Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 canonical | 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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
European Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| amendedBy |
Regulation (EC) No 105/2007
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Regulation (EC) No 176/2008 NERFINISHED ⓘ Regulation (EC) No 1888/2005 NERFINISHED ⓘ Regulation (EU) 2016/2066 NERFINISHED ⓘ Regulation (EU) 2017/2391 NERFINISHED ⓘ Regulation (EU) 2019/1755 NERFINISHED ⓘ Regulation (EU) No 31/2011 NERFINISHED ⓘ Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo | EU Member States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishesAbbreviation | NUTS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
European statistics
ⓘ
regional policy ⓘ territorial cohesion ⓘ |
| governs |
boundaries of NUTS regions
ⓘ
coding of NUTS regions ⓘ names of NUTS regions ⓘ |
| implementedBy | Eurostat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | European Union ⓘ |
| languageVersion | all official EU languages ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Treaty establishing the European Community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linkedConcept |
LAU
ⓘ
Local Administrative Units NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eurostat NUTS classification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | NUTS Regulation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
allocation of EU structural funds
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collection and dissemination of regional statistics ⓘ design of EU cohesion policy ⓘ monitoring regional disparities ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 Description of subject: 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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