Legal Recognition of Territorial Typologies (Tercet)

Summary

This report proposes amending existing regulations to formally recognize territorial typologies, such as urban and rural classifications, for European statistics. This will improve how EU policy-makers use data to support different types of regions.
10 29.12.2017
Other
economy
administrative law
public administration

Key points

  • The proposal seeks to grant legal recognition to territorial typologies that are currently used without a formal legal framework.
  • It aims to standardize definitions for cities, urban areas, rural areas, and coastal regions across the EU.
  • The amendment will allow for better aggregation of economic data, such as comparing GDP and employment based on urbanization levels.
  • This standardization is intended to support more effective regional policy-making and the administration of cohesion funds.
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