Activities of professional membership organizations

This class includes: - activities of organisations whose members' interests centre chiefly on a particular scholarly discipline or professional practice or technical field, e.g. medical associations, legal associations, accounting associations, engineering associations, architects associations etc. - activities of associations of specialists engaged in scientific, academic or cultural activities, e.g. associations of writers, painters, performers of various kinds, journalists etc. - dissemination of information, the establishment and supervision of standards of practice, representation before government agencies and public relations of professional organisations This class also includes: - activities of learned societies

This class excludes: - education provided by these organisations, see division 85 - activities of business and employers’ membership organisations, see 9411 - activities of trade unions, see 9420 - activities of non-governmental organisations, see 9499