Amendment to the NUTS Regulation Oliver Heiden Eurostat.E4 TERCET Amendment to the NUTS Regulation Oliver Heiden Eurostat.E4 WG on Regional, Urban and Rural Development statistics – 2014 October

The need to adapt Policy need Policy connected with funding Concentration on specific regions, areas Statistics with increased statistical detail Policy connected with funding E.g. Comm. Del. Reg. (EU) No 522/2014 No legal certainty for defining eligibility Funding becomes ambiguous and opportune October 2014

The obstacle NUTS serves European purposes excellently Harmonisation of regional European Statistics Target of Cohesion Policy funding Reopening discussion on NUTS Regulation should be avoided Risk of brake in methodology Risk to conclude with a weaker regulation October 2014

Classifications and typologies Typology Name Coverage Value Territorial type NUTS regions Rural-Urban typology full ternary non-aggregating Maritime regions partial  binary Metropolitan regions aggregating LAU areas Degree of urbanisation Coastal areas Cities Larger urban zones Greater city October 2014

Proposed solution New legal provisions to include Classifications Typologies Amendment of the NUTS Regulation Only addition of new parts Existing articles cannot change New legal architecture TERCET = TERritorial Classifications and Typologies October 2014

Amendment of the NUTS Regulation Rules for establishing and amending NUTS classification Implementing act: NUTS regions NUTS Regulation + new articles: Rules for establishing and amending NUTS classification and typologies, LAU equivalents, the grid Implementing (delegated) act: NUTS regions, Typologies, City definitions, Minimum data requirements for cities Methodological manual: Details about Typologies’, Cities, and data requirements management October 2014

Amending NUTS: new articles Article 1 new paragraph 3 The LAU classification and the statistical grid complement the NUTS classification. The LAU classification as referred to in Annex III is the common statistical classification of territorial units on local level enabling collection, compilation and dissemination of harmonised European statistics on local level. The statistical grid is the common statistical grid of enabling the dissemination of harmonised European grid statistics. October 2014

Amending NUTS: new articles Article 1 new paragraph 4 Typologies complement the NUTS and LAU classifications by attributing types to the territorial units based on the functional characteristics on the regional or local level to increase the informative value of European statistics. Statistical grids are a neutral system of statistical geographies and complement typologies and classifications for functional analysis. They are also used to define population based typologies. October 2014

Amending NUTS: new articles Article 2 replaced paragraph 5 The LAU classification subdivides in each Member State the NUTS level 3 into maximum two further levels of detail of territorial units as laid down in Annex III, The Member State transmit to the Commission the national LAU level, of which at least one is administrative according to Article 3(2). The LAU classification adopts for each territorial unit on local level the code and name used by the national statistical office of respective the Member State. Measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation and adapting Annex III shall be adopted within the framework of the procedure referred to in Article 3(4). October 2014

Amending NUTS: new articles Article 4 deleted Article 5 new paragraph added Within the first six months of each year, Member States shall transmit to the Commission the geographical information for all changes of the LAU territorial units for the previous year along with the total resident population effected and in so doing shall respect the electronic data format requested by the Commission. October 2014

Amending NUTS: new articles New Article 5a The Commission defines common European typologies of territorial units for the sake of harmonised European statistics at the regional and local level. The definition of typologies shall lead to a mutually exclusive attribution of types. Typologies are administered and disseminated by the Commission. Typologies for the NUTS and LAU classifications are laid down in Annex IV. Member States shall transmit data set out in Annex V to the Commission (Eurostat) about typologies. The arrangements for the data transmission, including the applicable time limits and the electronic data format is set out in Annex V. October 2014

Amending NUTS: new articles New Article 5a European typologies Measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation and adapting Annex IV and V shall be adopted within the framework of the procedure referred to in Article 3(4). October 2014

Amending NUTS: new articles New Article 5b Grids Grid-data that is disseminated for the sake of European statistics shall make use of the harmonised definition in the Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) and its implementing Regulations. October 2014

Amending NUTS: new annexes Article 7 two new points elaboration of a Manual on regional and local typologies approved by the Member States for ensuring the high quality of European statistics related to typologies; publishing of both the Manual on regional and local typologies as well as the resulting typologies. Article 8 deleted October 2014

Amending NUTS: new annexes Annex III: restructured Annex IV: LAU-2 and NUTS-3 typologies Reference to the methodological manual Annex V: Minimum data requirements for cities October 2014

October 2014 Step in the process Actors Timing Presenting the draft amending regulation to the Working Party on Regional, Urban and Rural Development Eurostat October 2014 Collecting the view of NSIs on the proposed draft Requesting the approval of the Directors Meeting of Eurostat for the draft November 2014 Agenda planning / Road map Consultation of the Director's meeting on Environment Statistics and Accounts (DIMESA) DIMESA First half of 2015 Decision on Impact Assessment DG SJ Inter-service consultation Commission April 2015 Presentation to the ESS Committee ESS Committee May 2015 Commission adoption June 2015 Legislative path in the Council and the European Parliament European Parliament, Council July 2015 - January 2016 Adoption Spring 2016 October 2014

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