Regulation (EC) No 176/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 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: 2008-02-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: Bulgaria, EU Member State, Romania, accession to the European Union, data collection, regional statistics, statistical method, statistical nomenclature

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATIONS

REGULATION (EC) No 176/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 20 February 2008

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,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, 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),

Since the objective of this Regulation, namely the creation
of common statistical standards that permit the production
of harmonised data, 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 to achieve that
objective.

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

(5) Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 should therefore be

amended accordingly,

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

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

Article 1

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament
and of the Council (3) constitutes the legal framework for
regional classification for the purpose of enabling the
collection, compilation and dissemination of harmonised
regional statistics in the Community.

(2) All Member States' statistics transmitted to the Commission
broken down by territorial units should use the NUTS
classification, where applicable.

(3)

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.

(1) OJ C 175, 27.7.2007, p. 13.
(2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 4 September 2007 (not yet
published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 21 January
2008.

(3) OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 105/2007 (OJ L 39, 10.2.2007,
p. 1).

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

1.

2.

3.

Annex I shall be amended in accordance with the text
shown in Annex I to this Regulation;

Annex II shall be amended in accordance with the text
shown in Annex II to this Regulation;

Annex III shall be amended in accordance with the text
shown in Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Strasbourg, 20 February 2008.

For the European Parliament

The President

H.-G. PÖTTERING

For the Council

The President

J. LENARČIČ

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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 CZ — ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA:

‘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

BG41

BG411

BG412

BG413

BG414

BG415

BG42

BG421

BG422

BG423

BG424

BG425

BGZ

BGZZ

BGZZZ

СЕВЕРНА И ЮГОИЗТОЧНА
БЪЛГАРИЯ

Северозападен

Северен централен

Североизточен

Югоизточен

ЮГОЗАПАДНА И ЮЖНА
ЦЕНТРАЛНА БЪЛГАРИЯ

Югозападен

Южен централен

EXTRA-REGIO

Extra-Regio

Видин

Монтана

Враца

Плевен

Ловеч

Велико Търново

Габрово

Русе

Разград

Силистра

Варна

Добрич

Шумен

Търговище

Бургас

Сливен

Ямбол

Стара Загора

София (столица)

София

Благоевград

Перник

Кюстендил

Пловдив

Хасково

Пазарджик

Смолян

Кърджали

Extra-Regio’;

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2.

the following table is inserted between PT — PORTUGAL and SI — SLOVENIJA:

‘ROMÂNIA

CODE

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

RO
RO1
RO11
RO111
RO112
RO113
RO114
RO115
RO116
RO12
RO121
RO122
RO123
RO124
RO125
RO126
RO2
RO21
RO211
RO212
RO213
RO214
RO215
RO216
RO22
RO221
RO222
RO223
RO224
RO225
RO226
RO3
RO31
RO311
RO312
RO313
RO314
RO315
RO316
RO317
RO32
RO321
RO322
RO4
RO41
RO411
RO412
RO413
RO414
RO415
RO42
RO421

MACROREGIUNEA UNU

Nord-Vest

Centru

MACROREGIUNEA DOI

Nord-Est

Sud-Est

MACROREGIUNEA TREI

Sud — Muntenia

MACROREGIUNEA PATRU

Bucureşti — Ilfov

Sud-Vest Oltenia

Vest

Bihor
Bistriţa-Năsăud
Cluj
Maramureş
Satu Mare
Sălaj

Alba
Braşov
Covasna
Harghita
Mureş
Sibiu

Bacău
Botoşani
Iaşi
Neamţ
Suceava
Vaslui

Brăila
Buzău
Constanţa
Galaţi
Tulcea
Vrancea

Argeş
Călăraşi
Dâmboviţa
Giurgiu
Ialomiţa
Prahova
Teleorman

Bucureşti
Ilfov

Dolj
Gorj
Mehedinţi
Olt
Vâlcea

Arad

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CODE

RO422
RO423
RO424
ROZ
ROZZ
ROZZZ

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

EXTRA-REGIO

Extra-Regio

Caraş-Severin
Hunedoara
Timiş

Extra-Regio’.

ANNEX II

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

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”,’.

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 “Общини (Obshtini)”,’;

2.

the following is inserted between Portugal and Slovenia:

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