Regulation 2017/2391 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 as regards the territorial typologies (Tercet) - Main contents
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Regulation (EU) 2017/2391 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 as regards the territorial typologies (Tercet)| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2017/2391 |
| Original proposal | COM(2016)788  |
| CELEX number i | 32017R2391 |
| Document | 12-12-2017; Date of signature |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 29-12-2017; OJ L 350 p. 1-6 |
| Signature | 12-12-2017 |
| Effect | 18-01-2018; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
29.12.2017 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 350/1 |
REGULATION (EU) 2017/2391 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 12 December 2017
amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 as regards the territorial typologies (Tercet)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 338(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (2),
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (3),
Whereas:
(1) |
Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) establishes a common statistical classification of territorial units (Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics, referred to as ‘NUTS’) in order to enable the collection, compilation and dissemination of harmonised regional statistics in the European Union. |
(2) |
The Commission, in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, has defined a number of basic and most relevant territorial typologies to classify the statistical units established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003. |
(3) |
The European Statistical System already uses those typologies, in particular the degree of urbanisation, which includes the definition of cities. |
(4) |
The codification of the typologies is necessary in order to set out unambiguous definitions of and conditions for territorial types, ensuring their harmonised and transparent application and making the typologies stable in order to support the compilation and dissemination of European statistics. Those statistical typologies are without prejudice to the identification of specific areas for Union policies. |
(5) |
A system of statistical grids should apply to calculate and attribute the territorial types to the regions and areas in question, since those types depend on the population distribution and density in grid cells of one square kilometre. |
(6) |
A number of minor aspects of the local administrative units (LAU) should also be clarified to simplify terminology and the delivery mechanism of the lists of LAU from the Member States to the Commission (Eurostat). |
(7) |
In order to adapt to corresponding developments in the Member States, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending, in accordance with the information communicated by Member States, the NUTS classification in Annex I, the list of existing administrative units in Annex II and the list of LAU in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making (5). In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. |
(8) |
In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in respect of the application of territorial typologies and the time series the Member States are to transmit to the... |
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