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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)         

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# 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 1U.K.

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

# Article 2U.K.

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

# Article 3U.K.

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                            

## ANNEXU.K.

### “ANNEX IThe NUTS classification (code — name)

#### BELGIUMU.K.

#### BULGARIAU.K.

#### CZECH REPUBLICU.K.

#### DENMARKU.K.

#### GERMANYU.K.

#### ESTONIAU.K.

#### IRELANDU.K.

#### GREECEU.K.

#### SPAINU.K.

#### FRANCEU.K.

#### CROATIAU.K.

#### ITALYU.K.

#### CYPRUSU.K.

#### LATVIAU.K.

#### LITHUANIAU.K.

#### LUXEMBOURGU.K.

#### HUNGARYU.K.

#### MALTAU.K.

#### NETHERLANDSU.K.

#### AUSTRIAU.K.

#### POLANDU.K.

#### PORTUGALU.K.

#### ROMANIAU.K.

#### SLOVENIAU.K.

#### SLOVAKIAU.K.

#### FINLANDU.K.

#### SWEDENU.K.

#### UNITED KINGDOMU.K.

### ANNEX IIExisting administrative units

At NUTS level 1 for Belgium “Gewesten/Régions”, for Germany “Länder”, for Portugal “Continente”, “Região Autónoma dos Açores”                     and “Região Autónoma da Madeira”, and for United Kingdom “Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland” and the “Government Office Regions                     of England”.                  

At NUTS level 2 for Belgium “Provincies/Provinces”, for Denmark “Regioner”, for Greece “Περιφέρειες (Periferies)”, for Spain                     “Comunidades Autónomas, Ciudades Autónomas”, for France “Régions”, for Italy “Regioni”, for the Netherlands “Provincies”,                     for Austria “Länder” and for Poland “Województwa”.                  

At NUTS level 3 for Belgium “Arrondissementen/Arrondissements”, for Bulgaria “Области (Oblasti)”, for the Czech Republic “Kraje”,                     for Germany “Kreise, kreisfreie Städte”, for Spain “Provincias, Consejos insulares” and “Cabildos”, for France “Départements”,                     for Croatia “Županije”, for Italy “Provincie”, for Lithuania “Apskritis”, for Hungary “Megyék”, for Portugal “Entidades Intermunicipais”,                     “Região Autónoma dos Açores” and “Região Autónoma da Madeira”, for Romania “Județe”, for Slovakia “Kraje”, for Sweden “Län”                     and for Finland “Maakunnat/Landskap”.                  

### ANNEX IIISmaller administrative units

For Belgium “Gemeenten/Communes”, for Bulgaria “Населени места (Naseleni mesta)”, for the Czech Republic “Obce”, for Denmark                     “Kommuner”, for Germany “Gemeinden”, for Estonia “Vald, Linn”, for Ireland “Counties, County boroughs”, for Greece “Δήμοι                     (Demoi)”, for Spain “Municipios”, for France “Communes”, for Croatia “Gradovi, općine”, for Italy “Comuni”, for Cyprus “Δήμοι,                     κοινότητες (Demoi, koinotites)”, for Latvia “Republikas pilsētas, novadi”, for Lithuania “Seniūnija”, for Luxembourg “Communes”,                     for Hungary “Települések”, for Malta “Localities”, for the Netherlands “Gemeenten”, for Austria “Gemeinden”, for Poland “Gminy,                     miasta”, for Portugal “Freguesias”, for Romania “Municipii, Orașe” and “Comune”, for Slovenia “Občine”, for Slovakia “Obce”,                     for Finland “Kunnat/Kommuner”, for Sweden “Kommuner” and for the United Kingdom “Wards”.”                  

1

OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1.                           

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).