common classification of territorial units for statistics, NUTS classification, NUTS, Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, nomenclature of statistical territorial units, Nomenclature of Territorial Statistical Units, Nomenclature of Territorial Units
legal framework for the geographical division of the territory of the European Union in order to harmonise the collection, transmission and publication of national and EU statistics, the nomenclature established by the Statistical Office of the European Communities in co-operation with other European Commission departments in order to provide a single uniform breakdown of territor