44162500 - Drinking-water piping

CPV code 44162500 in the EU Common Procurement Vocabulary refers to Drinking-water piping. It sits at level 5 of the CPV hierarchy as a subcategory within the 44 division. This code is nested directly under 44162000, narrowing the broader category into the specific area of drinking-water piping. As a leaf code, 44162500 has no further subdivisions and represents the most precise classification available in this branch — buyers should reference it directly in tender notices when the procurement primarily concerns drinking-water piping. Contracting authorities across the EU use 44162500 in TED notices and national procurement portals to signal that a tender relates to drinking-water piping.