Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1961of 16 July 2024on uniform conditions for the transmission of time series for the new regional breakdown pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1961 of 16 July 2024 on uniform conditions for the transmission of time series for the new regional breakdown pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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, ELI http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2003/1059/oj. , and in particular Article 5(5) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 provides the legal framework for regional classification to enable the collection, compilation and dissemination of harmonised regional statistics in the EU. (2) The Commission has amended the common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/674 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/674 of 26 December 2022 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 87, 24.3.2023, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/674/oj). with effect from 1 January 2024. (3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in line with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) the time series for the new regional breakdown in accordance with the Annex to this Implementing Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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 Brussels, 16 July 2024. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen

Annex

ANNEX REQUIRED STARTING YEAR BY STATISTICAL DOMAIN Transmission is not mandatory for reference years 1990 to 2012. The transmission is not mandatory up to reference year 2020. DomainNUTS level 2NUTS level 3Agriculture – animal production2021Agriculture – regional economic accounts2021Business demography20222022Demography – population, live births, deaths19901990Education2013Health – causes of death2013Healthcare utilisation – hospital discharges2023Labour market – employment, unemployment20192019Regional accounts – accounts by industry and by region20002000Regional accounts – household accounts2000Science and technology – R & D expenditure and personnel2021Structural business statistics2022Tourism20202020Waste statistics – waste treatment facilities2018