# L_2020382EN.01000701.xml

| 16.11.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 382/7 |
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16.11.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 382/7

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1703

of 13 November 2020

on uniform conditions for the transmission of time series for the new regional breakdown pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council

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:

| (1) | 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. |
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(1)

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.

| (2) | The Commission has amended the common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1755 (2) with effect from 1 January 2021. |
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(2)

The Commission has amended the common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1755 (2) with effect from 1 January 2021.

| (3) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee, |
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(3)

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

Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) the time series for the new regional breakdown in accordance with the Annex by 1 January 2023.

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, 13 November 2020.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 154, 21.6.2003.

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(2)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1755 of 8 August 2019 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 270, 24.10.2019, p. 1).

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ANNEX

Required starting year by statistical domain

| Domain | NUTS level 2 | NUTS level 3 |
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| Agriculture | 2016 | |
| Demography – population, live births, deaths | 1990 (1) | 1990 (2) |
| Labour market – employment, unemployment | 2016 | 2016 (3) |
| Education | 2013 | |
| Environment – waste treatment facilities | 2018 | |
| Health – causes of death | 2011 | |
| Health – infrastructure | 1996 (4) | |
| Health – patients | 2003 (5) | |
| Information society | 2016 (6) | |
| Regional accounts – Household accounts by region | 2000 | |
| Regional accounts – Accounts by industry and by region | 2000 | 2000 |
| Science and technology – R & D expenditure and personnel | 2016 | |
| Tourism | 2018 | |

Domain

NUTS level 2

NUTS level 3

Agriculture

2016

Demography – population, live births, deaths

1990 (1)

1990 (2)

Labour market – employment, unemployment

2016

2016 (3)

Education

2013

Environment – waste treatment facilities

2018

Health – causes of death

2011

Health – infrastructure

1996 (4)

Health – patients

2003 (5)

Information society

2016 (6)

Regional accounts – Household accounts by region

2000

Regional accounts – Accounts by industry and by region

2000

2000

Science and technology – R & D expenditure and personnel

2016

Tourism

2018

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(1)  Transmission is not mandatory for reference years 1990 to 2012.

(2)  Transmission is not mandatory for reference years 1990 to 2012.

(3)  The transmission is not mandatory.

(4)  The transmission is not mandatory.

(5)  The transmission is not mandatory.

(6)  The transmission is not mandatory.

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