Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Date: 2007-03-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, EU Member State, Romania, data collection, regional statistics, statistical method, statistical nomenclature

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 13.3.2007 
COM(2007) 95 final 

2007/0038 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

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 
Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council established a 
common  classification  of  territorial  units  for  statistics  (referred  to  as  the  “NUTS”)  for  the 
Member  States.  The  Regulation  was  amended  due  to  the  enlargement  of  EU  with  10  new 
Member  States  in  2004  by  amendment  Regulation  (EC)  No  1888/2005  of  the  European 
Parliament and of the Council. 

Because  of  the  accession  of  Bulgaria  and  Romania  to  the  European  Union,  this  proposed 
Regulation  establishes  the  classification  of  the  territorial  units  for  community  statistics  for 
these new Member States. 

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2007/0038 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

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 
Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 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 Committee1, 

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions2, 

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty3, 

Whereas: 

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(2) 

(3) 

Regulation  (EC)  No  1059/2003  (4)  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 Commission, which are broken down 
by territorial units, should use the NUTS classification, where applicable. 

It  is  necessary  to  adapt  the  Annexes  to  Regulation  (EC)  No  1059/2003  to  take  into 
account the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union. 

(4) 

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

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

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OJ C , , p. . 
OJ C , , p. . 
OJ C , , p. . 
OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1888/2005 of the European 
Parlament and of the Council (OJ L 309, 25.11.2005, p. 1). 

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

Article 1 

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

2. Annex II is amended in accordance with the text shown in Annex II to this Regulation. 

3. Annex III is amended in accordance with the text shown in Annex III to this Regulation. 

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

Article 2 

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

Done at Brussels,  

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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

ANNEX I 

1.  The  following  table  is  inserted  between  BE  –  BELGIQUE/BELGIË  and  CZ  –  ČESKÁ 
REPUBLIKA: 

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БЪЛГАРИЯ 

CODE  NUTS 1 

NUTS 2 

NUTS 3 

BG 

BG3 

BG31 

BG311 

BG312 

BG313 

BG314 

BG315 

BG32 

BG321 

BG322 

BG323 

BG324 

BG325 

BG33 

BG331 

BG332 

BG333 

BG334 

BG34 

BG341 

BG342 

BG343 

BG344 

BG4 

СЕВЕРНА И 
ЮГОИЗТОЧНА 
БЪЛГАРИЯ 

Северозападен 

Северен централен 

Североизточен 

Югоизточен 

Видин 

Монтана 

Враца 

Плевен 

Ловеч 

Велико Търново 

Габрово 

Русе 

Разград 

Силистра 

Варна 

Добрич 

Шумен 

Търговище 

Бургас 

Сливен 

Ямбол 

Стара Загора 

ЮГОЗАПАДНА И 
ЮЖНА ЦЕНТРАЛНА 
БЪЛГАРИЯ 

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BG41 

BG411 

BG412 

BG413 

BG414 

BG415 

BG42 

BG421 

BG422 

BG423 

BG424 

BG425 

Югозападен 

София (столица) 

Южен централен 

София 

Благоевград 

Перник 

Кюстендил 

Пловдив 

Хасково 

Пазарджик 

Смолян 

Кърджали 

Extra-Regio 

BGZ 

EXTRA-REGIO 

BGZZ 

BGZZZ 

” 

Extra-Regio 

2. The following table is inserted between PT – PORTUGAL and SI – SLOVENIJA: 

“ 
ROMÂNIA 

CODE  NUTS 1 

NUTS 2 

NUTS 3 

RO 

RO1  MACROREGIUNEA UNU 

RO11 

RO111 

RO112 

RO113 

RO114 

RO115 

RO116 

RO12 

RO121 

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Nord-Vest 

Centru 

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Bihor 

Bistriţa-Năsăud 

Cluj 

Maramureş 

Satu Mare 

Sălaj 

Alba 

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RO122 

RO123 

RO124 

RO125 

RO126 

RO2  MACROREGIUNEA DOI 

RO21 

RO211 

RO212 

RO213 

RO214 

RO215 

RO216 

RO22 

RO221 

RO222 

RO223 

RO224 

RO225 

RO226 

RO3  MACROREGIUNEA TREI 

RO31 

RO311 

RO312 

RO313 

RO314 

RO315 

RO316 

Nord-Est 

Sud-Est 

Sud - Muntenia 

Braşov 

Covasna 

Harghita 

Mureş 

Sibiu 

Bacău 

Botoşani 

Iaşi 

Neamţ 

Suceava 

Vaslui 

Brăila 

Buzău 

Constanţa 

Galaţi 

Tulcea 

Vrancea 

Argeş 

Călăraşi 

Dâmboviţa 

Giurgiu 

Ialomiţa 

Prahova 

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RO317 

RO32 

RO321 

RO322 

RO4  MACROREGIUNEA PATRU 

RO41 

RO411 

RO412 

RO413 

RO414 

RO415 

RO42 

RO421 

RO422 

RO423 

RO424 

ROZ 

EXTRA-REGIO 

ROZZ 

ROZZZ   

Bucureşti - Ilfov 

Sud-Vest Oltenia 

Vest 

Extra-Regio 

” 

Teleorman 

Bucureşti 

Ilfov 

Dolj 

Gorj 

Mehedinţi 

Olt 

Vâlcea 

Arad 

Caraş-Severin 

Hunedoara 

Timiş 

Extra-Regio 

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

ANNEX II 

1. The following is inserted in the paragraph referring to NUTS level 3 between Belgium and 
the Czech Republic: 

“for Bulgaria ‘Области (Oblasti)’, ” 

2. The following is inserted in the paragraph referring to NUTS level 3 between Hungary and 
the Slovak Republic: 

“for Romania ‘Judeţe’, ” 

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ANNEX III 

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

1. The following is inserted between Belgium and the Czech Republic: 

“for Bulgaria ‘Населени места (Naseleni mesta)’, ” 

2. The following is inserted between Portugal and Slovenia: 

“for Romania ‘Municipii, Oraşe, Comune’, ” 

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