Nařízení Komise v přenesené pravomoci (EU) 2023/674 ze dne 26. prosince 2022, kterým se mění přílohy nařízení Evropského parlamentu a Rady (ES) č. 1059/2003 o zavedení společné klasifikace územních statistických jednotek (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)OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1 . , and in particular Article 3(4), Article 4(1) and Article 5(4) thereof,

Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1 .

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 establishes a common classification of territorial units 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 Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003, amendments to the NUTS classification are to be adopted in the second half of the calendar year, and usually not more frequently than every 3 years.

(4) The NUTS classification was last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1755Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1755 of 8 August 2019 amending the 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) (OJ L 270, 24.10.2019, p. 1 ). .

(5) According to the information provided to the Commission by Member States, the territorial division of several Member States has changed since the NUTS classification was last amended.

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

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

It shall apply for the transmission of data to the Commission (Eurostat) from 1 January 2024 .

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1755 of 8 August 2019 amending the 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) (OJ L 270, 24.10.2019, p. 1 ).

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