Common Position (EC) No 3/2003 of 9 December 2002 adopted by the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, with a view to adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)
Date: 2002-12-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, data collection, regional statistics, statistical method, statistical nomenclature

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COMMON POSITION (EC) No 3/2003

adopted by the Council on 9 December 2002

with a view to the adoption of a Regulation (EC) No . . ./2003 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of . . . establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

(2003/C 32 E/03)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

(3) Accordingly, all Member States' statistics transmitted to the
Commission, which are broken down by territorial units,
should use the NUTS classification, where applicable.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 285 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),

Having regard to the opinion of
Regions (3),

the Committee of

the

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (4),

Whereas:

(4) In its analysis and dissemination, the Commission should
use the NUTS classification for all statistics classified by
territorial units, where applicable.

(5) Different levels are needed for regional statistics depending
on the purpose of these statistics at national and European
level. It is appropriate to have at least three hierarchical
in the European regional NUTS classifi-
levels of detail
cation. Member States could have further levels of NUTS
details, where they consider it necessary.

(6) Information on the current

territorial composition of
NUTS level 3 regions is necessary for the proper adminis-
tration of the NUTS classification and should therefore be
transmitted regularly to the Commission.

requires

statistical

(1) Users of statistics express an increasing need for harmon-
to have comparable data across the
isation in order
the internal
to function,
In order
European Union.
market
standards applicable to the
collection, transmission and publication of national and
Community statistics so that all operators in the single
market can be provided with comparable statistical data.
In this context, classifications are an important tool for the
collection, compilation and dissemination of comparable
statistics.

(2) Regional statistics are a cornerstone of the European Stat-
istical System. They are used for a wide range of purposes.
For many years European regional statistics have been
collected, compiled and disseminated on the basis of a
common regional classification, called ‘nomenclature of
territorial units for statistics’
(hereinafter referred to as
NUTS). It is now appropriate to fix this regional classifi-
cation in a legal framework and to institute clear rules for
future amendments of this classification. The NUTS classi-
fication should not preclude the existence of other
subdivisions and classifications.

(1) OJ C 180 E, 26.6.2001, p. 108.
(2) OJ C 260, 17.9.2001, p. 57.
(3) OJ C 107, 3.5.2002, p. 54.
(4) Opinion of the European Parliament of 24 October 2001 (C 112 E,
9.5.2002, p. 175) and Council Decision of 8 December 2002.

(7) Objective

criteria

are
necessary in order to ensure impartiality when regional
statistics are compiled and used.

the definition of

regions

for

(8) Users of regional statistics need stability of the nomen-
clature over time. The NUTS classification should hence
not be amended too frequently. This Regulation will
ensure a greater stability of rules over time.

(9) Comparability of

regional

statistics

the
regions be of a comparable size in terms of population.
In order to achieve this goal, amendments of the NUTS
classification should render the regional structure more
homogeneous in terms of population size.

requires

that

(10) The

administrative

actual political,

and institutional
situation must also be
respected. Non-administrative
units must reflect economic, social, historical, cultural,
geographical or environmental circumstances.

(11) Reference should be made to the definition of the ‘popu-

lation’ on which the classification is based.

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as

defined

(12) The NUTS classification is restricted to the economic
territory of
the Member States and does not provide
complete coverage of the territory to which the Treaty
establishing the European Community applies. Its use for
Community purposes will therefore need to be assessed on
a case-by-case basis. The economic territory of each
country,
Decision
in
91/450/EEC (1), also includes extraregio territory, made
up of parts of
the economic territory that cannot be
attached to a certain region (air-space, territorial waters
and the continental shelf, territorial enclaves, in particular
embassies, consulates and military bases, and deposits of
oil, natural gas, etc.
in international waters, outside the
continental shelf, worked by resident units). The NUTS
classification must also provide the possibility of statistics
for this extraregio territory.

Commission

(13) Amendments to the NUTS classification will require close

consultations with the Member States.

(14) Since the objective of the proposed action, namely the
harmonisation of regional statistics, cannot be sufficiently
achieved by the Member States and can therefore be better
achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt
measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity
as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with
the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article,
this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in
order to achieve that objective.

(15) The NUTS classification laid down in this Regulation
should replace the ‘nomenclature of territorial units for
statistics (NUTS)’ established to date by the Statistical
Office of the European Communities in cooperation with
the national statistical
institutes. As a consequence, all
references in Community acts to the ‘nomenclature of
territorial units
should now be
understood as referring to the NUTS classification laid
down in this Regulation.

statistics

(NUTS)’

for

(16) Council Regulation (EC) 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on
reference

Community
framework for the provisions of this Regulation.

Statistics (2)

constitutes

the

(17) The measures necessary for the implementation of this
adopted in accordance with
Regulation should be
Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying
down the procedures for the exercise of implementing
powers conferred on the Commission (3).

(18) The Statistical Programme Committee

established by
Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (4) has been
consulted in accordance with Article 3 thereof,

(1) OJ L 240, 29.8.1991, p. 36.
(2) OJ L 52, 22.2.1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
(4) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject matter

1.
The purpose of this Regulation is to establish a common
statistical classification of territorial units, hereinafter referred
to as ‘NUTS’, in order to enable the collection, compilation and
dissemination of harmonised
in the
Community.

statistics

regional

The NUTS classification laid down in Annex I shall
2.
replace the ‘nomenclature of
territorial units for statistics
(NUTS)’ established by the Statistical Office of the European
Communities
statistical
institutes of the Member States.

in cooperation with the national

Article 2

Structure

1.
The NUTS classification subdivides the economic territory
of the Member States, as defined in the Decision 91/450/EEC,
into territorial units. It ascribes to each territorial unit a specific
code and name.

2.
The NUTS classification is hierarchical. It subdivides each
Member State into NUTS level 1 territorial units, each of which
is subdivided into NUTS level 2 territorial units, these in turn
each being subdivided into NUTS level 3 territorial units.

However, a particular territorial unit may be classified at

3.
several NUTS levels.

At the same NUTS level, two different territorial units in
4.
the same Member State may not be identified by the same
name. If two territorial units in different Member States have
the same name, the country identifier is added to the territorial
unit's name.

5.
In each Member State, there can be further hierarchical
levels of detail, decided by the Member State, whereby NUTS
level 3 is sub-divided. Within two years from the entry into
force of this Regulation, the Commission, after consulting the
Member States, shall submit a communication to the European
Parliament and the Council on the appropriateness of estab-
lishing rules on a Europe-wide basis for more detailed levels in
the NUTS classification.

Article 3

Classification criteria

1.
Existing administrative units within the Member States
shall constitute the first criterion used for the definition of
territorial units.

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To this end, ‘administrative unit’ shall mean a geographical area
with an Administrative Authority that has the power to take
administrative or policy decisions for that area within the legal
and institutional framework of the Member State.

NUTS level 3 territorial unit in terms of the smaller adminis-
trative units as laid down in Annex III, as transmitted to it by
the Member States.

2.
In order to establish the relevant NUTS level in which a
given class of administrative units in a Member State is to be
classified, the average size of this class of administrative units
in the Member State shall lie within the following population
thresholds:

Level

Minimum

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

3 million

800 000

150 000

Maximum

7 million

3 Millionen

Amendments to Annex III shall be adopted in accordance with
the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 7(2).

transmit

2. Within the first six months of each year, Member States
shall
the
components for the previous year that may affect the NUTS
level 3 boundaries and in so doing shall respect the electronic
data format requested by the Commission.

to the Commission all

changes of

Article 5

Amendments to NUTS

800 000

1.

The Member States shall inform the Commission of:

If
the population of a whole Member State is below the
the whole
minimum threshold for a given NUTS level,
Member State shall be one NUTS territorial unit for this level.

(a) all changes that have occurred in administrative units, in so
far as they may affect the NUTS classification, as laid down
in Annex I, or the contents of Annexes II and III;

3.
For the purpose of this Regulation, the population of a
territorial unit shall consist of those persons who have their
usual place of residence in this area.

(b) all other changes at the national level that may affect the
in accordance with the classification

NUTS classification,
criteria laid down in Article 3.

4.
The existing administrative units that are used for the
NUTS classification are laid down in Annex II. Amendments
to Annex II shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory
procedure referred to in Article 7(2).

If for a given level of NUTS no administrative units of a
5.
suitable scale exist in a Member State, in accordance with the
criteria referred to in paragraph 2, this NUTS level shall be
constituted by aggregating an appropriate number of existing
smaller contiguous administrative units. This aggregation shall
take into consideration such relevant criteria as geographical,
socio-economic, historical, cultural or environmental circum-
stances.

The resulting aggregated units shall hereinafter be referred to as
‘non-administrative units’. The size of the non-administrative
units in a Member State for a given NUTS level shall
lie
within the population thresholds referred to in paragraph 2.

In accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in
Article 7(2), individual non-administrative units may however
deviate
particular
thresholds
geographical, socio-economic, historical, cultural or environ-
mental
islands and the
outermost regions.

especially in the

circumstances,

from these

because

of

Article 4

Components of NUTS

1. Within six months after the entry into force of this Regu-
lation, the Commission shall publish the components of each

Changes to NUTS level 3 boundaries due to changes of

2.
smaller administrative units as laid down in Annex III:

(a) shall not be considered as amendments of NUTS if they
involve a population transfer equal to or less than 1 % of
the NUTS 3 territorial units concerned;

(b) shall be considered as amendments of NUTS, in accordance
with paragraph 3 of this Article, if they involve a popu-
lation transfer of more than 1 % of the NUTS 3 territorial
units concerned.

3.
Amendments to the NUTS for the non-administrative
units in a Member State, as referred to in Article 3(5), may
be made if, at the NUTS level
in question, the amendment
reduces the standard deviation of the size in terms of popu-
lation of all EU territorial units.

4.
Amendments to the NUTS classification shall be adopted
in the second half of the calendar year in accordance with the
regulatory procedure referred to in Article 7(2), not more
frequently than every three years, on the basis of the criteria
laid down in Article 3. Nevertheless, in the case of a substantial
the relevant administrative structure of a
reorganisation of
Member State,
the amendments to the NUTS classification
may be adopted at intervals of less than three years.

The Commission implementing measures referred to in the first
subparagraph shall enter into force, with regard to the trans-
mission of the data to the Commission, on 1 January of the
second year after their adoption.

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5. When an amendment is made to the NUTS classification,
the Member State concerned shall transmit to the Commission
the time series for the new regional breakdown, to replace data
already transmitted. The list of the time series and their length
will be specified in accordance with the regulatory procedure
referred to in Article 7(2) taking into account the feasibility of
providing them. These time series are to be supplied within
two years of the amendment to the NUTS classification.

Article 6

Management

The Commission shall take the necessary measures to ensure
In
the consistent management of
particular, such measures may include:

the NUTS classification.

(a) Drafting and updating of explanatory notes on NUTS;

(b) Examination of problems arising from the implementation
of NUTS in the Member States' classifications of territorial
units.

Article 7

Procedure

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical
Programme Committee, established by Article 1 of Council

Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (hereinafter referred to as ‘the
Committee’).

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and
7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the
provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall be set at three months.

3.

The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Article 8

Reporting

Three years after the entry into force of this Regulation, the
Commission shall submit a report on its implementation to the
European Parliament and the Council.

Article 9

Entry into force

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

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

Done at . . .

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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ANNEX I

THE NUTS CLASSIFICATION (code — name)

Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

BELGIQUE — BELGIË

RÉGION DE
BRUXELLES-CAPITALE
BRUSSELS
HOOFDSTEDELIJK GEWEST

Région de Bruxelles-Capitale
Brussels Hoofdstedelijk
Gewest

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

VLAAMS GEWEST

Prov. (2) Antwerpen

Prov. Limburg (B)

Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen

Prov. Vlaams-Brabant

Prov. West-Vlaanderen

RÉGION WALLONNE

Prov. Brabant Wallon

Prov. Hainaut

Arr. Antwerpen

Arr. Mechelen

Arr. Turnhout

Arr. Hasselt

Arr. Maaseik

Arr. Tongeren

Arr. Aalst

Arr. Dendermonde

Arr. Eeklo

Arr. Gent

Arr. Oudenaarde

Arr. Sint-Niklaas

Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde

Arr. Leuven

Arr. Brugge

Arr. Diksmuide

Arr. Ieper

Arr. Kortrijk

Arr. Oostende

Arr. Roeselare

Arr. Tielt

Arr. Veurne

Arr. Nivelles

Arr. Ath

Arr. Charleroi

Arr. Mons

Arr. Mouscron

Arr. Soignies

BE
BE1

BE10

BE100

BE2

BE21

BE211

BE212

BE213

BE22

BE221

BE222

BE223

BE23

BE231

BE232

BE233

BE234

BE235

BE236

BE24

BE241

BE242

BE25

BE251

BE252

BE253

BE254

BE255

BE256

BE257

BE258

BE3

BE31

BE310

BE32

BE321

BE322

BE323

BE324

BE325

(1) Arr. stands for ‘Arrondissement administratif’ in French or ‘Administratief Arrondissement’ in Dutch.
(2) Prov. stands for ‘Province’ in French or ‘Provincie’ in Dutch.

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

BE326

BE327

BE33

BE331

BE332

BE333

BE334

BE34

BE341

BE342

BE343

BE344

BE345

BE35

BE351

BE352

BE353

BEZ

BEZZ

BEZZZ

DK

DK0

DK00

DK001

DK002

DK003

DK004

DK005

DK006

DK007

DK008

DK009

DK00A

DK00B

DK00C

DK00D

DK00E

DK00F

DKZ

DKZZ

DKZZZ

DE

DE1

DE11

DE111

DE112

DE113

DE114

DE115

Prov. Liège

Prov. Luxembourg (B)

Prov. Namur

Extra-regio

Danmark

EXTRA-REGIO

DANMARK

EXTRA-REGIO

BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG

Extra-regio

Stuttgart

Arr. Thuin

Arr. Tournai

Arr. Huy

Arr. Liège

Arr. Verviers

Arr. Waremme

Arr. Arlon

Arr. Bastogne

Arr. Marche-en-Famenne

Arr. Neufchâteau

Arr. Virton

Arr. Dinant

Arr. Namur

Arr. Philippeville

Extra-regio

DANMARK

København og Frederiksborg
kommuner

Københavns amt

Frederiksborg amt

Roskilde amt

Vestsjællands amt

Storstrøms amt

Bornholms amt

Fyns amt

Sønderjyllands amt

Ribe amt

Vejle amt

Ringkøbing amt

Århus amt

Viborg amt

Nordjyllands amt

Extra-regio

DEUTSCHLAND

Stuttgart, Stadtkreis

Böblingen

Esslingen

Göppingen

Ludwigsburg

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

DE116

DE117

DE118

DE119

DE11A

DE11B

DE11C

DE11D

DE12

DE121

DE122

DE123

DE124

DE125

DE126

DE127

DE128

DE129

DE12A

DE12B

DE12C

DE13

DE131

DE132

DE133

DE134

DE135

DE136

DE137

DE138

DE139

DE13A

DE14

DE141

DE142

DE143

DE144

DE145

DE146

DE147

DE148

DE149

DE2

DE21

DE211

DE212

DE213

DE214

DE215

DE216

DE217

Karlsruhe

Freiburg

Tübingen

BAYERN

Oberbayern

Rems-Murr-Kreis

Heilbronn, Stadtkreis

Heilbronn, Landkreis

Hohenlohekreis

Schwäbisch Hall

Main-Tauber-Kreis

Heidenheim

Ostalbkreis

Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis

Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis

Karlsruhe, Landkreis

Rastatt

Heidelberg, Stadtkreis

Mannheim, Stadtkreis

Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis

Rhein-Neckar-Kreis

Pforzheim, Stadtkreis

Calw

Enzkreis

Freudenstadt

Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis

Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald

Emmendingen

Ortenaukreis

Rottweil

Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis

Tuttlingen

Konstanz

Lörrach

Waldshut

Reutlingen

Tübingen, Landkreis

Zollernalbkreis

Ulm, Stadtkreis

Alb-Donau-Kreis

Biberach

Bodenseekreis

Ravensburg

Sigmaringen

Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt

München, Kreisfreie Stadt

Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt

Altötting

Berchtesgadener Land

Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen

Dachau

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

DE218

DE219

DE21A

DE21B

DE21C

DE21D

DE21E

DE21F

DE21G

DE21H

DE21I

DE21J

DE21K

DE21L

DE21M

DE21N

DE22

DE221

DE222

DE223

DE224

DE225

DE226

DE227

DE228

DE229

DE22A

DE22B

DE22C

DE23

DE231

DE232

DE233

DE234

DE235

DE236

DE237

DE238

DE239

DE23A

DE24

DE241

DE242

DE243

DE244

DE245

DE246

DE247

DE248

DE249

DE24A

Ebersberg

Eichstätt

Erding

Freising

Fürstenfeldbruck

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Landsberg a. Lech

Miesbach

Mühldorf a. Inn

München, Landkreis

Neuburg-Schrobenhausen

Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm

Rosenheim, Landkreis

Starnberg

Traunstein

Weilheim-Schongau

Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt

Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt

Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt

Deggendorf

Freyung-Grafenau

Kelheim

Landshut, Landkreis

Passau, Landkreis

Regen

Rottal-Inn

Straubing-Bogen

Dingolfing-Landau

Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Weiden i. d. OPf., Kreisfreie Stadt

Amberg-Sulzbach

Cham

Neumarkt i. d. OPf.

Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab

Regensburg, Landkreis

Schwandorf

Tirschenreuth

Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt

Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt

Bamberg, Landkreis

Bayreuth, Landkreis

Coburg, Landkreis

Forchheim

Hof, Landkreis

Kronach

Niederbayern

Oberpfalz

Oberfranken

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

DE24B

DE24C

DE24D

DE25

DE251

DE252

DE253

DE254

DE255

DE256

DE257

DE258

DE259

DE25A

DE25B

DE25C

DE26

DE261

DE262

DE263

DE264

DE265

DE266

DE267

DE268

DE269

DE26A

DE26B

DE26C

DE27

DE271

DE272

DE273

DE274

DE275

DE276

DE277

DE278

DE279

DE27A

DE27B

DE27C

DE27D

DE27E

DE3

DE30

DE300

Mittelfranken

Unterfranken

Schwaben

BERLIN

Berlin

Kulmbach

Lichtenfels

Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge

Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt

Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt

Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt

Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt

Ansbach, Landkreis

Erlangen-Höchstadt

Fürth, Landkreis

Nürnberger Land

Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad
Windsheim

Roth

Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen

Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt

Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Aschaffenburg, Landkreis

Bad Kissingen

Rhön-Grabfeld

Haßberge

Kitzingen

Miltenberg

Main-Spessart

Schweinfurt, Landkreis

Würzburg, Landkreis

Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt

Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie
Stadt

Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt

Aichach-Friedberg

Augsburg, Landkreis

Dillingen a. d. Donau

Günzburg

Neu-Ulm

Lindau (Bodensee)

Ostallgäu

Unterallgäu

Donau-Ries

Oberallgäu

Berlin

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

DE4

DE41

DE411

DE412

DE413

DE414

DE415

DE416

DE417

DE418

DE42

DE421

DE422

DE423

DE424

DE425

DE426

DE427

DE428

DE429

DE42A

DE5

DE50

DE501

DE502

DE6

DE60

DE600

DE7

DE71

DE711

DE712

DE713

DE714

DE715

DE716

DE717

DE718

DE719

DE71A

DE71B

DE71C

DE71D

DE71E

DE72

DE721

DE722

DE723

BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg — Nordost

Brandenburg — Südwest

BREMEN

HAMBURG

HESSEN

Bremen

Hamburg

Darmstadt

Gießen

Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt

Barnim

Märkisch-Oderland

Oberhavel

Oder-Spree

Ostprignitz-Ruppin

Prignitz

Uckermark

Brandenburg an der Havel,
Kreisfreie Stadt

Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt

Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt

Dahme-Spreewald

Elbe-Elster

Havelland

Oberspreewald-Lausitz

Potsdam-Mittelmark

Spree-Neiße

Teltow-Fläming

Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt

Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt

Hamburg

Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt

Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie
Stadt

Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie
Stadt

Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt

Bergstraße

Darmstadt-Dieburg

Groß-Gerau

Hochtaunuskreis

Main-Kinzig-Kreis

Main-Taunus-Kreis

Odenwaldkreis

Offenbach, Landkreis

Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Wetteraukreis

Gießen, Landkreis

Lahn-Dill-Kreis

Limburg-Weilburg

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

DE724

DE725

DE73

DE731

DE732

DE733

DE734

DE735

DE736

DE737

DE8

DE80

DE801

DE802

DE803

DE804

DE805

DE806

DE807

DE808

DE809

DE80A

DE80B

DE80C

DE80D

DE80E

DE80F

DE80G

DE80H

DE80I

DE9

DE91

DE911

DE912

DE913

DE914

DE915

DE916

DE917

DE918

DE919

DE91A

DE91B

DE92

DE922

DE923

DE925

DE926

DE927

Kassel

MECKLENBURG-
VORPOMMERN

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

NIEDERSACHSEN

Braunschweig

Hannover

Marburg-Biedenkopf

Vogelsbergkreis

Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt

Fulda

Hersfeld-Rotenburg

Kassel, Landkreis

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Waldeck-Frankenberg

Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Greifswald, Kreisfreie Stadt

Neubrandenburg, Kreisfreie
Stadt

Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt

Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt

Stralsund, Kreisfreie Stadt

Wismar, Kreisfreie Stadt

Bad Doberan

Demmin

Güstrow

Ludwigslust

Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Müritz

Nordvorpommern

Nordwestmecklenburg

Ostvorpommern

Parchim

Rügen

Uecker-Randow

Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt

Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt

Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Gifhorn

Göttingen

Goslar

Helmstedt

Northeim

Osterode am Harz

Peine

Wolfenbüttel

Diepholz

Hameln-Pyrmont

Hildesheim

Holzminden

Nienburg (Weser)

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

Lüneburg

Weser-Ems

NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN

Düsseldorf

DE928

DE929

DE93

DE931

DE932

DE933

DE934

DE935

DE936

DE937

DE938

DE939

DE93A

DE93B

DE94

DE941

DE942

DE943

DE944

DE945

DE946

DE947

DE948

DE949

DE94A

DE94B

DE94C

DE94D

DE94E

DE94F

DE94G

DE94H

DEA

DEA1

DEA11

DEA12

DEA13

DEA14

DEA15

DEA16

DEA17

DEA18

DEA19

DEA1A

DEA1B

DEA1C

DEA1D

DEA1E

DEA1F

Schaumburg

Region Hannover

Celle

Cuxhaven

Harburg

Lüchow-Dannenberg

Lüneburg, Landkreis

Osterholz

Rotenburg (Wümme)

Soltau-Fallingbostel

Stade

Uelzen

Verden

Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt

Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt

Oldenburg (Oldenburg),
Kreisfreie Stadt

Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt

Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt

Ammerland

Aurich

Cloppenburg

Emsland

Friesland

Grafschaft Bentheim

Leer

Oldenburg, Landkreis

Osnabrück, Landkreis

Vechta

Wesermarsch

Wittmund

Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt

Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt

Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt

Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie
Stadt

Mülheim an der Ruhr,
Kreisfreie Stadt

Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt

Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt

Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt

Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt

Kleve

Mettmann

Neuss

Viersen

Wesel

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

Köln

Münster

Detmold

Arnsberg

RHEINLAND-PFALZ

Koblenz

DEA2

DEA21

DEA22

DEA23

DEA24

DEA25

DEA26

DEA27

DEA28

DEA29

DEA2A

DEA2B

DEA2C

DEA3

DEA31

DEA32

DEA33

DEA34

DEA35

DEA36

DEA37

DEA38

DEA4

DEA41

DEA42

DEA43

DEA44

DEA45

DEA46

DEA47

DEA5

DEA51

DEA52

DEA53

DEA54

DEA55

DEA56

DEA57

DEA58

DEA59

DEA5A

DEA5B

DEA5C

DEB

DEB1

DEB11

DEB12

DEB13

DEB14

DEB15

Aachen, Kreisfreie Stadt

Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt

Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt

Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt

Aachen, Kreis

Düren

Erftkreis

Euskirchen

Heinsberg

Oberbergischer Kreis

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt

Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt

Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt

Borken

Coesfeld

Recklinghausen

Steinfurt

Warendorf

Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt

Gütersloh

Herford

Höxter

Lippe

Minden-Lübbecke

Paderborn

Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt

Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt

Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt

Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt

Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt

Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

Hochsauerlandkreis

Märkischer Kreis

Olpe

Siegen-Wittgenstein

Soest

Unna

Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt

Ahrweiler

Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

Bad Kreuznach

Birkenfeld

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C 32 E/39

Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

DEB16

DEB17

DEB18

DEB19

DEB1A

DEB1B

DEB2

DEB21

DEB22

DEB23

DEB24

DEB25

DEB3

DEB31

DEB32

DEB33

DEB34

DEB35

DEB36

DEB37

DEB38

DEB39

DEB3A

DEB3B

DEB3C

DEB3D

DEB3E

DEB3F

DEB3G

DEB3H

DEB3I

DEB3J

DEB3K

DEC

DEC0

DEC01

DEC02

DEC03

DEC04

DEC05

DEC06

DED

DED1

DED11

DED12

DED13

DED14

Trier

Rheinhessen-Pfalz

SAARLAND

Saarland

SACHSEN

Chemnitz

Cochem-Zell

Mayen-Koblenz

Neuwied

Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis

Rhein-Lahn-Kreis

Westerwaldkreis

Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt

Bernkastel-Wittlich

Bitburg-Prüm

Daun

Trier-Saarburg

Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie
Stadt

Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt

Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie
Stadt

Ludwigshafen am Rhein,
Kreisfreie Stadt

Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt

Neustadt an der Weinstraße,
Kreisfreie Stadt

Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt

Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt

Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt

Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt

Alzey-Worms

Bad Dürkheim

Donnersbergkreis

Germersheim

Kaiserslautern, Landkreis

Kusel

Südliche Weinstraße

Ludwigshafen, Landkreis

Mainz-Bingen

Südwestpfalz

Stadtverband Saarbrücken

Merzig-Wadern

Neunkirchen

Saarlouis

Saarpfalz-Kreis

St. Wendel

Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt

Plauen, Kreisfreie Stadt

Zwickau, Kreisfreie Stadt

Annaberg

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

DED15

DED16

DED17

DED18

DED19

DED1A

DED1B

DED1C

DED2

DED21

DED22

DED23

DED24

DED25

DED26

DED27

DED29

DED28

DED2A

DED2B

DED3

DED31

DED32

DED33

DED34

DED35

DED36

DEE

DEE1

DEE11

DEE12

DEE13

DEE14

DEE15

DEE16

DEE2

DEE21

DEE22

DEE23

DEE24

DEE25

DEE26

DEE27

DEE3

DEE31

DEE32

DEE33

DEE34

DEE35

DEE36

DEE37

Dresden

Leipzig

Dessau

Halle

Magdeburg

SACHSEN-ANHALT

Chemnitzer Land

Freiberg

Vogtlandkreis

Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis

Mittweida

Stollberg

Aue-Schwarzenberg

Zwickauer Land

Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt

Görlitz, Kreisfreie Stadt

Hoyerswerda, Kreisfreie Stadt

Bautzen

Meißen

Niederschlesischer
Oberlausitzkreis

Riesa-Großenhain

Sächsische Schweiz

Löbau-Zittau

Weißeritzkreis

Kamenz

Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt

Delitzsch

Döbeln

Leipziger Land

Muldentalkreis

Torgau-Oschatz

Dessau, Kreisfreie Stadt

Anhalt-Zerbst

Bernburg

Bitterfeld

Köthen

Wittenberg

Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt

Burgenlandkreis

Mansfelder Land

Merseburg-Querfurt

Saalkreis

Sangerhausen

Weißenfels

Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Aschersleben-Staßfurt

Bördekreis

Halberstadt

Jerichower Land

Ohrekreis

Stendal

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

DEE38

DEE39

DEE3A

DEE3B

DEF

DEF0

DEF01

DEF02

DEF03

DEF04

DEF05

DEF06

DEF07

DEF08

DEF09

DEF0A

DEF0B

DEF0C

DEF0D

DEF0E

DEF0F

DEG

DEG0

DEG01

DEG02

DEG03

DEG04

DEG05

DEG06

DEG07

DEG09

DEG0A

DEG0B

DEG0C

DEG0D

DEG0E

DEG0F

DEG0G

DEG0H

DEG0I

DEG0J

DEG0K

DEG0L

DEG0M

DEG0N

DEG0P

DEZ

DEZZ

DEZZZ

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN

Schleswig-Holstein

THÜRINGEN

Thüringen

EXTRA-REGIO

Extra-regio

Quedlinburg

Schönebeck

Wernigerode

Altmarkkreis Salzwedel

Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt

Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt

Dithmarschen

Herzogtum Lauenburg

Nordfriesland

Ostholstein

Pinneberg

Plön

Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Schleswig-Flensburg

Segeberg

Steinburg

Stormarn

Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt

Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt

Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt

Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt

Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt

Eichsfeld

Nordhausen

Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis

Kyffhäuserkreis

Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Gotha

Sömmerda

Hildburghausen

Ilm-Kreis

Weimarer Land

Sonneberg

Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Saale-Holzland-Kreis

Saale-Orla-Kreis

Greiz

Altenburger Land

Eisenach, Kreisfreie Stadt

Wartburgkreis

Extra-regio

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

GR

GR1

GR11

GR111

GR112

GR113

GR114

GR115

GR12

GR121

GR122

GR123

GR124

GR125

GR126

GR127

GR13

GR131

GR132

GR133

GR134

GR14

GR141

GR142

GR143

GR144

GR2

GR21

GR211

GR212

GR213

GR214

GR22

GR221

GR222

GR223

GR224

GR23

GR231

GR232

GR233

GR24

GR241

GR242

GR243

GR244

GR245

GR25

GR251

GR252

GR253

GR254

GR255

ΒΟΡΕΙΑ ΕΛΛΑ∆Α

Aνατολική Μακεδονία, Θράκη

ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗ ΕΛΛΑ∆Α

Κεντρική Μακεδονία

∆υτική Μακεδονία

Θεσσαλία

Ήπειρος

Ιόνια Νησιά

∆υτική Ελλάδα

Στερεά Ελλάδα

Πελοπόννησος

ΕΛΛΑ∆Α

Έβρος

Ξάνθη

Ροδόπη

∆ράµα

Καβάλα

Ηµαθία

Θεσσαλονίκη

Κιλκίς

Πέλλα

Πιερία

Σέρρες

Χαλκιδική

Γρεσσενά

Καστοριά

Κοζάνη

Φλώρινα

Καρδίτσα

Λάρισα

Μαγνησία

Τρίκαλα

Άρτα

Θεσπρωτία

Ιωάννινα

Πρέβεζα

Zάκυνθος

Κέρκυρα

Κεφαλληνία

Λευκάδα

Αιτωλοακαρνανία

Αχαΐα

Ηλεία

Βοιωτία

Εύβοια

Ευρυτανία

Φθιώτιδα

Φωκίδα

Αργολίδα

Αρκαδία

Κορινθία

Λακωνία

Μεσσηνία

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C 32 E/43

Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

GR3

GR30

GR300

GR4

GR41

GR411

GR412

GR413

GR42

GR421

GR422

GR43

GR431

GR432

GR433

GR434

GRZ

GRZZ

GRZZZ

ES

ES1

ES11

ES111

ES112

ES113

ES114

ES12

ES120

ES13

ES130

ES2

ES21

ES211

ES212

ES213

ES22

ES220

ES23

ES230

ES24

ES241

ES242

ES243

ES3

ES30

ES300

ATTIKΗ

NΗΣΙΑ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ, KΡΗΤΗ

EXTRA-REGIO

NOROESTE

NORESTE

Aττική

Βόρειο Αιγαίο

Νότιο Αιγαίο

Κρήτη

Extra-regio

Galicia

Principado de Asturias

Cantabria

País Vasco

Comunidad Foral de Navarra

La Rioja

Aragón

COMUNIDAD DE MADRID

Comunidad de Madrid

Aττική

Λέσβος

Σάµος

Χίος

∆ωδεκάνησος

Κυκλάδες

Ηράκλειο

Λασίθι

Ρεθύµνη

Χανιά

Extra-regio

ESPAÑA

A Coruña

Lugo

Ourense

Pontevedra

Asturias

Cantabria

Álava

Guipúzcoa

Vizcaya

Navarra

La Rioja

Huesca

Teruel

Zaragoza

Madrid

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

CENTRO (E)

Castilla y León

Ávila

Burgos

León

Palencia

Salamanca

Segovia

Soria

Valladolid

Zamora

Albacete

Ciudad Real

Cuenca

Guadalajara

Toledo

Badajoz

Cáceres

Barcelona

Girona

Lleida

Tarragona

Castilla-La Mancha

Extremadura

Cataluña

Comunidad Valenciana

Illes Balears

Andalucía

Alicante/Alacant

Castellón/Castelló

Valencia/València

Illes Balears

Almería

Cádiz

Córdoba

Granada

Huelva

Jaén

Málaga

Sevilla

Murcia

Ceuta

Melilla

Región de Murcia

Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta

Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla

ESTE

SUR

ES4

ES41

ES411

ES412

ES413

ES414

ES415

ES416

ES417

ES418

ES419

ES42

ES421

ES422

ES423

ES424

ES425

ES43

ES431

ES432

ES5

ES51

ES511

ES512

ES513

ES514

ES52

ES521

ES522

ES523

ES53

ES530

ES6

ES61

ES611

ES612

ES613

ES614

ES615

ES616

ES617

ES618

ES62

ES620

ES63

ES630

ES64

ES640

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

ES7

ES70

ES701

ES702

ESZ

ESZZ

ESZZZ

FR

FR1

FR10

FR101

FR102

FR103

FR104

FR105

FR106

FR107

FR108

FR2

FR21

FR211

FR212

FR213

FR214

FR22

FR221

FR222

FR223

FR23

FR231

FR232

FR24

FR241

FR242

FR243

FR244

FR245

FR246

FR25

FR251

FR252

FR253

FR26

FR261

FR262

FR263

FR264

CANARIAS

EXTRA-REGIO

Canarias

Extra-regio

ÎLE DE FRANCE

Île de France

BASSIN PARISIEN

Champagne-Ardenne

Picardie

Haute-Normandie

Centre

Basse-Normandie

Bourgogne

Las Palmas

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Extra-regio

FRANCE

Paris

Seine-et-Marne

Yvelines

Essonne

Hauts-de-Seine

Seine-Saint-Denis

Val-de-Marne

Val-d'Oise

Ardennes

Aube

Marne

Haute-Marne

Aisne

Oise

Somme

Eure

Seine-Maritime

Cher

Eure-et-Loir

Indre

Indre-et-Loire

Loir-et-Cher

Loiret

Calvados

Manche

Orne

Côte-d'Or

Nièvre

Saône-et-Loire

Yonne

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS

Nord-Pas-de-Calais

EST

Lorraine

Alsace

Franche-Comté

OUEST

Pays de la Loire

Bretagne

Poitou-Charentes

SUD-OUEST

Aquitaine

Midi-Pyrénées

FR3

FR30

FR301

FR302

FR4

FR41

FR413

FR411

FR412

FR414

FR42

FR421

FR422

FR43

FR431

FR432

FR433

FR434

FR5

FR51

FR511

FR512

FR513

FR514

FR515

FR52

FR521

FR522

FR523

FR524

FR53

FR531

FR532

FR533

FR534

FR6

FR61

FR611

FR612

FR613

FR614

FR615

FR62

FR621

FR622

FR623

FR624

FR625

FR626

FR627

FR628

Nord

Pas-de-Calais

Moselle

Meurthe-et-Moselle

Meuse

Vosges

Bas-Rhin

Haut-Rhin

Doubs

Jura

Haute-Saône

Territoire de Belfort

Loire-Atlantique

Maine-et-Loire

Mayenne

Sarthe

Vendée

Côtes-d'Armor

Finistère

Ille-et-Vilaine

Morbihan

Charente

Charente-Maritime

Deux-Sèvres

Vienne

Dordogne

Gironde

Landes

Lot-et-Garonne

Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Ariège

Aveyron

Haute-Garonne

Gers

Lot

Hautes-Pyrénées

Tarn

Tarn-et-Garonne

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

FR63

FR631

FR632

FR633

FR7

FR71

FR711

FR712

FR713

FR714

FR715

FR716

FR717

FR718

FR72

FR721

FR722

FR723

FR724

FR8

FR81

FR811

FR812

FR813

FR814

FR815

FR82

FR821

FR822

FR823

FR824

FR825

FR826

FR83

FR831

FR832

FR9

FR91

FR910

FR92

FR920

FR93

FR930

FR94

FR940

FRZ

FRZZ

FRZZZ

CENTRE-EST

Limousin

Rhône-Alpes

Auvergne

MÉDITERRANÉE

Languedoc-Roussillon

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

DÉPARTEMENTS D'OUTRE-
MER

EXTRA-REGIO

Corse

Guadeloupe

Martinique

Guyane

Réunion

Extra-regio

Corrèze

Creuse

Haute-Vienne

Ain

Ardèche

Drôme

Isère

Loire

Rhône

Savoie

Haute-Savoie

Allier

Cantal

Haute-Loire

Puy-de-Dôme

Aude

Gard

Hérault

Lozère

Pyrénées-Orientales

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Hautes-Alpes

Alpes-Maritimes

Bouches-du-Rhône

Var

Vaucluse

Corse-du-Sud

Haute-Corse

Guadeloupe

Martinique

Guyane

Réunion

Extra-regio

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

IE

IE0

IE01

IE011

IE012

IE013

IE02

IE021

IE022

IE023

IE024

IE025

IEZ

IEZZ

IEZZZ

IT

ITC

ITC1

ITC11

ITC12

ITC13

ITC14

ITC15

ITC16

ITC17

ITC18

ITC2

ITC20

ITC3

ITC31

ITC32

ITC33

ITC34

ITC4

ITC41

ITC42

ITC43

ITC44

ITC45

ITC46

ITC47

ITC48

ITC49

ITC4A

ITC4B

IRELAND

Border, Midland and Western

Southern and Eastern

EXTRA-REGIO

NORD-OVEST

Extra-regio

Piemonte

IRELAND

Border

Midland

West

Dublin

Mid-East

Mid-West

South-East (IRL)

South-West (IRL)

Extra-regio

ITALIA

Torino

Vercelli

Biella

Verbano-Cusio-Ossola

Novara

Cuneo

Asti

Alessandria

Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste

Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste

Liguria

Lombardia

Imperia

Savona

Genova

La Spezia

Varese

Como

Lecco

Sondrio

Milano

Bergamo

Brescia

Pavia

Lodi

Cremona

Mantova

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

NORD-EST

Provincia Autonoma
Bolzano/Bozen (3)

Provincia Autonoma
Trento (3)

Veneto

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Emilia-Romagna

CENTRO (I)

Toscana

Umbria

Marche

Bolzano-Bozen

Trento

Verona

Vicenza

Belluno

Treviso

Venezia

Padova

Rovigo

Pordenone

Udine

Gorizia

Trieste

Piacenza

Parma

Reggio nell'Emilia

Modena

Bologna

Ferrara

Ravenna

Forlì-Cesena

Rimini

Massa-Carrara

Lucca

Pistoia

Firenze

Prato

Livorno

Pisa

Arezzo

Siena

Grosseto

Perugia

Terni

Pesaro e Urbino

Ancona

Macerata

Ascoli Piceno

ITD

ITD1

ITD10

ITD2

ITD20

ITD3

ITD31

ITD32

ITD33

ITD34

ITD35

ITD36

ITD37

ITD4

ITD41

ITD42

ITD43

ITD44

ITD5

ITD51

ITD52

ITD53

ITD54

ITD55

ITD56

ITD57

ITD58

ITD59

ITE

ITE1

ITE11

ITE12

ITE13

ITE14

ITE15

ITE16

ITE17

ITE18

ITE19

ITE1A

ITE2

ITE21

ITE22

ITE3

ITE31

ITE32

ITE33

ITE34

(3) The Provincia Autonoma Bolzano/Bozen and the Provincia Autonoma Trento make up the region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

SUD

Lazio

Abruzzo

Molise

Campania

Puglia

Basilicata

Calabria

ISOLE

Sicilia

Sardegna

ITE4

ITE41

ITE42

ITE43

ITE44

ITE45

ITF

ITF1

ITF11

ITF12

ITF13

ITF14

ITF2

ITF21

ITF22

ITF3

ITF31

ITF32

ITF33

ITF34

ITF35

ITF4

ITF41

ITF42

ITF43

ITF44

ITF45

ITF5

ITF51

ITF52

ITF6

ITF61

ITF62

ITF63

ITF64

ITF65

ITG

ITG1

ITG11

ITG12

ITG13

ITG14

ITG15

ITG16

ITG17

ITG18

ITG19

ITG2

ITG21

ITG22

ITG23

ITG24

Viterbo

Rieti

Roma

Latina

Frosinone

L'Aquila

Teramo

Pescara

Chieti

Isernia

Campobasso

Caserta

Benevento

Napoli

Avellino

Salerno

Foggia

Bari

Taranto

Brindisi

Lecce

Potenza

Matera

Cosenza

Crotone

Catanzaro

Vibo Valentia

Reggio di Calabria

Trapani

Palermo

Messina

Agrigento

Caltanissetta

Enna

Catania

Ragusa

Siracusa

Sassari

Nuoro

Oristano

Cagliari

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

ITZ

ITZZ

ITZZZ

LU

LU0

LU00

LU000

LUZ

LUZZ

LUZZZ

NL

NL1

NL11

NL111

NL112

NL113

NL12

NL121

NL122

NL123

NL13

NL131

NL132

NL133

NL2

NL21

NL211

NL212

NL213

NL22

NL221

NL222

NL223

NL224

NL23

NL230

NL3

NL31

NL310

NL32

NL321

NL322

NL323

NL324

NL325

NL326

NL327

EXTRA-REGIO

Extra-regio

LUXEMBOURG
(GRAND-DUCHÉ)

EXTRA-REGIO

NOORD-NEDERLAND

OOST-NEDERLAND

WEST-NEDERLAND

Extra-regio

LUXEMBOURG
(GRAND-DUCHÉ)

Luxembourg (Grand-Duché)

Luxembourg (Grand-Duché)

Extra-regio

Groningen

Friesland

Drenthe

Overijssel

Gelderland

Flevoland

Utrecht

Noord-Holland

Extra-regio

NEDERLAND

Oost-Groningen

Delfzijl en omgeving

Overig Groningen

Noord-Friesland

Zuidwest-Friesland

Zuidoost-Friesland

Noord-Drenthe

Zuidoost-Drenthe

Zuidwest-Drenthe

Noord-Overijssel

Zuidwest-Overijssel

Twente

Veluwe

Achterhoek

Arnhem/Nijmegen

Zuidwest-Gelderland

Flevoland

Utrecht

Kop van Noord-Holland

Alkmaar en omgeving

IJmond

Agglomeratie Haarlem

Zaanstreek

Groot-Amsterdam

Het Gooi en Vechtstreek

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

Zuid-Holland

Zeeland

Noord-Brabant

Limburg (NL)

Extra-regio

Burgenland

Niederösterreich

Wien

Kärnten

Steiermark

ZUID-NEDERLAND

EXTRA-REGIO

OSTÖSTERREICH

SÜDÖSTERREICH

NL33

NL331

NL332

NL333

NL334

NL335

NL336

NL34

NL341

NL342

NL4

NL41

NL411

NL412

NL413

NL414

NL42

NL421

NL422

NL423

NLZ

NLZZ

NLZZZ

AT

AT1

AT11

AT111

AT112

AT113

AT12

AT121

AT122

AT123

AT124

AT125

AT126

AT127

AT13

AT130

AT2

AT21

AT211

AT212

AT213

AT22

AT221

AT222

AT223

AT224

AT225

AT226

Agglomeratie Leiden en
Bollenstreek

Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage

Delft en Westland

Oost-Zuid-Holland

Groot-Rijnmond

Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland

Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen

Overig Zeeland

West-Noord-Brabant

Midden-Noord-Brabant

Noordoost-Noord-Brabant

Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant

Noord-Limburg

Midden-Limburg

Zuid-Limburg

Extra-regio

ÖSTERREICH

Mittelburgenland

Nordburgenland

Südburgenland

Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen

Niederösterreich-Süd

Sankt Pölten

Waldviertel

Weinviertel

Wiener Umland/Nordteil

Wiener Umland/Südteil

Wien

Klagenfurt-Villach

Oberkärnten

Unterkärnten

Graz

Liezen

Östliche Obersteiermark

Oststeiermark

West- und Südsteiermark

Westliche Obersteiermark

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

WESTÖSTERREICH

Oberösterreich

EXTRA-REGIO

CONTINENTE

Salzburg

Tirol

Vorarlberg

Extra-regio

Norte

Algarve

Centro (P)

AT3

AT31

AT311

AT312

AT313

AT314

AT315

AT32

AT321

AT322

AT323

AT33

AT331

AT332

AT333

AT334

AT335

AT34

AT341

AT342

ATZ

ATZZ

ATZZZ

PT

PT1

PT11

PT111

PT112

PT113

PT114

PT115

PT116

PT117

PT118

PT15

PT150

PT16

PT161

PT162

PT163

PT164

PT165

PT166

PT167

PT168

PT169

PT16A

PT16B

PT16C

Innviertel

Linz-Wels

Mühlviertel

Steyr-Kirchdorf

Traunviertel

Lungau

Pinzgau-Pongau

Salzburg und Umgebung

Außerfern

Innsbruck

Osttirol

Tiroler Oberland

Tiroler Unterland

Bludenz-Bregenzer Wald

Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet

Extra-regio

PORTUGAL

Minho-Lima

Cávado

Ave

Grande Porto

Tâmega

Entre Douro e Vouga

Douro

Alto Trás-os-Montes

Algarve

Baixo Vouga

Baixo Mondego

Pinhal Litoral

Pinhal Interior Norte

Dâo-Lafôes

Pinhal Interior Sul

Serra da Estrela

Beira Interior Norte

Beira Interior Sul

Cova da Beira

Oeste

Médio Tejo

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

PT17

PT171

PT172

PT18

PT181

PT182

PT183

PT184

PT185

PT2

PT20

PT200

PT3

PT30

PT300

PTZ

PTZZ

PTZZZ

FI

FI1

FI13

FI131

FI132

FI133

FI134

FI18

FI181

FI182

FI183

FI184

FI185

FI186

FI187

FI19

FI191

FI192

FI193

FI194

FI195

FI1A

FI1A1

FI1A2

FI1A3

FI2

FI20

FI200

FIZ

FIZZ

FIZZZ

Lisboa

Alentejo

Grande Lisboa

Península de Setúbal

Alentejo Litoral

Alto Alentejo

Alentejo Central

Baixo Alentejo

Lezíria do Tejo

Região Autónoma dos Açores

Região Autónoma dos Açores

Região Autónoma da Madeira

Região Autónoma da Madeira

Extra-regio

Itä-Suomi

Etelä-Suomi

Länsi-Suomi

Pohjois-Suomi

Åland

Extra-regio

Extra-regio

SUOMI/FINLAND

Etelä-Savo

Pohjois-Savo

Pohjois-Karjala

Kainuu

Uusimaa

Itä-Uusimaa

Varsinais-Suomi

Kanta-Häme

Päijät-Häme

Kymenlaakso

Etelä-Karjala

Satakunta

Pirkanmaa

Keski-Suomi

Etelä-Pohjanmaa

Pohjanmaa

Keski-Pohjanmaa

Pohjois-Pohjanmaa

Lappi

Åland

Extra-regio

REGIÃO AUTÓNOMA
DOS AÇORES

REGIÃO AUTÓNOMA
DA MADEIRA

EXTRA-REGIO

MANNER-SUOMI

ÅLAND

EXTRA-REGIO

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

SE

SE0

SE01

SE010

SE02

SE021

SE022

SE023

SE024

SE025

SE04

SE041

SE044

SE06

SE061

SE062

SE063

SE07

SE071

SE072

SE08

SE081

SE082

SE09

SE091

SE092

SE093

SE094

SE0A

SE0A1

SE0A2

SEZ

SEZZ

SEZZZ

UK

UKC

UKC1

UKC11

UKC12

UKC13

UKC14

UKC2

UKC21

UKC22

UKC23

UKD

UKD1

UKD11

UKD12

SVERIGE

EXTRA-REGIO

NORTH EAST

Stockholm

Östra Mellansverige

Sydsverige

Norra Mellansverige

Mellersta Norrland

Övre Norrland

Småland med öarna

Västsverige

Extra-regio

SVERIGE

Stockholms län

Uppsala län

Södermanlands län

Östergötlands län

Örebro län

Västmanlands län

Blekinge län

Skåne län

Värmlands län

Dalarnas län

Gävleborgs län

Västernorrlands län

Jämtlands län

Västerbottens län

Norrbottens län

Jönköpings län

Kronobergs län

Kalmar län

Gotlands län

Hallands län

Västra Götalands län

Extra-regio

UNITED KINGDOM

Tees Valley and Durham

Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees

Northumberland and Tyne
and Wear

NORTH WEST

Cumbria

South Teesside

Darlington

Durham CC

Northumberland

Tyneside

Sunderland

West Cumbria

East Cumbria

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

UKD2

UKD21

UKD22

UKD3

UKD31

UKD32

UKD4

UKD41

UKD42

UKD43

UKD5

UKD51

UKD52

UKD53

UKD54

UKE

UKE1

UKE11

UKE12

UKE13

UKE2

UKE21

UKE22

UKE3

UKE31

UKE32

UKE4

UKE41

UKE42

UKE43

UKF

UKF1

UKF11

UKF12

UKF13

UKF14

UKF15

UKF16

UKF2

UKF21

UKF22

UKF23

UKF3

UKF30

Cheshire

Greater Manchester

Lancashire

Merseyside

YORKSHIRE AND THE
HUMBER

East Riding and North
Lincolnshire

North Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

EAST MIDLANDS

Derbyshire and
Nottinghamshire

Leicestershire, Rutland and
Northamptonshire

Lincolnshire

Halton and Warrington

Cheshire CC

Greater Manchester South

Greater Manchester North

Blackburn with Darwen

Blackpool

Lancashire CC

East Merseyside

Liverpool

Sefton

Wirral

Kingston upon Hull, City of

East Riding of Yorkshire

North and North East
Lincolnshire

York

North Yorkshire CC

Barnsley, Doncaster and
Rotherham

Sheffield

Bradford

Leeds

Calderdale, Kirklees and
Wakefield

Derby

East Derbyshire

South and West Derbyshire

Nottingham

North Nottinghamshire

South Nottinghamshire

Leicester

Leicestershire CC and Rutland

Northamptonshire

Lincolnshire

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

UKG

UKG1

UKG11

UKG12

UKG13

UKG2

UKG21

UKG22

UKG23

UKG24

UKG3

UKG31

UKG32

UKG33

UKG34

UKG35

UKH

UKH1

UKH11

UKH12

UKH13

UKH14

UKH2

UKH21

UKH22

UKH23

UKH3

UKH31

UKH32

UKH33

UKI

UKI1

UKI11

UKI12

UKI2

UKI21

UKI22

UKI23

UKJ

UKJ1

UKJ11

UKJ12

UKJ13

UKJ14

UKJ2

UKJ21

UKJ22

WEST MIDLANDS

Herefordshire, Worcestershire
and Warwickshire

Shropshire and Staffordshire

West Midlands

EAST OF ENGLAND

East Anglia

Bedfordshire and
Hertfordshire

Essex

Inner London

Outer London

LONDON

SOUTH EAST

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire
and Oxfordshire

Surrey, East and West Sussex

Herefordshire, County of

Worcestershire

Warwickshire

Telford and Wrekin

Shropshire CC

Stoke-on-Trent

Staffordshire CC

Birmingham

Solihull

Coventry

Dudley and Sandwell

Walsall and Wolverhampton

Peterborough

Cambridgeshire CC

Norfolk

Suffolk

Luton

Bedfordshire CC

Hertfordshire

Southend-on-Sea

Thurrock

Essex CC

Inner London — West

Inner London — East

Outer London — East and
North East

Outer London — South

Outer London — West and
North West

Berkshire

Milton Keynes

Buckinghamshire CC

Oxfordshire

Brighton and Hove

East Sussex CC

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

UKJ23

UKJ24

UKJ3

UKJ31

UKJ32

UKJ33

UKJ34

UKJ4

UKJ41

UKJ42

UKK

UKK1

UKK11

UKK12

UKK13

UKK14

UKK15

UKK2

UKK21

UKK22

UKK23

UKK3

UKK30

UKK4

UKK41

UKK42

UKK43

UKL

UKL1

UKL11

UKL12

UKL13

UKL14

UKL15

UKL16

UKL17

UKL18

UKL2

UKL21

UKL22

UKL23

UKL24

UKM

UKM1

UKM10

UKM2

UKM21

UKM22

UKM23

Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Kent

Surrey

West Sussex

Portsmouth

Southampton

Hampshire CC

Isle of Wight

Medway

Kent CC

SOUTH WEST

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and
North Somerset

Dorset and Somerset

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

Devon

WALES

West Wales and The Valleys

SCOTLAND

East Wales

North Eastern Scotland

Eastern Scotland

Bristol, City of

North and North East Somerset,
South Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

Swindon

Wiltshire CC

Bournemouth and Poole

Dorset CC

Somerset

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

Plymouth

Torbay

Devon CC

Isle of Anglesey

Gwynedd

Conwy and Denbighshire

South West Wales

Central Valleys

Gwent Valleys

Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot

Swansea

Monmouthshire and Newport

Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

Flintshire and Wrexham

Powys

Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire
and North East Moray

Angus and Dundee City

Clackmannanshire and Fife

East Lothian and Midlothian

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Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

UKM24
UKM25
UKM26
UKM27
UKM28
UKM3
UKM31

UKM32
UKM33

UKM34
UKM35

UKM36
UKM37
UKM38
UKM4
UKM41

UKM42

UKM43

UKM44
UKM45
UKM46
UKN
UKN0
UKN01
UKN02
UKN03
UKN04
UKN05

UKZ
UKZZ
UKZZZ

Scottish Borders, The
Edinburgh, City of
Falkirk
Perth and Kinross and Stirling
West Lothian

East and West Dunbartonshire,
Helensburgh and Lomond
Dumfries and Galloway
East Ayrshire and North
Ayrshire Mainland
Glasgow City
Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire
and Renfrewshire
North Lanarkshire
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire

South Western Scotland

Highlands and Islands

and

and Sutherland

Caithness
Ross and Cromarty
Inverness and Nairn and Moray,
Badenoch and Strathspey
Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh and
Argyll and the Islands
Eilean Siar (Western Isles)
Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands

NORTHERN IRELAND

Northern Ireland

EXTRA-REGIO

Extra-regio

Belfast
Outer Belfast
East of Northern Ireland
North of Northern Ireland
West and South of Northern
Ireland

Extra-regio

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ANNEX II

EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

At NUTS level 1 for Belgium ‘Gewesten/Régions’, for Germany ‘Länder’, for Portugal ‘Continente’, Região dos Açores and
Região 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 Germany ‘Regierungsbezirke’, for Greece ‘periferies’, for Spain
‘comunidades y ciudades autonomas’, for France ‘régions’, for Ireland ‘regions’, for Italy ‘regioni’, for the Netherlands
‘provincies’ and for Austria ‘Länder’.

At NUTS level 3 for Belgium ‘arrondissementen/arrondissements’, for Denmark ‘Amtskommuner’, for Germany ‘Kreise/
kreisfreie Städte’, for Greece ‘nomoi’, for Spain ‘provincias’, for France ‘départements’, for Ireland ‘regional authority
regions’, for Italy ‘provincie’, for Sweden ‘län’ and for Finland ‘maakunnat/landskapen’.

ANNEX III

SMALLER ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

For Belgium ‘Gemeenten/Communes’,
Koinotites’,
‘Comuni’,
‘Freguesias’, for Finland ‘Kunnat/Kommuner’, for Sweden ‘Kommuner’ and for the United Kingdom ‘Wards’.

for Ireland ‘counties or county boroughs’,

for the Netherlands ‘Gemeenten’,

for Luxembourg ‘Communes’,

for Denmark ‘Kommuner’,

for Germany ‘Gemeinden’,

for Austria ‘Gemeinden’,

for France ‘Communes’,

for Spain ‘Municipios’,

for Greece ‘Demoi/
for Italy
for Portugal

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STATEMENT OF THE COUNCIL'S REASONS

I. INTRODUCTION

On 14 February 2001 the Commission adopted the proposal (1) for a Regulation of the European
Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for
statistics (NUTS).

The proposed Regulation is based on Article 285 of the EC Treaty and is in accordance with the Article
251 procedure (codecision with the European Parliament).

The European Parliament completed its first reading and delivered an opinion (2) on 24 October 2001.

The Economic and Social Committee delivered an opinion (3) on 11 July 2001.

The Committee of the Regions delivered an opinion (4) on 15 November 2001.

On 9 December 2002 the Council adopted its Common Position as set out in document 14052/02
ECO 336 UD 111 CODEC 1406.

II. OBJECTIVE

This proposal provides a legal framework for the geographical division of the territory on which
statistical data are gathered, as opposed to the current method of settling this matter via negotiations
between the Member States and Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.

III. ANALYSIS OF THE COMMON POSITION AS SET OUT IN DOCUMENT 14052/02 ECO 336 UD 111

CODEC 1406

1. General

In the Common Position the Council:

— incorporated all the amendments of the European Parliament,

— modified the wording to clarify the meaning of the legal text,

— added a recital on the territorial scope of application of the Regulation (recital 12),

— modified Article 7 as regards the Committee procedure in accordance with the standard legal

text used in these cases,

— sought to provide guidelines (Article 5(2)) and timetables related to the way of dealing with
either administrative reorganisation in a territorial unit of a Member State or with population
transfers between territorial units.

2. European Parliament amendments

The Council accepted all Parliament's amendments on substance, although the exact wording was
not followed in each case.

(1) OJ C 180 E, 26.6.2001, p. 108.
(2) OJ C 112 E, 9.5.2002, p. 175.
(3) OJ C 260, 17.9.2001, p. 57.
(4) OJ C 107, 3.5.2002, p. 54.

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2.1. The following EP amendments have been accepted and integrated into the Council text

(document 14052/02 ECO 336 UD 111 CODEC 1406):

Amendment 1 — recital 5

This amendment
introduces the possibility to expand the current NUTS classification by
including a NUTS level 4. Additionally, the current wording of this recital now explicitely
states that the Member States are free to add further levels of NUTS details.

Amendment 2 — recital 9 (now recital 10)

This amendment added further considerations to recital 9.

Amendment 3 — recital 9a (now recital 11)

This amendment indicates that reference must be made to the definition of ‘population’.

Amendment 4 — Article 2

Article 2 has been changed in accordance with this amendment, which suppresses the notion of
region and clarifies the text.

Amendment 5 — Article 3(2a) (now Article 3(3))

This amendment adds the definition of population of a territorial unit.

Amendment 6 — Article 3(4), third subparagraph (now in Article 3(5), third subparagraph)

This amendment, on the distinctive features of the islands and of the outermost regions, is now
added to a slightly redrafted text.

Amendment 9 — New Article 7a (now new Article 8)

This amendment provides that the Commission is to report to the European Parliament and to
the Council on the implementation of this Regulation three years after its entry into force.

Amendment 10 — Annex I, NUTS codes for Ceuta and Melilla

This amendment modifies the NUTS codes for the autonomous communities of Ceuta and
Melilla, because of their special status, equal to other Spanish autonomous communities.

Amendment 11 — Annex II, denomination of administrative units for Finland

This amendment adds the correct denomination (‘maakunnat’)
Finland.

for administrative units in

2.2. The following EP amendments were introduced with modifications to the suggested wording:

Amendment 7 — Article 4(1a) (now Article 2(5))

This amendment introduced the obligation of the Commission to verify whether the intro-
duction of a new hierarchical NUTS level 4 is deemed desirable, after two years from entry into
force of this Regulation.

The Council text respects the spirit of the amendment and develops it even further by setting
out the possibility to introduce NUTS hierarchical levels even below level 4.

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Amendment 8 — Article 5(5)

This amendment provides a method to determine the length of the time series after a change to
the NUTS classification. The Council text respects the spirit of the amendment, but it was felt
that the term ‘historical’ ought to be removed from ‘historical time series’, not to limit the time
series which would be supplied to a very narrow class of statistical data.

3. New elements contained in the Common Position as compared with the Commission

proposal

Recital 2 — classifications other than NUTS

This new recital clarifies that further or other subdivisions may be used by the Member States.

Recital 16 — statistical framework

This new recital defines a statistical framework by referring to the Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on
Community statistics.

Article 2(5) — further subdivisions of NUTS level 3

This new paragraph introduces the possibility of Member States to avail themselves of further
hierarchical levels of detail.

Article 3(2) — classification rules for a whole Member State

The paragraph has introduced the old Article 3(6), and the rule for classifying a whole Member State
is now made according to the minimum threshold and no longer according to the maximum
threshold.

Article 5 — Amendments to the NUTS classification

The substantial redrafting of this Article defines more clearly the events which may cause an
amendment of the NUTS classification and the procedure to follow to amend it.

Annex I — Amended NUTS codes for Portugal, Germany and Finland

Codes for some territorial units in Portugal and Germany were either amended or introduced, to
conform to the current internal administrative subdivisions in the respective countries. The revised
NUTS 2 classification of Finland was confirmed by the Commission at the Council Working Party
on 16 April 2002.

IV. CONCLUSION

The Common Position provides both a comprehensive, legally secure framework for the production of
Community statistical data and procedures to amend the NUTS classification when certain events may
require it, thus reducing the need for further legislation in this area.