code (Rev. 2002) is

423840:

Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

The Nearest HS Code (Harmonized System) (Rev. 2002) is

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No Code defined

Translation of the Code description

51.57:	Großhandel mit Altmaterial und Reststoffen - Großhandel mit Schrott und sonstigen Reststoffen
51.57:	Wholesale of waste and scrap - Wholesale of waste and scrap
51.57:	Commerce de gros de déchets et de débris
51.57:	Commercio all'ingroßso di rottami e cascami
51.57:	Comercio al por mayor de chatarra y productos de desecho
51.57:	Groothandel in afval en schroot
51.57:	Engroshandel med affaldsprodukter

(2019-08-02)

Alternative Spellings (synonyms): wholesale, wholesaler, Waste, scrape, Scraper, Scrapers, wholesalers, Wastes, scraps

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