№12, 2013 European experience of introduction of nomenclature of territorial entities is for statistics (NUTS) and the prospect for UkraineWhen the territorial mode is under reformation the study of experience of foreign countries, where it has already happened, is very important. Practice of the European states enables to select the basic conceptual approaches to the reformation of the administrative-territorial system (hereinafter – ATS) Lyudmyla PRYPOLOVA |