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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1089/annex-IV/division-16/division-16.2/division-16.2.3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2010/1089",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1089",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/16/division/16.2/division/16.2.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "16.2.3",
  "heading": "Region Classification (RegionClassificationValue)",
  "text": "Codes used to define the various bio-geographical regions.\nThe allowed values for this code list comprise the values of the following code lists or other code lists defined by data providers:\nEnvironmental Stratification Classification (EnvironmentalStratificationClassificationValue): Codes for the climatic stratification of the environment in the European Union, as specified in Metzger, M.J., Shkaruba, A.D., Jongman, R.H.G. & Bunce, R.G.H., Descriptions of the European Environmental Zones and Strata . Alterra, Wageningen, 2012.\n...\nNatura 2000 And Emerald Bio-geographical Region Classification (Natura2000AndEmeraldBio-geographicalRegionClassificationValue): Codes for the classification of bio-geographical regions, as specified in the Code List for Bio-geographical Regions, Europe 2011, published on the web site of the European Environment Agency.\nNatural Vegetation Classification (NaturalVegetationClassificationValue): Codes for the natural vegetation classification, as specified in the main formations in Bohn, U., Gollub, G., and Hettwer, C., Map of the natural vegetation of Europe: scale 1:2,500,000, Part 2: Legend , Bundesamt für Naturschutz (German Federal Agency for Nature conservation), Bonn, 2000.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1253/2013 of 21 October 2013 amending Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Annex 4 para. 16.2.3 inserted (31.12.2020) by The INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1338), regs. 1, 13(13)(p)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 para. 16.2.3 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1338), regs. 1, 13(13)(p)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/1089/annex/IV/division/16/division/16.2/division/16.2.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:29.783808+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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