Regulation 2011/31 - Amendment of annexes to Regulation 1059/2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

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1.

Current status

This regulation has been published on January 18, 2011 and entered into force on February  7, 2011.

2.

Key information

official title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2011 of 17 January 2011 amending annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)
 
Legal instrument Regulation
Number legal act Regulation 2011/31
CELEX number i 32011R0031

3.

Key dates

Document 17-01-2011
Publication in Official Journal 18-01-2011; OJ L 13, 18.1.2011,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 14 Volume 001
Effect 07-02-2011; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 3
01-01-2012; Application Partial application See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-9999

4.

Legislative text

18.1.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 13/3

5.

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 31/2011 of 17 January 2011

amending annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

 

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) ('), and in particular Article 5(4) thereof,

Whereas:

  • (1) 
    Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 constitutes the legal framework for the regional classification 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 should be adopted in the second half of the calendar year not more frequently than every three years.
  • (4) 
    According to the information provided to the Commission, the administrative territorial division has changed in several Member States.
  • (5) 
    Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.
  • (6) 
    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 2012.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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 Brussels, 17 January 2011.

For the Commission The President Jose Manuel BARROSO

l1) OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p.

ANNEX ‘ANNEX I

The NUTS classification (code - name)

BELGIQUE-BELGIE

 

Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

BE

      

BE1

REGION    DE    BRUXELLES-

CAPITALE/BRUSSELS HOOFDSTEDELIJK GEWEST

    

BE10

  

Region de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

  

BE100

    

Arr. (1)    de Bruxelles-Capitale/

Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad

BE2

VLAAMS GEWEST

    

BE21

  

Prov. (2) 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

Code

NUTS 1

NUTS 2

NUTS 3

BE3

REGION WALLONNE

    

BE31

  

Prov. Brabant Wallon

  

BE310

    

Arr....


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