Dear All,

I have received an answer from the European Commission, more exactly from Eurostat. They prettey much encourage us to use their data:

"Dear Mr Babos,

Eurostat has a policy of encouraging free re-use of its data, both for non-commercial and commercial purposes. All statistical data, metadata, content of web pages or other dissemination tools, official publications and other documents published on its website, with the exceptions listed here [https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/about-us/policies/copyright], can be reused without any payment or written licence provided that:

- the source is indicated as Eurostat;
- when re-use involves modifications to the data or text, this must be stated clearly to the end user of the information.
 
Information on NUTS is available in section dedicated to Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS). [https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/nuts/overview]

We hope this helps and we remain available for any clarification.

Best regards,

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Eurostat User Support
E-mail: eurostat-user-support@ec.europa.eu

Tel: +352 430 138 259"