1. Oliver Heiden Eurostat Unit E4
TERCET Regulation
Item 3.3 of the agenda
Oliver Heiden
Eurostat Unit E4

2. Consideration of new legal act
TERCET = TERritorial Classifications and Typologies
Purpose of the proposed action
Legal coverage of all classifications and typologies used for sub-national statistics
Legal linkage to the harmonised reference methodologies
Clarity about agreed minimum requirements
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3. Consideration of new legal act
Working Party invited to give opinion
Best means via Exchanges of views doc.
May include feed-back from other national authorities
Procedure at a very early stage
Concept under development
No Commission-wide consultations
No decision about legal structure
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4. Classifications and typologies
Typology
Name
Coverage
Value
Territorial type
NUTS (region)
Rural-Urban typology
full
ternary
non-aggregating
Maritime regions
partial
 binary
Metropolitan regions
aggregating
LAU (area)
Degree of urbanisation
Coastal areas
Core cities
Larger urban zones
Greater city
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5. Three options: 1 preserve status quo
NUTS regulation:
Rules for establishing and amending NUTS classification
Comitology: NUTS classification
Ad hoc: City definitions, Gentlemen's agreements on data requirements
Harmonised methodology:
NUTS-3 typologies
(no legal reference)
LAU-2 typologies
Core & Greater cities, LUZ
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6. Three options: 2 complementing act
NUTS regulation:
Rules for establishing and amending NUTS classification
Comitology: NUTS classification
TERCET regulation*:
Rules for establishing and amending other classifications and typologies
Comitology: City definitions, minimum data requirements
Harmonised methodology:
NUTS-3 typologies
LAU-2 typologies
Core cities, LUZ, Greater cities
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7. Three options: 3 new legal structure
TERCET Framework regulation:
Rules for establishing and amending classifications and typologies
Delegated act:
City definitions, minimum data requirements
Harmonised methodology:
Urban-Rural, Metropolitan, Maritime regions
Degree of urbanisation, Coastal/Non-coastal
Delegated act: NUTS regions, typology
Core cities, LUZ, Greater cities
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8. Three options: pros & cons
Option 1: Preserve status quo
 Business as usual, no legal work
 Confusion about status of typologies, cities in EU context
Option 2: Supplementing act
 Acquis secured (no changes on NUTS), clarity about typologies used, methodologies agreed
 No common framework
Option 3: New legal structure
 Common framework, clear legal structure
 Work intensive
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9. Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development
Next steps
Working Party invited to
Give first impressions, both negative and positive
Provide comments by means of exchange of view document
Inform colleagues in the national administration
Liaise with Eurostat during next steps
Eurostat
Clarify concept and preferred option based on MS feed-back
Eurostat internal consultation
Ex-ante evaluation, Directors Meetings approval, Roadmap
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10. Thank you for your attention!
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