EuroBoundaryMap 2023 (EBM 2023), May 2023

EuroBoundaryMap provides a European geographic database for administrative and statistical regions that will be maintained at the source level by the National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies (NMCAs), and by providing harmonized access conditions for this geographic information within the framework of EuroGeographics. EBM (1:100000) offers the combined strength of detailed European administrative units and linkages to the corresponding LAU and NUTS codes.



This metadata refers to the EBM 2023 which is a completely new update of the EuroBoundaryMap product, based on the new NUTS 2022 regulation. The basis for the update was the previous release EBM 2022, which was released officially by EuroGeographics in January 2022. The dataset is provided both in a full Europe dataset (Data_FullEurope) and divided by countries (Data_Countries) in GDB - and GPKG formats.



EBM 2023 contains the matching with the NUTS regulations No 2019/1755 (NUTS 2022) and refers to the administrative situation as it was in each country on 31 December 2021 (reference date).



IMPORTANT NOTE: This data set is only to be used internally in the EEA, for the purposes and under the conditions stated under the "Resource Constraints" elements of this metadata file and on the document "LicenseConditions_EBM.pdf" provided with this dataset under "Documentation" link. This metadata has been slightly adapted from the original metadata file provided by EuroGeographics and is to be used only for internal EEA purposes. For reference, the metadata file created by EuroGeographics is provided together with the dataset ("EBM_2023_EC_Metadata.xml" within the "Descriptions_Metadata") as well as the national metadata stored under each corresponding country folder in "Descriptions_Metadata" provided together with the dataset under the link "Documentation".

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Date (Publication)
2023-05-18
Date (Creation)
2022-12-01
Edition

17.00
Citation identifier
eurogeographics_v_4258_100_k_ebm_i_2021_v17_r00
Status
superseded

Point of contact

No information provided.

Point of contact

No information provided.

Point of contact

No information provided.

Point of contact

No information provided.
Maintenance and update frequency
Annually

GEMET

  • sub-national boundary

  • administrative boundary

  • national boundary
Keywords
    Keywords

      Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

      • Andorra

      • EFTA4

      • Serbia

      • United Kingdom

      • Bosnia and Herzegovina

      • Greenland

      • Moldova

      • Ukraine

      • Albania

      • San Marino

      • Faeroe Islands

      • Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99)

      • Gibraltar

      • Monaco

      • Vatican

      • EU27 (from 2020)

      • North Macedonia
      Spatial scope
      GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
      Access constraints
      Other restrictions
      Other constraints
      public access limited according to Article 13(1)(e) of the INSPIRE Directive
      Use constraints
      Other restrictions
      Other constraints

      INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: The Commission is authorized to distribute derived geographic data and other derived products, if



      (1) The original geometry is generalised to the equivalent of a scale of 1:3000000 or smaller, applying the same quality principles in terms of resolution and accuracy as for the original geographic data or if the content of information in terms of number of features is less or equal to 20% of the number of features in the original geographic data (for the data extent relevant to the data to be distributed),



      (2) The data is not used for commercial purpose and,



      (3) The source is acknowledged.

      The acknowledgement to include when using this specific data set is: "Administrative boundaries: ©EuroGeographics". More information about the acknowledgement of the source or metadata is given in the document "LicenseConditions_EBM.pdf" provided with the dataset.

      Aggregate Datasetindentifier
      0832155a-f0af-4ab5-9555-bb6c7b92e379
      Association Type
      revisionOf
      Spatial representation type
      Vector
      Denominator
      100000
      Language
      alb
      Language
      arm
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      aze
      Language
      baq
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      bel
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      bos
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      bul
      Language
      Catalan; Valencian
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      cze
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      Dansk
      Language
      dsb
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      Nederlands; Vlaams
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      English
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      est
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      fao
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      Finnish
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      Français
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      frr
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      fry
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      geo
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      Deutsch
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      gla
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      gle
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      glv
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      gre
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      hrv
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      hsb
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      hun
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      ice
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      Italiano
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      kal
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      lat
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      lav
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      lit
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      ltz
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      mlt
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      Norwegian
      Language
      Polish
      Language
      Portuguese
      Language
      roh
      Language
      rum
      Language
      Russian
      Language
      Slovak [SK]
      Language
      slv
      Language
      sma
      Language
      sme
      Language
      smi
      Language
      smj
      Language
      Spanish; Castilian
      Language
      srp
      Language
      Swedish
      Language
      Turkish
      Language
      ukr
      Language
      wel
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      UTF8
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      Topic category
      • Environment
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      Begin date
      2022-01-01
      End date
      2022-12-31
      Supplemental Information

      Names of administrative units and levels are stored with Unicode character set as well as standard ASCII. Considering the user requirements, it can also be distinguished between land and water parts of administrative units within EuroBoundaryMap.Territorial sea areas are included for a number of countries as an optional feature. This comprises territorial waters assigned to administrative units on lowest national level as well as territorial waters, which are directly administered by the national government. The definition of the territorial sea strictly follows the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. All territorial sea areas are attributed as coastal waters.



      For more information about the data product specifications and changes with respect to the previous version of this dataset (EBM 2023), please refer to the documents EBM_2023_Specification.pdf and EBM_2023_Changes.pdf provided with the data set under the folder "Documents" and "Descriptions_Metadata" under "Documentation" link.



      Former versions of EBM Full Europe database contained overlapping datasets. Kosovo was already integrated in EBM as provided by an own agency of the independent country. The Serbian dataset did also cover Kosovo. Due to the Serbian legal position, this territory is part of Serbia. The Serbian LAU/NUTS table contains Kosovo as an autonomous region of Serbia. The EBM_2023 Full Europe database does now contain Kosovo (KS) as provided by the agency of the independent country. The following statement has to be respected:

      "This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence".

      Unique resource identifier
      EPSG:4258
      Distribution format
      Name Version

      GDB

      Geopackage

      OnLine resource

      No information provided.

      OnLine resource

      No information provided.
      Hierarchy level
      Dataset

      Domain consistency

      Conformance result

      Title
      Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
      Date (Publication)
      2010-12-08
      Explanation

      See the referenced specification

      Conformance result

      Title

      EBM 2023 Specification
      Date (Publication)
      2023-05-01
      Statement

      Delivered separately for each national contribution.

      Please refer to the documents "XX_EBM_2022_Lineage.pdf" (where XX is the country acronym), stored under each corresponding country folder in "Descriptions_Metadata" provided together with the dataset under the link "Documentation".

      Metadata

      File identifier
      b97c1f77-dce5-4c68-9b65-00c36c157737 XML
      Metadata language
      English
      Character set
      MD_CharacterSetCode_utf8
      Hierarchy level
      Dataset
      Date stamp
      2025-10-09T11:11:02.780335Z
      Metadata standard name

      ISO 19115-3:2018
      Metadata standard version

      1.0
      Metadata author
      Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

      European Environment Agency

      sdi@eea.europa.eu

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      Overviews

      overview

      Spatial extent

      thumbnail

      Keywords

      GEMET

      administrative boundary national boundary sub-national boundary
      GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

      Administrative units Geographical names Population distribution — demography Statistical units
      Spatial scope

      European


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