
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,
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty,
Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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
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:
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БЪЛГАРИЯCODE 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:
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ROMÂNIACODE 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”,'.
