a) NUTS gives priority to institutional subdivisions: for practical reasons related to the availability of data and the implementation of regional policies, the NUTS classification is based in its origins on the existing institutional divisions in the Member States (normative criteria).
a) NUTS gives priority to institutional subdivisions: for practical reasons related to the availability of data and the implementation of regional policies, the NUTS classification is based in its origins on the existing institutional divisions in the Member States (normative criteria).