NUTS 2010 The forthcoming amendment 07/05/2019 Oliver HEIDEN

Amendment of the Regulation NUTS Regulation (EC) 1059/2003 Annex I Rules how to change it are included in the Regulation Article 5, new legislative process Review cycle of minimum 3 years This time 4 years Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

Actors Commission initiates any EU legislation 07/05/2019 Actors Commission initiates any EU legislation Eurostat (Unit E4) manages NUTS Regulation Formal notification about changes comes from Member States via Ambassadors Secretariat General of the Commission European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) former SPC Council and Parliament Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

Notifications from MS Principles (Article 5.3): Increase comparability Keep NUTS regions unchanged (stability) Informal discussions NSI - EUROSTAT Written notification from Permanent Representation to the SG of the Commission Names of regions, population, relation to other NUTS levels, preferably maps Justification, e.g. administrative re-organisation Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

NUTS 2 regions across EU27 Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

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NUTS 3 regions across EU27 Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

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Deviations from thresholds  Total and percentage Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

Deviations from thresholds  By country Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

Legislative process NEW: Regulatory procedure with scrutiny European Statistical System Committee gives its view (comitology procedure) Council and Parliament can reject the proposal Published as amending Regulation Commission Regulation will settle starting year by statistical domain for time series Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

Time schedule Member States send notifications before 5 March 2010 Commission makes a proposal in May 2010 Implementation from 1 January 2012 Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

State of play Some countries already sent notifications or started an informal discussion with Eurostat It is most probable that there will be a revision of the NUTS in several Member States Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

Type of changes Territorial changes of regions in the NUTS Territorial re-organisation LAU-change effecting NUTS 1% rule: small boundary modifications do not lead to a change of the Regulation Label changes Correction of spelling of names Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

 Territorial re-organisation Administrative re-organisation of Saxony (NUTS 3) from 1 July 2008 NEW OLD Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

 LAU-change effecting NUTS trans-border merge of two municipalities: s-Gravendeel Binnenmaas Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

Thank you for your attention Oliver HEIDEN – Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009