Regulation 2014/868 - Amendment of the annexes to Regulation 1059/2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

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1.

Current status

This regulation has been published on August 13, 2014 and entered into force on September  2, 2014.

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Key information

official title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 868/2014 of 8 August 2014 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)
 
Legal instrument Regulation
Number legal act Regulation 2014/868
CELEX number i 32014R0868

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Key dates

Document 08-08-2014
Publication in Official Journal 13-08-2014; OJ L 241 p. 1-54
Effect 02-09-2014; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 3
01-01-2016; Application See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

13.8.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 241/1
 

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 868/2014

of 8 August 2014

amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (1), and in particular Articles 3(4), 4(1) and 5(4) thereof,

Whereas:

 

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 establishes a common classification of territorial units in order to enable the collection, compilation and dissemination of harmonised regional statistics in the Union.
 

(2)

The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 list the territorial units to be used for statistics.
 

(3)

In accordance with Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003, amendments to the NUTS classification may be adopted, in the case of a substantial reorganisation of the relevant administrative structure of a Member State, at intervals of less than three years.
 

(4)

The NUTS classification was last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1319/2013 (2).
 

(5)

According to the information provided to the Commission, the administrative territorial division of Portugal has undergone a substantial reorganisation.
 

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.
 

(7)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall apply, with regard to the transmission of data to the Commission (Eurostat), from 1 January 2016.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 August 2014.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

 
  • (2) 
    Commission Regulation (EU) No 1319/2013 of 9 December 2013 amending annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 342, 18.12.2013, p. 1).
 

ANNEX

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ANNEX I

The NUTS classification (code — name)

BELGIUM

 

Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

BE1

RÉGION DE BRUXELLES-CAPITALE/BRUSSELS HOOFDSTEDELIJK GEWEST

    

BE10

  

Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

  

BE100

    

Arr. (1) de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad

BE2

VLAAMS GEWEST

    

BE21

  

Prov. (2) Antwerpen

  

BE211

    

Arr. Antwerpen

BE212

    

Arr. Mechelen

BE213

    

Arr. Turnhout

BE22

  

Prov. Limburg (BE)

  

BE221

    

Arr. Hasselt

BE222

    

Arr. Maaseik

BE223

    

Arr. Tongeren

BE23

  

Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen

  

BE231

    

Arr. Aalst

BE232

    

Arr. Dendermonde

BE233

    

Arr. Eeklo

BE234

    

Arr. Gent

BE235

    

Arr. Oudenaarde

BE236

    

Arr. Sint-Niklaas

BE24

  

Prov. Vlaams-Brabant

  

BE241

    

Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde

BE242

    

Arr....


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