10.2.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 39/1 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 105/2007 of 1 February 2007 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (}), and in particular Article 5(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 constitutes the legal framework for the regional classification in order to enable the collection, compilation and dissemination of harmo- nised regional statistics in the Community. (2) The annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 list the territorial units to be used for statistics. (3) In accordance with the provisions in Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003, amendments to the NUTS classification shall be adopted in the second half of the calendar year not more frequently than every three years. (4)  According to the information provided to the Commission, the administrative territorial division has changed in several Member States. () OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1888/2005 (O] L 309, 25.11.2005, p. 1). (5) Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly. (6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall apply, with regard to the transmission of data to the Commission (Eurostat), from 1 January 2008. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20" day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.