Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003

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EU legal act European Union regulation

Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 is the EU legal act that established the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS), providing a standardized regional classification system for statistical and policy purposes.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 canonical	2
NUTS Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003	1
Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9703890 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003
Context triple: [European Union NUTS 3 region, definedBy, Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003]

A. Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006
Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 is the European Union’s Paediatric Regulation, establishing rules to ensure that medicines for children are researched, developed, and authorized to the same high standards as those for adults.
B. Regulation (EC) No 141/2000
Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 is the European Union’s core legal framework establishing incentives and procedures for the designation, development, and authorization of orphan medicinal products for rare diseases.
C. Regulation (EC) No 45/2001
Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 is an EU law that sets out data protection rules for the processing of personal data by EU institutions and bodies.
D. Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 is the EU legislative act that established the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and set out its mission, structure, and operating framework.
E. Regulation (EC) No 216/2008
Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 was a key European Union legislative act establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation and creating the framework for the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003
Target entity description: Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 is the EU legal act that established the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS), providing a standardized regional classification system for statistical and policy purposes.

A. Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006
Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 is the European Union’s Paediatric Regulation, establishing rules to ensure that medicines for children are researched, developed, and authorized to the same high standards as those for adults.
B. Regulation (EC) No 141/2000
Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 is the European Union’s core legal framework establishing incentives and procedures for the designation, development, and authorization of orphan medicinal products for rare diseases.
C. Regulation (EC) No 45/2001
Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 is an EU law that sets out data protection rules for the processing of personal data by EU institutions and bodies.
D. Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 is the EU legislative act that established the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and set out its mission, structure, and operating framework.
E. Regulation (EC) No 216/2008
Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 was a key European Union legislative act establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation and creating the framework for the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	EU legal act ⓘ European Union regulation ⓘ
adoptedBy	Council of the European Union ⓘ European Parliament ⓘ
amendedBy	Regulation (EC) No 105/2007 ⓘ Regulation (EC) No 176/2008 ⓘ linked to: Regulation (EC) No 105/2007 Regulation (EC) No 1888/2005 ⓘ Regulation (EU) 2016/2066 ⓘ Regulation (EU) 2017/2391 ⓘ Regulation (EU) 2019/1755 ⓘ Regulation (EU) No 31/2011 ⓘ Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 ⓘ
appliesTo	EU Member States ⓘ linked to: Member States of the European Union
defines	NUTS level 1 ⓘ NUTS level 2 ⓘ NUTS level 3 ⓘ criteria for delimiting territorial units ⓘ minimum population thresholds for NUTS levels ⓘ principles for amending NUTS classification ⓘ
ensures	comparability of regional statistics within the EU ⓘ
establishes	Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics ⓘ linked to: NUTS classification
establishesAbbreviation	NUTS ⓘ
field	European statistics ⓘ regional policy ⓘ territorial cohesion ⓘ
governs	boundaries of NUTS regions ⓘ coding of NUTS regions ⓘ names of NUTS regions ⓘ
implementedBy	Eurostat ⓘ
jurisdiction	European Union ⓘ
languageVersion	all official EU languages ⓘ
legalBasis	Treaty establishing the European Community ⓘ linked to: Treaty of Rome
linkedConcept	LAU ⓘ Local Administrative Units ⓘ linked to: LAU (Local Administrative Units)
purpose	to establish a common classification of territorial units for statistics in the European Community ⓘ to provide a framework for EU regional policies ⓘ to provide a single, coherent territorial breakdown for the compilation of EU regional statistics ⓘ to support socio-economic analyses at regional level in the EU ⓘ
relatedTo	EU regional statistics regulation framework ⓘ linked to: European Statistical System Eurostat NUTS classification ⓘ linked to: NUTS classification
shortName	NUTS Regulation ⓘ
standardizes	territorial units for statistics across Member States ⓘ
subject	EU cohesion policy ⓘ regional statistics ⓘ territorial classification ⓘ
title	Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council ⓘ linked to: Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003
usedFor	allocation of EU structural funds ⓘ collection and dissemination of regional statistics ⓘ design of EU cohesion policy ⓘ monitoring regional disparities ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Union NUTS 3 region → definedBy → Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 ⓘ

Czech Republic NUTS 3 regions → hasLegalBasisIn → Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 ⓘ

Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 → title → Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council ⓘ

linked to: Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003

NUTS region ES5 (Comunidad Valenciana, Región de Murcia, Illes Balears) → governedBy → NUTS Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 ⓘ