Concept: Common metals and their alloys; metal building materials; transportable buildings of metal; materials of metal for railway tracks; non-electric cables and wires of common metal; ironmongery, small items of metal hardware; pipes and tubes of metal; safes; goods of common metal not included in other classes; ores in the ncl vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/eurostat/ncl/NCL06
Preferred label	Common metals and their alloys; metal building materials; transportable buildings of metal; materials of metal for railway tracks; non-electric cables and wires of common metal; ironmongery, small items of metal hardware; pipes and tubes of metal; safes; goods of common metal not included in other classes; ores
Definition	Class 6 requires making the decision when to classify goods made of metal in Class 6 and the same goods when not made of metal in another class. Generally, building materials not of metal are in Class 19 and non-metal hardware are in Class 20. Note that many of these items can be composed of both metal and non-metal components. Classification depends on whether the non-metal or metal components are designated as being the primary component of the goods. Another area of concern can be differentiating between items in Class 6 that are items made of metal that do not perform a task and tools in Classes 7 or 8 that are items that perform a task or activity on other goods. Items in Class 6 are generally inert pieces of metal while tools in Class 7 or 8 perform an activity. A problematic entry in the Class Heading is "goods of common metal not included in other classes". This language is not intended to indicate that all goods made of common metal are classified in Class 6 and, if not made of metal, should be classified elsewhere. Class 6 should not be used for goods made of common metal if there are other appropriate classes where goods can be classified regardless of material composition. For example, machines, motors and engines should not be classified in Class 6 although they are made primarily of metal because there is an appropriate class in the Classification for these items, namely, Class 7.
Notation	NCL06
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2013-09-18
Accepted Date	2013-09-18
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