NICE CLASSIFICATION - 12 Edition, Version 2025

Class-2

Paints, varnishes, lacquers; preservatives against rust and against deterioration of wood; colorants, dyes; inks for printing, marking and engraving; raw natural resins; metals in foil and powder form for use in painting, decorating, printing and art.

Explanatory Note

Class 2 includes mainly paints, colorants and preparations used for protection against corrosion.

This Class includes, in particular:

- paints, varnishes and lacquers for industry, handicrafts and arts;

- thinners, thickeners, fixatives and siccatives for paints, varnishes and lacquers;

- mordants for wood and leather;

- anti-rust oils and oils for the preservation of wood;

- dyestuffs for clothing;

- colorants for foodstuffs and beverages.

This Class does not include, in particular:

- unprocessed artificial resins (Cl. 1), semi-processed resins (Cl. 17);

- mordants for metals (Cl. 1);

- laundry blueing and laundry bleaching preparations (Cl. 3);

- cosmetic dyes (Cl. 3);

- paint boxes (articles for use in school) (Cl. 16);

- inks for stationery purposes (Cl. 16);

- insulating paints and varnishes (Cl. 17).

Basic No.

Indication

020006

alizarine dyes

020007

aluminium paints

020008

aluminium powder for painting

020052

aniline dyes

020098

annotto [dyestuff] / annatto [dyestuff]

020021

anti-corrosive bands

020010

anti-corrosive preparations

020122

anti-fouling paints

020131

anti-graffiti coatings [paints]

020079

anti-rust greases

020083

anti-rust oils

020107

anti-rust preparations

020093

anti-tarnishing preparations for metals

020135

anti-urine paints

020009

asbestos paints

020018

auramine

020019

bactericidal paints

020020

badigeon

020087

binding preparations for paints / agglutinants for paints

020025

bitumen varnish

020017

black japan

020032

bronze powder for painting

020031

bronzing lacquers

020022

Canada balsam

020034

caramel [food colouring] / caramel [food coloring]

020039

carbon black [pigment]

020113

carbonyl for wood preservation

020037

ceramic paints

020070

coatings [paints]

020036

coatings for roofing felt [paints]

020044

cobalt oxide [colorant]

020045

cochineal carmine

020046

colophony*

020130

colorants for the restoration of furniture in the form of markers

020047

colorants*

020024

colourings for beer / colorings for beer

020004

colourings for beverages / colorings for beverages

020023

colourings for butter / colorings for butter

020088

colourings for liqueurs / colorings for liqueurs

020137

conductive inks

020136

conductive paints

020050

copal

020114

copal varnish

020056

creosote for wood preservation

020062

distempers

020058

dyes*

020139

dyestuffs

020111

dyewood / dye-wood

020112

dyewood extracts / wood dyestuffs

020129

edible ink cartridges, filled, for printers

020128

edible inks

020064

enamels [varnishes]

020065

enamels for painting / enamel paints

020080

engraving ink

020085

fireproof paints

020072

fixatives [varnishes]

020011

fixatives for watercolours / fixatives for watercolors

020005

food colouring / food coloring

020076

gamboge for painting

020075

glazes [paints, lacquers]

020140

glitter for use in paint

020078

gum resins

020077

gum-lac / shellac

020086

indigo [colorant]

020133

ink cartridges, filled, for printers and photocopiers

020033

ink for leather

020121

ink for printers and photocopiers

020115

lacquers*

020073

lamp black [pigment]

020042

lime wash

020035

malt caramel [food colouring] / malt caramel [food coloring]

020048

malt colorants

020067

marking ink for animals

020141

masking fluid for use in watercolour painting / masking fluid for use in watercolor painting

020091

mastic [natural resin]

020092

metal foil for use in painting, decorating, printing and art

020090

mordants*

020002

mordants*

020061

natural resins, raw

020127

oil paints for use in art

020082

orange lead / litharge

020089

orange lead / litharge

020001

paints*

020096

paper for dyeing Easter eggs

020059

pigments

020108

primers

020043

printers' pastes [ink]

020066

printing ink

020094

protective preparations for metals

020095

red lead / minium

020125

repositionable paint patches

020099

saffron [colorant]

020100

sandarac

020041

shoe dyes

020068

siccatives [drying agents] for paints

020029

sienna earth

020015

silver emulsions [pigments]

020014

silver paste

020016

silvering powders

020101

soot [colorant]

020057

stains for leather / mordants for leather

020102

sumac for varnishes

020138

tattooing ink

020055

thickeners for paints

020054

thinners for lacquers

020053

thinners for paints

020106

titanium dioxide [pigment]

020123

toner cartridges, filled, for printers and photocopiers

020132

toner for printers and photocopiers

020060

turmeric [colorant]

020124

turpentine [thinner for paints]

020040

undercoating for vehicle chassis / undersealing for vehicle chassis

020003

varnishes*

020126

watercolour paints for use in art / watercolor paints for use in art

020038

white lead

020110

whitewash

020026

wood coatings [paints]

020134

wood floor finishes

020027

wood mordants

020049

wood preservatives

020028

wood stains

020074

yellowwood [colorant]

020081

zinc oxide [pigment]