CPA 2.1 is the European version of the CPC 2.1 (Central Product Classifications of the United Nations) and with a structure based on NACE 2 according to the criterion of economic origin (and thus the definition of the economic activities).
Legal basis: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1209/2014 of 29 October 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 451/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a new statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 Text with EEA relevance, OJ L 336, 22.11.2014, p. 1 -149.
CPA 2.1 is maintained by Eurostat and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.
