Recommended INPS scheme:
SEPARATA
Flat-rate scheme (forfettario)
Eligible for the flat-rate scheme?
Yes
Threshold:
€85,000
Profitability coefficient:
78%
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Classification
- NATTIVITÀ PROFESSIONALI, SCIENTIFICHE E TECNICHE
- 71Attività di architettura e ingegneria; collaudi e analisi tecniche
- 71.20Collaudi e analisi tecniche
- 71.20.2Attività di controllo di qualità e certificazione di prodotti
- 71.20.29Altre attività di controllo di qualità e certificazione di prodotti
Description
- certification of products, including consumer goods, motor vehicles, aircraft, pressurised containers, nuclear plants, etc.
- product quality assessment activities
Exclusion notes
- testing and maintaining of business and finance software applications, including online trading software applications, see 62.10.00
Excluded from class 71.20:
- inspections of air ducts, water and gas pipes, associated with repair or installation, see section F
- sampling and weighing as part of goods handling operations, see 52.25
- penetration testing of computer systems, ethical hacking and cybersecurity, see division 62
- testing and maintaining of business and finance software applications, including online trading software applications, see 62.10
- consulting activities carried out by companies or professionals in order to obtain a certification, see 70.20
- DNA sequencing for general research on biological processes, see 72.10
- testing of animal specimens, for sanitary reasons and not associated with food production, see 75.00
- diagnostic imaging, testing and analysis of medical and dental specimens, see division 86
- DNA sequencing for ruling out or curing a specific disease, see 86.91
Frequently asked questions
I certify consumer products and verify their conformity — does ATECO code 71.20.29 apply?
Yes, product certification — including consumer goods, motor vehicles, aircraft, and pressurised containers — along with quality control and conformity verification, falls under 71.20.29. If instead you carry out physical and chemical tests in a laboratory, the correct code is 71.20.19.
Product certification vs. management system certification: 71.20.29 or 70.20.02?
It depends on the object. Product certification is 71.20.29; certification of production processes and management systems — such as quality or environmental systems — is 70.20.02. One looks at the product itself, the other at how the company operates.
I test and maintain business management software — does that fall under 71.20.29?
No. The classification explicitly excludes testing and maintenance of business and financial software applications: that belongs under 62.10.00. 71.20.29 covers quality control and certification of physical products, not software.