Regulation (EC) No 1888/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of  26 October 2005  amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union
Date: 2005-10-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU Member State, EU statistics, accession to the European Union, regional statistics, statistical method, statistical nomenclature

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION (EC) No 1888/2005 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 26 October 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 on the establishment of a common classification of terri-
torial units for statistics (NUTS) by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus,
Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 285(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (1),

It is necessary to adapt the Annexes to Regulation (EC)
No 1059/2003 to take into account the accession of the
Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the
European Union.

(4)

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

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 (3) constitutes the legal
framework for the regional classification in order to
enable the collection, compilation and dissemination of
harmonised regional statistics in the Community.

All Member States' statistics transmitted to the Commis-
sion, which are broken down by territorial units, should
use the NUTS classification, where applicable.

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 is amended as follows:

1. Annex I is amended in accordance with the text shown in

Annex I to this Regulation.

2. Annexes II and III are replaced by the text appearing in

Annex II and in Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 Strasbourg, 26 October 2005.

For the European Parliament

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

For the Council

The President

D. ALEXANDER

(1) OJ C 157, 28.6.2005, p. 149.
(2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 12 April 2005 (not yet
Journal) and Council Decision of 19

published in the Official
September 2005.

(3) OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1.

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ANNEX I

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 is amended as follows:

1. The following table is inserted between BE — BELGIQUE/BELGIË and DK — DANMARK:

‘Code

Nuts 1

Nuts 2

Nuts 3

ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA

ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA

EXTRA-REGIO

CZ

CZ0

CZ01

CZ010

CZ02

CZ020

CZ03

CZ031

CZ032

CZ04

CZ041

CZ042

CZ05

CZ051

CZ052

CZ053

CZ06

CZ061

CZ062

CZ07

CZ071

CZ072

CZ08

CZ080

CZZ

CZZZ

CZZZZ

Praha

Střední Čechy

Jihozápad

Severozápad

Severovýchod

Jihovýchod

Střední Morava

Moravskoslezsko

Extra-Regio

Hlavní město Praha

Středočeský kraj

Jihočeský kraj

Plzeňský kraj

Karlovarský kraj

Ústecký kraj

Liberecký kraj

Královéhradecký kraj

Pardubický kraj

Vysočina

Jihomoravský kraj

Olomoucký kraj

Zlínský kraj

Moravskoslezský kraj

Extra-Regio’

2. The following table is inserted between DE — DEUTSCHLAND and GR — ΕΛΛΑ∆Α (Ellada):

‘Code

Nuts 1

Nuts 2

Nuts 3

EE

EE0

EE00

EE001

EE004

EE006

EE007

EE008

EEZ

EEZZ

EEZZZ

EESTI

EESTI

Eesti

EXTRA-REGIO

Extra-Regio

Põhja-Eesti

Lääne-Eesti

Kesk-Eesti

Kirde-Eesti

Lõuna-Eesti

Extra-Regio’

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3. The following table is inserted between IT — ITALIA and LU — LUXEMBOURG (GRAND-DUCHÉ):

‘Code

Nuts 1

Nuts 2

Nuts 3

ΚΥΠΡΟΣ/KIBRIS

ΚΥΠΡΟΣ/KIBRIS

EXTRA-REGIO

LATVIJA

LATVIJA

EXTRA-REGIO

LIETUVA

LIETUVA

Κύπρος/Kıbrıs

Extra-Regio

Latvija

Extra-Regio

Lietuva

EXTRA-REGIO

Extra-Regio

CY

CY0

CY00

CY000

CYZ

CYZZ

CYZZZ

LV

LV0

LV00

LV003

LV005

LV006

LV007

LV008

LV009

LVZ

LVZZ

LVZZZ

LT

LT0

LT00

LT001

LT002

LT003

LT004

LT005

LT006

LT007

LT008

LT009

LT00A

LTZ

LTZZ

LTZZZ

Κύπρος/Kıbrıs

Extra-Regio

Kurzeme

Latgale

Rīga

Pierīga

Vidzeme

Zemgale

Extra-Regio

Alytaus apskritis

Kauno apskritis

Klaipėdos apskritis

Marijampolės apskritis

Panevėžio apskritis

Šiaulių apskritis

Tauragės apskritis

Telšių apskritis

Utenos apskritis

Vilniaus apskritis

Extra-Regio’

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4. The following table is inserted between LU — LUXEMBOURG (GRAND-DUCHÉ) and NL — NEDERLAND:

‘Code

Nuts 1

Nuts 2

Nuts 3

HU

HU1

HU10

HU101

HU102

HU2

HU21

HU211

HU212

HU213

HU22

HU221

HU222

HU223

HU23

HU231

HU232

HU233

HU3

HU31

HU311

HU312

HU313

HU32

HU321

HU322

HU323

HU33

HU331

HU332

HU333

HUZ

HUZZ

HUZZZ

MT

MT0

MT00

MT001

MT002

MTZ

MTZZ

MTZZZ

MAGYARORSZÁG

KÖZÉP-MAGYARORSZÁG

Közép-Magyarország

DUNÁNTÚL

Közép-Dunántúl

Nyugat-Dunántúl

Dél-Dunántúl

ALFÖLD ÉS ÉSZAK

Észak-Magyarország

Észak-Alföld

Dél-Alföld

Extra-Regio

Malta

Extra-Regio

EXTRA-REGIO

MALTA

MALTA

EXTRA-REGIO

Budapest

Pest

Fejér

Komárom-Esztergom

Veszprém

Győr-Moson-Sopron

Vas

Zala

Baranya

Somogy

Tolna

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén

Heves

Nógrád

Hajdú-Bihar

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg

Bács-Kiskun

Békés

Csongrád

Extra-Regio

Malta
Gozo and Comino/Għawdex u
Kemmuna

Extra-Regio’

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5. The following table is inserted between AT — ÖSTERREICH and PT — PORTUGAL:

‘Code

Nuts 1

Nuts 2

Nuts 3

POLSKA

CENTRALNY

POŁUDNIOWY

Łódzkie

Mazowieckie

Małopolskie

Śląskie

WSCHODNI

Lubelskie

Podkarpackie

Świętokrzyskie

Podlaskie

PL

PL1

PL11

PL111

PL112

PL113

PL12

PL121

PL122

PL124

PL126

PL127

PL2

PL21

PL211

PL212

PL213

PL22

PL224

PL225

PL226

PL227

PL3

PL31

PL311

PL312

PL313

PL32

PL321

PL322

PL33

PL330

PL34

PL341

PL342

Łódzki

Piotrkowsko-skierniewicki

Miasto Łódź

Ciechanowsko-płocki

Ostrołęcko-siedlecki

Radomski

Warszawski

Miasto Warszawa

Krakowsko-tarnowski

Nowosądecki

Miasto Kraków

Częstochowski

Bielsko-bialski

Centralny śląski

Rybnicko-jastrzębski

Bialskopodlaski

Chełmsko-zamojski

Lubelski

Rzeszowsko-tarnobrzeski

Krośnieńsko-przemyski

Świętokrzyski

Białostocko-suwalski

Łomżyński

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PL4

PL41

PL411

PL412

PL413

PL414

PL415

PL42

PL421

PL422

PL43

PL431

PL432

PL5

PL51

PL511

PL512

PL513

PL514

PL52

PL520

PL6

PL61

PL611

PL612

PL62

PL621

PL622

PL623

PL63

PL631

PL632

PL633

PLZ

PLZZ

PLZZZ

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Nuts 2

Nuts 3

PÓŁNOCNO-ZACHODNI

Wielkopolskie

Zachodniopomorskie

Lubuskie

Dolnośląskie

Opolskie

Kujawsko-pomorskie

Warmińsko-mazurskie

Pomorskie

Extra-Regio

POŁUDNIOWO-ZACHODNI

PÓŁNOCNY

EXTRA-REGIO

Pilski

Poznański

Kaliski

Koniński

Miasto Poznań

Szczeciński

Koszaliński

Gorzowski

Zielonogórski

Jeleniogórsko-wałbrzyski

Legnicki

Wrocławski

Miasto Wrocław

Opolski

Bydgoski

Toruńsko-włocławski

Elbląski

Olsztyński

Ełcki

Słupski

Gdański

Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot

Extra-Regio’

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6. The following table is inserted between PT — PORTUGAL and FI — SUOMI/FINLAND:

‘Code

Nuts 1

Nuts 2

Nuts 3

SI

SI0

SI00

SI001

SI002

SI003

SI004

SI005

SI006

SI009

SI00A

SI00B

SI00C

SI00D

SI00E

SIZ

SIZZ

SIZZZ

SK

SK0

SK01

SK010

SK02

SK021

SK022

SK023

SK03

SK031

SK032

SK04

SK041

SK042

SKZ

SKZZ

SKZZZ

SLOVENIJA

SLOVENIJA

Slovenija

EXTRA-REGIO

Extra-Regio

SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA

SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA

Bratislavský kraj

Západné Slovensko

Stredné Slovensko

Východné Slovensko

EXTRA-REGIO

Extra-Regio

Pomurska

Podravska

Koroška

Savinjska

Zasavska

Spodnjeposavska

Gorenjska

Notranjsko-kraška

Goriška

Obalno-kraška

Jugovzhodna Slovenija

Osrednjeslovenska

Extra-Regio

Bratislavský kraj

Trnavský kraj

Trenčiansky kraj

Nitriansky kraj

Žilinský kraj

Banskobystrický kraj

Prešovský kraj

Košický kraj

Extra-Regio’

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ANNEX II

‘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 the 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 autónomas”, for France “régions”, for Ireland “regions”, for Italy “regioni”, for the Netherlands
“provincies”, for Austria “Länder” and for Poland “województwa”.

At NUTS level 3 for Belgium “arrondissementen/arrondissements”, for the Czech Republic “Kraje”, for Denmark “Amts-
kommuner”, for Germany “Kreise/kreisfreie Städte”, for Greece “nomoi”, for Spain “provincias”, for France “départe-
ments”, for Ireland “regional authority regions”, for Italy “provincie”, for Lithuania “Apskritis”, for Hungary “megyék”, for
the Slovak Republic “Kraje”, for Sweden “län” and for Finland “maakunnat/landskap”.’

ANNEX III

‘ANNEX III

Smaller administrative units

for the Czech Republic “Obce”,

For Belgium “Gemeenten/Communes”,
for Germany
“Gemeinden”, for Estonia “Vald, Linn”, for Greece “Dimoi/Koinotites”, for Spain “Municipios”, for France “Communes”,
for Ireland “counties or county boroughs”, for Italy “Comuni”, for Cyprus “∆ήµοι/κοινότητες (Dimoi/koinotites)”, for
Latvia “Pilsētas, novadi, pagasti”, for Lithuania “Seniūnija”, for Luxembourg “Communes”, for Hungary “Települések”, for
Malta “Lokalitajiet”, for the Netherlands “Gemeenten”, for Austria “Gemeinden”, for Poland “Gminy, miasta”, for Portugal
“Freguesias”, for Slovenia “Občina”, for the Slovak Republic “Obce”, for Finland “Kunnat/Kommuner”, for Sweden
“Kommuner” and for the United Kingdom “Wards”.’

for Denmark “Kommuner”,