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Document 52004AE1654
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending 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) by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union’(COM(2004) 592 final — 2004/0202 (COD))
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending 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) by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union’(COM(2004) 592 final — 2004/0202 (COD))
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending 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) by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union’(COM(2004) 592 final — 2004/0202 (COD))
OJ C 157, 28.6.2005, p. 149–149
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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28.6.2005 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 157/149 |
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending 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) by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union’
(COM(2004) 592 final — 2004/0202 (COD))
(2005/C 157/27)
On 10 December 2004 the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under Article 262 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the abovementioned proposal.
In view of the urgency of the work, the European Economic and Social Committee decided at its 413th plenary session of 15 and 16 December 2004 to appoint Mr Tóth as rapporteur-general and adopted the following opinion unanimously.
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The Committee approves the Commission's initiative to amend the 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) by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union. |
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The Committee advises the Commission to control country by country the Annex I, Annex II and Annex III to Regulation (EC) No. 1059/2003 to ensure the appropriate use of the terminology and language of the Member States regarding the NUTS 1, NUTS 2, NUTS 3 and existing administrative units and smaller administrative units. |
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The Committee believes that this exercise will help to integrate the classification of the territorial units of the new Member States into the statistical classification of the Community. |
Brussels, 16 December 2004.
The President
of the European Economic and Social Committee
Anne-Marie SIGMUND