Document ID: 32018R1685
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>9.11.2018&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 279/33</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/1685
of 8 November 2018
on uniform conditions for the transmission of time series for the new regional breakdown pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003
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 Article 5(5) thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 provides the legal framework for the regional classification in order to enable the collection, compilation and dissemination of harmonised regional statistics in the Union.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>The Commission has amended the common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by Regulation (EU) 2016/2066&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a> with effect from 1&#160;January 2018.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Member States shall transmit to the Commission the time series for the new regional breakdown in accordance with the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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 November 2018.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
( 1 ) OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1 as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2017/2391 ( OJ L 350, 29.12.2017, p. 1 ).
( 2 ) Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066 of 21 November 2016 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) ( OJ L 322, 29.11.2016, p. 1 ).
ANNEX
Required starting year by statistical domain
<table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Domain</p></td><td><p>NUTS level 2</p></td><td><p>NUTS level 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Demography &#8212; population, live births, deaths</p></td><td><p>1990<a>&#160;(<span>1</span>)</a></p></td><td><p>1990<a>&#160;(<span>1</span>)</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Labour market &#8212; employment, unemployment</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2013<a>&#160;(<span>2</span>)</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Environment &#8212; waste treatment facilities</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health &#8212; causes of death</p></td><td><p>1997<a>&#160;(<span>3</span>)</a></p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health &#8212; infrastructure</p></td><td><p>1996<a>&#160;(<span>2</span>)</a></p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health &#8212; patients</p></td><td><p>2003<a>&#160;(<span>2</span>)</a></p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information society</p></td><td><p>2013<a>&#160;(<span>2</span>)</a></p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regional economic accounts: Household accounts</p></td><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regional economic accounts &#8212; Regional accounts</p></td><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>2000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science and technology &#8212; R &amp; D expenditure and staff</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tourism</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<note>
( 1 ) Transmission is not mandatory for reference years 1990 to 2012.
( 2 ) The transmission is not mandatory.
( 3 ) Transmission is not mandatory for reference years 1997 to 2011.
</note>