The implementation of the NUTS 2010 Oliver HEIDEN and Teodora BRANDMULLER Unit E4 Regional Statistics

NUTS Amendment (NUTS 2010) NUTS 2010 revision round finished Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2011 Entry into force 1 January 2012 Data transmission in revised classification

Data production and dissemination To respect main users’ needs for policy making DG Regio, DG Agri, DG Mare Solution depends on consultations with units concerned: thematic units Reference database team Statistical production team

Summary of consultations 24 meetings involving 13 thematic units more than 30 production databases in 8 different production environments more than 30 dissemination datasets Quarterly and quinquennial collections Timeliness of 6 months and 24 months Overview table will be available on CIRCA

Availability

Clarity

Balance clarity and availability Users need expertise in NUTS to understand data Availability Assess to which extent historical data shall be available in the reference database Use alternative methods (archiving, etc.) Clarity Use one classification in the dataset Use one classification in all datasets of the domain Availability Keeping all data available in the dataset

Next steps Validate the overview table available on CIRCA (All) Streamline the proposed switch dates (E4) Draft general guidelines on the implementation (E4) Prepare specific proposals per domain (E4)

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