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Regulation (EC) No 176/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
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Regulation (EC) No 176/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
176/2008 • 32008R0176
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5.3.2008
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Official Journal of the European Union
L 61/1
REGULATION (EC) No 176/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 20 February 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 285(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) constitutes the legal framework for regional classification for the purpose of enabling the collection, compilation and dissemination of harmonised regional statistics in the Community.
(2)
All Member States' statistics transmitted to the Commission broken down by territorial units should use the NUTS classification, where applicable.
(3)
It is necessary to adapt the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 to take into account the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.
(4)
Since the objective of this Regulation, namely the creation of common statistical standards that permit the production of harmonised data, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve that objective.
(5)
Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 is hereby amended as follows:
1.
Annex I shall be amended in accordance with the text shown in Annex I to this Regulation;
2.
Annex II shall be amended in accordance with the text shown in Annex II to this Regulation;
3.
Annex III shall be amended in accordance with the text shown in Annex III to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 20 February 2008.
For the European Parliament
The President
H.-G. PÖTTERING
For the Council
The President
J. LENARČIČ
(1) OJ C 175, 27.7.2007, p. 13.
(2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 4 September 2007 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 21 January 2008.
(3) OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 105/2007 (OJ L 39, 10.2.2007, p. 1).
ANNEX I
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 is amended as follows:
1.
the following table is inserted between BE — BELGIQUE/BELGIË and CZ — ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA:
‘БЪЛГАРИЯ
CODE
NUTS 1
NUTS 2
NUTS 3
BG
BG3
СЕВЕРНА И ЮГОИЗТОЧНА БЪЛГАРИЯ
BG31
Северозападен
BG311
Видин
BG312
Монтана
BG313
Враца
BG314
Плевен
BG315
Ловеч
BG32
Северен централен
BG321
Велико Търново
BG322
Габрово
BG323
Русе
BG324
Разград
BG325
Силистра
BG33
Североизточен
BG331
Варна
BG332
Добрич
BG333
Шумен
BG334
Търговище
BG34
Югоизточен
BG341
Бургас
BG342
Сливен
BG343
Ямбол
BG344
Стара Загора
BG4
ЮГОЗАПАДНА И ЮЖНА ЦЕНТРАЛНА БЪЛГАРИЯ
BG41
Югозападен
BG411
София (столица)
BG412
София
BG413
Благоевград
BG414
Перник
BG415
Кюстендил
BG42
Южен централен
BG421
Пловдив
BG422
Хасково
BG423
Пазарджик
BG424
Смолян
BG425
Кърджали
BGZ
EXTRA-REGIO
BGZZ
Extra-Regio
BGZZZ
Extra-Regio’;
2.
the following table is inserted between PT — PORTUGAL and SI — SLOVENIJA:
‘ROMÂNIA
CODE
NUTS 1
NUTS 2
NUTS 3
RO
RO1
MACROREGIUNEA UNU
RO11
Nord-Vest
RO111
Bihor
RO112
Bistriţa-Năsăud
RO113
Cluj
RO114
Maramureş
RO115
Satu Mare
RO116
Sălaj
RO12
Centru
RO121
Alba
RO122
Braşov
RO123
Covasna
RO124
Harghita
RO125
Mureş
RO126
Sibiu
RO2
MACROREGIUNEA DOI
RO21
Nord-Est
RO211
Bacău
RO212
Botoşani
RO213
Iaşi
RO214
Neamţ
RO215
Suceava
RO216
Vaslui
RO22
Sud-Est
RO221
Brăila
RO222
Buzău
RO223
Constanţa
RO224
Galaţi
RO225
Tulcea
RO226
Vrancea
RO3
MACROREGIUNEA TREI
RO31
Sud — Muntenia
RO311
Argeş
RO312
Călăraşi
RO313
Dâmboviţa
RO314
Giurgiu
RO315
Ialomiţa
RO316
Prahova
RO317
Teleorman
RO32
Bucureşti — Ilfov
RO321
Bucureşti
RO322
Ilfov
RO4
MACROREGIUNEA PATRU
RO41
Sud-Vest Oltenia
RO411
Dolj
RO412
Gorj
RO413
Mehedinţi
RO414
Olt
RO415
Vâlcea
RO42
Vest
RO421
Arad
RO422
Caraş-Severin
RO423
Hunedoara
RO424
Timiş
ROZ
EXTRA-REGIO
ROZZ
Extra-Regio
ROZZZ
Extra-Regio’.
ANNEX II
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 is amended as follows:
1.
the following is inserted in the paragraph referring to NUTS level 3 between Belgium and the Czech Republic:
‘for Bulgaria “Области (Oblasti)”,’;
2.
the following is inserted in the paragraph referring to NUTS level 3 between Hungary and the Slovak Republic:
‘for Romania “Judeţe”,’.
ANNEX III
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 is amended as follows:
1.
the following is inserted between Belgium and the Czech Republic:
‘for Bulgaria “Общини (Obshtini)”,’;
2.
the following is inserted between Portugal and Slovenia:
‘for Romania “Municipii, Oraşe, Comune”,’.
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