In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1059/200327, all Member States’ statistics that are transmitted to the Commission and that are to be broken down by territorial units should use the NUTS classification.
V skladu z Uredbo (ES) št. 1059/200327 naj bi se za vse statistične podatke držav članic, ki so poslani Komisiji in so razvrščeni po teritorialnih enotah, uporabljala klasifikacija NUTS.