Original: The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics , ( NUTS , after the French nomenclature d'unit Ã s territoriales statistiques ) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes .
Simplified: The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics , ( NUTS ) for the French nomenclature d'unit Ã s territoriales statistiques , is a geocode standard that shows the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes .