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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)^note, and in particular Articles 3(4), 4(1) and 5(4) thereof,Whereas:

(1)Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 establishes a common classification of territorial units in order to enable the collection, compilation and dissemination of harmonised regional statistics in the Union.

(2)The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 list the territorial units to be used for statistics.

(3)In accordance with the provisions in Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003, amendments to the NUTS classification shall be adopted in the second half of the calendar year not more frequently than every three years.

(4)The NUTS classification was last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2011^note.

(5)According to the information provided to the Commission, the administrative territorial division has changed in several Member States.

(6)Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 #

The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2 #

This Regulation shall apply, with regard to the transmission of data to the Commission (Eurostat), from 1 January 2015.

Article 3 #

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Annex I

BELGIUM
Code	NUTS 1	NUTS 2	NUTS 3
BE1	RÉGION DE BRUXELLES-CAPITALE/BRUSSELS HOOFDSTEDELIJK GEWEST
BE10		Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
BE100			Arr.^note de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad
BE2	VLAAMS GEWEST
BE21		Prov.^note Antwerpen
BE211			Arr. Antwerpen
BE212			Arr. Mechelen
BE213			Arr. Turnhout
BE22		Prov. Limburg (BE)
BE221			Arr. Hasselt
BE222			Arr. Maaseik
BE223			Arr. Tongeren
BE23		Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen
BE231			Arr. Aalst
BE232			Arr. Dendermonde
BE233			Arr. Eeklo
BE234			Arr. Gent
BE235			Arr. Oudenaarde
BE236			Arr. Sint-Niklaas
BE24		Prov. Vlaams-Brabant
BE241			Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde
BE242			Arr. Leuven
BE25		Prov. West-Vlaanderen
BE251			Arr. Brugge
BE252			Arr. Diksmuide
BE253			Arr. Ieper
BE254			Arr. Kortrijk
BE255			Arr. Oostende
BE256			Arr. Roeselare
BE257			Arr. Tielt
BE258			Arr. Veurne
BE3	RÉGION WALLONNE
BE31		Prov. Brabant Wallon
BE310			Arr. Nivelles
BE32		Prov. Hainaut
BE321			Arr. Ath
BE322			Arr. Charleroi
BE323			Arr. Mons
BE324			Arr. Mouscron
BE325			Arr. Soignies
BE326			Arr. Thuin
BE327			Arr. Tournai
BE33		Prov. Liège
BE331			Arr. Huy
BE332			Arr. Liège
BE334			Arr. Waremme
BE335			Arr. Verviers — communes francophones
BE336			Bezirk Verviers — Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft
BE34		Prov. Luxembourg (BE)
BE341			Arr. Arlon
BE342			Arr. Bastogne
BE343			Arr. Marche-en-Famenne
BE344			Arr. Neufchâteau
BE345			Arr. Virton
BE35		Prov. Namur
BE351			Arr. Dinant
BE352			Arr. Namur
BE353			Arr. Philippeville
BEZ	EXTRA-REGIO NUTS 1
BEZZ		Extra-Regio NUTS 2
BEZZZ			Extra-Regio NUTS 3

Annex II

Existing administrative units

At NUTS level 1 for Belgium “Gewesten/Régions”, for Germany “Länder”, for Portugal “Continente”, “Região Autónoma dos Açores” and “Região Autónoma da Madeira”, and for the United Kingdom “Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland” and the “Government Office Regions of England”.

At NUTS level 2 for Belgium “Provincies/Provinces”, for Denmark “Regioner”, for Greece “Περιφέρειες (Periferies)”, for Spain “Comunidades, Ciudades Autónomas”, for France “Régions”, for Italy “Regioni”, for the Netherlands “Provincies”, for Austria “Länder”, and for Poland “Województwa”.

At NUTS level 3 for Belgium “Arrondissementen/Arrondissements”, for Bulgaria “Области (Oblasti)”, for the Czech Republic “Kraje”, for Germany “Kreise, kreisfreie Städte”, for Spain “Provincias, Consejos insulares” and “Cabildos”, for France “Départements”, for Croatia “Županije”, for Italy “Provincie”, for Lithuania “Apskritis”, for Hungary “Megyék”, for Romania “Județe”, for Slovakia “Kraje”, for Finland “Maakunnat/Landskap”, and for Sweden “Län”.

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Smaller administrative units

For Belgium “Gemeenten/Communes”, for Bulgaria “Населени места (Naseleni mesta)”, for the Czech Republic “Obce”, for Denmark “Kommuner”, for Germany “Gemeinden”, for Estonia “Vald, Linn”, for Ireland “Counties, County boroughs”, for Greece “Δήμοι (Demoi)”, for Spain “Municipios”, for France “Communes”, for Croatia “Gradovi, općine”, for Italy “Comuni”, for Cyprus “Δήμοι, κοινότητες (Demoi, koinotites)”, for Latvia “Republikas pilsētas, novadi”, for Lithuania “Seniūnija”, for Luxembourg “Communes”, for Hungary “Települések”, for Malta “Localities”, for the Netherlands “Gemeenten”, for Austria “Gemeinden”, for Poland “Gminy, miasta”, for Portugal “Freguesias”, for Romania “Municipii, Orașe” and “Comune”, for Slovenia “Občine”, for Slovakia “Obce”, for Finland “Kunnat/Kommuner”, for Sweden “Kommuner”, and for the United Kingdom “Wards”.

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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1319/2013 (NUTS)

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