# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1703 of 13 November 2020 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, Introduction: Introductory text

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1703
of 13 November 2020
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), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 provides the legal framework for the regional classification in order to enable the collection, compilation and dissemination of harmonised regional statistics in the Union.
(2)
The Commission has amended the common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1755 with effect from 1 January 2021.
(3)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/1703/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1703/introduction
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