22 – Manufacture of rubber and plastic products

This class includes: - manufacture of rubber tyres for vehicles, equipment, mobile machinery, aircraft, toy, furniture and other uses: • pneumatic tyres • solid or cushion tyres - manufacture of inner tubes for tyres - manufacture of interchangeable tyre treads, tyre flaps, camelback strips for retreading tyres, etc. - tyre rebuilding and retreading · This class excludes: - manufacture of tube repair materials, see 22.12 - tyre and tube repair, fitting or replacement, see 95.3

This class includes: - manufacture of other products of natural or synthetic rubber, unvulcanised, vulcanised or hardened: • rubber plates, sheets, strip, rods, profile shapes • tubes, pipes and hoses • rubber conveyor or transmission belts or belting • rubber hygienic articles: sheath contraceptives, teats, hot-water bottles, etc. • rubber articles of apparel • rubber thread and rope • rubberised yarn and fabrics • rubber rings, fittings and seals • rubber roller coverings • inflatable rubber mattresses • inflatable balloons - manufacture of rubber brushes - manufacture of hard rubber pipe stems - manufacture of hard rubber combs, hairpins, hair rollers, and similar - manufacture of rubber expansion joints for the construction industry - manufacture of cellular rubber latex - manufacture of rubber floor coverings · This class also includes: - manufacture of rubber repair materials - manufacture of textile fabric impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber - manufacture of rubber waterbed mattresses - manufacture of rubber bathing caps and aprons - manufacture of rubber wetsuits and diving suits - manufacture of rubber sex articles - manufacture of apparel made of latex · This class excludes: - manufacture of tyre cord fabrics, see 13.96 - manufacture of apparel of elastic fabrics, see 14.22, 14.29 - rubber sole and other rubber parts of footwear, see 15.20 - manufacture of glues and adhesives based on rubber, see 20.59 - manufacture of camelback strips, see 22.11 - manufacture of inflatable rafts and boats, see 30.11, 30.12, 30.13 - manufacture of mattresses of uncovered cellular rubber, see 31.00 - manufacture of rubber sports requisites (e.g. swimming and paddling pools), except apparel, see 32.30 - manufacture of rubber games and toys (including children’s wading pools, inflatable children’s rubber boats, inflatable rubber animals, balls, etc.), see 32.40 - reclaiming of rubber, see 38.21

This class includes: - manufacture of semi-manufactures of plastic products: • plates, sheets, blocks, film, foil, strip, etc. - manufacture of finished plastic products: • tubes, pipes and hoses; hose and pipe fittings • cellophane film or sheet - manufacture of flexible or rigid plates and sheets of cellular polyurethane - manufacture of plastic plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials - manufacture of self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tapes and strip of plastic · This class excludes: - manufacture of plastics in primary forms, see 20.16 - manufacture of articles of synthetic or natural rubber, see 22.1 - embedding of metal pipes with polyurethane foam and encasing with a plastic pipe (e.g. for steam and hot water supply services), see 22.25

This class includes: - manufacture of plastic articles for the packing of goods: • plastic bags, sacks, containers, boxes, cases, carboys, bottles, etc. · This class excludes: - manufacture of luggage and handbags of plastic, see 15.12

This class includes: - manufacture of doors, windows and their frames of plastic - manufacture of multi-material doors and windows with the frame made of plastic - manufacture of shutters, blinds (including venetian blinds) and similar articles, and parts thereof, made of plastic - manufacture of multi-material shutters for doors and windows with the frame made of plastic

This class includes: - manufacture of builders’ plastics ware: • skirting boards • tanks, reservoirs • plastic floor, wall or ceiling coverings in rolls or in the form of tiles, etc. • plastic sanitaryware like plastic baths, shower baths, washbasins, lavatory pans, flushing cisterns, etc. - manufacture of resilient floor coverings (e.g. vinyl, linoleum) · This class also includes: - manufacture of sanitaryware made out of a mixture of plastics and minerals, with the minerals serving as a filler · This class excludes: - manufacture of rubber floors, see 22.12 - manufacture of doors and windows of plastic, see 22.23

This class includes general activities for the processing and finishing of plastic products, typically carried out on a fee or contract basis: - processing of plastics (e.g. by cutting, chamfering, turning, milling, drilling, threading by computer numerical control (CNC) or other machineries) - bending, gluing and welding of plastic materials - processing of plastic surfaces (e.g. by engraving, sandblasting, microblasting, polishing) - coating of plastic surfaces (e.g. painting, varnishing and metallisation of plastics) · This class also includes: - cladding of metal pipes with plastics - welding of plastic tanks and pipes - metal coating of plastics · This class excludes: - plastic coating of metal surfaces, see 25.51