The European Parliament
adopted a resolution drafted by Gerardo GALEOTE (EPP-ED, ES) on the
proposal amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 on the establishment of a
common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by reason of
the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU. It made two amendments:
- a new recital stated that, since the objectives of the
Regulation, namely the creation of common statistical standards that
permit the production of harmonised data, cannot be sufficiently
achieved by the Member States acting alone, the Community may adopt
measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in
Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of
proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go
beyond what is necessary to achieve those objectives;
- Annex III is amended to show Obshtini for Bulgaria (deleting Naseleni mesta) inserted between Belgium and the Czech Republic.