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July, 2005

Changes affecting status:

1. Macedonia: New set of divisions adopted.
2. Moldova: New set of divisions adopted.
3. Administration of Îles Éparses transferred from Reunion to French Southern Territories. HASC code changed accordingly.

Other data added:

On 2003-07-11, the NUTS codes were revised. The primary focus of the revision was to ensure that all level-2 codes have two characters after the country code, and likewise for the other levels. I have made the appropriate changes for Belgium's provinces and arrondissements, Finland, France, French Guiana, Germany's districts, Greece, Guadeloupe, Italy, Luxembourg, Martinique, Portugal's planning regions and groups of municipalities, Reunion, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

On 2004-09-15, the Commission of the European Communities issued a proposal (PDF file) for extending NUTS codes to the new members of the EU. It covered Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. I also found NUTS-compatible codes for the Estonian municipalities.

I added some new foreign names in several countries, notably Austria, Belgium, and Switzerland.

1. Dominican Republic: Changed a HASC code.
2. Ireland: Fixed Gaelic names, discussed other subdivisions.
3. Moldova: Added populations and change history.
4. Turkey: Updated areas of provinces.

Secondary divisions:

1. New Caledonia: Added population history.
2. Turkey: Added districts.

Time zones:

1. United States: Longer DST period.