Regional Discussion Group Spatial references NUTS, LAU, DEGURBA Regional Discussion Group 18 October 2012

Regional Discussion Group NUTS classification Regional Discussion Group 18 October 2012

Regional Discussion Group NUTS classification NUTS 2010 Switch from NUTS 2006 to NUTS 2010 ongoing All thematic units shall switch by March 2013 the latest For some headline indicators used for the MFF calculations data in NUTS 2006 will remain available (Population, GDP, Employment) Step-by-step approach was rather unfortunate Organisation, implementation very resource-intensive Difficult to control domains, some domain use mixed code list with NUTS 2006 and NUTS 2010 codes without any flagging Historical Time Series Regulation Regulation close to adoption by the College 3 Regional Discussion Group 18 October 2012

Regional Discussion Group NUTS classification NUTS 2013 Next revision round opened Regional and urban statistics WG: 01 Oct. 2012 Revision round triggered by administrative changes Complete re-organisation of Greece (Kallikratis Plan) Mayotte, St-Martin, St-Barthelemy Further changes expected in IT, DE, PT, HU, UK Entire legal procedure last 22 months 1 year transition time, 3 months scrutiny period, ESSC meeting schedule etc. Deadline for MS for proposals for NUTS amendments: 1 Feb. 2013 4 Regional Discussion Group 18 October 2012

Regional Discussion Group Statistical Regions Croatia Change of Statistical Regions proposed by CBS Approved by Eurostat on 3. Aug. 2012 with immediate application Two NUTS-2 regions in North of Croatia merged No other territorial changes, but several 1-1 code changes CBS and Eurostat requested to switch ASAP to new codes New codes in GEO.DIC E4 sent correspondence tables to all units with regional tables and HR regions Historical data can be easily recalculated by CBS or Eurostat HR regions integrate into NUTS by tech. adapt. upon accession Regional Discussion Group 18 October 2012

Regional Discussion Group Statistical Regions Mayotte Mayotte will be part of the EU as of 1 Jan. 2014 Relevant for national statistics Mayotte will be part of the NUTS as of 1 Jan. 2015 Relevant for regional statistics However, Mayotte data is urgently needed for MFF calculations Data will be provided by INSEE very soon, after validation at Eurostat has been finalised (Population √, GDP √, Employment ?) Code will be YT, Label: (Mayotte (FR - part of EU as of 01.01.2014) Mayotte will be integrated in the regional tables Regional Discussion Group 18 October 2012

Annual LAU lists and DEGURBA Work arrangement DG Regio / Eurostat Methodology revision: REGIO-ESTAT cooperation Management of classification: ESTAT Complete revision based on latest data (Pop. grid, Population) Every 4-5 years Annual update As of 1 Jan. 2012 DEGURBA code is included in annual LAU lists Deadline for delivery is 30 June YYYY for 1 January YYYY Lists published on NUTS dedicated page and/or RAMON Regional Discussion Group 18 October 2012