13.8.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 241/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 868/2014 of 8 August 2014 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 EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 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 Articles 3(4), 4(1) and 5(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 establishes a common classification of territorial units in order to enable the collection, compilation and dissemination of harmonised regional statistics in the Union. The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 list the territorial units to be used for statistics. In accordance with Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003, amendments to the NUTS classification may be adopted, in the case of a substantial reorganisation of the relevant administrative structure of a Member State, at intervals of less than three years. The NUTS classification was last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1319/2013 (3. According to the information provided to the Commission, the administrative territorial division of Portugal has undergone a substantial reorganisation. Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System 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. () OJL154,21.6.2003,p. 1. (*) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1319/2013 of 9 December 2013 amending 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) (O] L 342, 18.12.2013,p. 1).