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Class 0411 General economic and commercial affairs (CS) of Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG):

• Administration of general economic and commercial affairs and services, including general foreign commercial affairs;
• formulation and implementation of general economic and commercial policies;
• liaison among different branches of government and between government and business;
• regulation or support of general economic and commercial activities such as export and import trade as a whole, commodity and equity markets, overall income controls, general trade promotion activities, general regulation of monopolies and other restraints on trade and market entry, etc.;
• supervision of the banking industry;
• operation or support of institutions dealing with patents, trademarks, copyrights, company registration, weather forecasting, standards, hydrologic surveys, geodesic surveys, etc.;
• grants, loans or subsidies to promote general economic and commercial policies and programmes.

Includes: consumer education and protection.

Excludes: economic and commercial affairs of a particular industry (classified to (04.2) through (04.7) as appropriate).

Corresponding ISICv4 class: #isic8413 - Regulation of the activities of providing environmental services

providing services #cpc91138 - Public administrative services related to general economic, commercial and labour affairs.