Concept: Leather and imitations of leather, and goods made of these materials and not included in other classes; animal skins, hides; trunks and travelling bags; umbrellas and parasols; walking sticks; whips, harness and saddlery in the ncl vocabulary

Concept URI	http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/eurostat/ncl/NCL18
Preferred label	Leather and imitations of leather, and goods made of these materials and not included in other classes; animal skins, hides; trunks and travelling bags; umbrellas and parasols; walking sticks; whips, harness and saddlery
Definition	Class 18 covers, among other things, items made of leather and substitutes for leather when there is no other class that is appropriate for those items. For example, passport holders are in Class 16 even though they are often made from leather. Because a passport holder is specially adapted to hold a printed, paper item, it is in Class 16 regardless of material composition, including leather. Items used for the transport of personal goods, such as suitcases and other travelling bags, are in Class 18. Finally, many items in Class 18 relate to animals due to the mention of whips, harness and saddlery in the Class Heading. Some of these are bits for animals [harness], harness fittings, nose bags [feed bags], covers for horse-saddles and stirrups. Also covers for animals is in Class 18 and not in Class 25. However, it should be noted there are animal-related items that are not in Class 18, such as, dog kennels in Class 20 and horse brushes in Class 21.
Notation	NCL18
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2013-09-18
Accepted Date	2013-09-18
Not Accepted Date