Explanatory Note
Title: Manufacture of non-ophthalmic optical instruments and equipment and information carriers
magnetic and optical
Includes the manufacture of lenses, prisms and other non-ophthalmic optical elements,
precision optical devices and instruments (binoculars, magnifying glasses, periscopes, lasers, theodolites,
microscopes, except electronic and proton microscopes, astro observation instruments, etc.) and
of other optical instruments (overhead projectors, episcopes, optical mirrors,
optical sights for weapons, etc.).
Includes manufacturing of accessories, parts and pieces for non-ophthalmic optical material,
measuring instruments, optical verification and control and manufacturing of information media
magnetic and optical, not recorded (cassettes, videocassettes, floppy disks, optical discs, etc.).
Does not include:
Reproduction of recorded media (18200);
Manufacture of non-optically processed glass elements (23150);
Manufacturing of laser diodes (26110);
Manufacture of individually sheathed optical fibers (27310);
Manufacture of optical fibers from purchased yarn (27310);
Manufacture of medical-surgical instruments containing optical elements (3250);
Repair of optical instruments (33130);