1. LAMAS Working Group 29 June – 1 July 2016
Agenda Item 7.9 Regional issues
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2. Overview NUTS 2013 implementation NUTS 2016 Degree of urbanisation
Labour market areas
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3. NUTS 2013 implementation NUTS level 2: requirements
Implementation from 2015Q1
Data to be reported by the end of 2016
NUTS level 2: current status
Reference years 2012 to 2014 already complete in NUTS 2013
2010 and 2011: SI and UK to be completed
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4. NUTS 2013 implementation NUTS level 3
EL and UK invited to contribute data by the end of 2016
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5. NUTS 2016 NUTS level 2 NUTS level 3
Splits or boundary shifts in IE, LT, HU, PL, UK
Code changes in FR (reassignment NUTS 2 -> 1)
NUTS level 3
Additional changes in DE, NL, FI
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6. NUTS 2016 Commission Regulation expected in October 2016
First transmission: 2018Q1
Back data to be reported by the end of 2019
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7. Degree of urbanisation
Changes to be implemented from 2017
2011 population grid
2014 LAU boundaries
LAU -> DEGURBA mapping provided by Eurostat
New DEGURBA labels
Cities = Densely-populated areas
Towns and suburbs = Intermediate density areas
Rural areas = Thinly-populated areas
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8. Labour market areas (LMA)
Development of common methodology
Task force
Travel-to-work area concept
Implementation in Member States
Grants
More guidance / harmonisation necessary
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9. LAMAS is invited to: Take note of the implementation of NUTS 2013
Contribute NUTS 2013 time series, where necessary, by the end of 2016
Take note of the developments in the DEGURBA classification and of development of LMA methodology