EEA geospatial data catalogue
EuroBoundaryMap 2025 (EBM 2025), Internal version, vector data May. 2025
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 2025 which is a completely new update of the EuroBoundaryMap product, based on the new NUTS 2024 regulation. The basis for the update was the previous release EBM 2024. The dataset is provided both in a full Europe dataset (Europe) and divided by countries (Countries) in GDB format and in GPKG format.
EBM 2025 contains the matching with the NUTS regulations No 2023/674 (NUTS 2024). From EBM 2024 to EBM 2025 minor issues were resolved to improve LAU/NUTS matching between validation data and provided administrative unit data. Please refer to the document: "EBM 2025 LAU an NUTS matching (in the link section below) for more details.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
This data set is only to be used internally at the EEA, for the purposes and under the conditions stated under the "Resource Constraints" elements of this metadata file and on the document "EBM-GISCO license agreement" (in the link section below). This metadata has been slightly adapted from the original metadata file provided by EuroGeographics and is to be used only for internal EEA purposes.
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Identification info
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Date (Publication)
- 2024-10-01
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Date (Creation)
- 2024-05-01
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Edition
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19.00
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Citation identifier
- eurogeographics_v_4258_100_k_ebm_i_2023_v19_r00
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Spatial representation type
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Vector
Spatial resolution
Equivalent scale
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Denominator
- 100000
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Topic category
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Environment
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Extent
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Temporal extent
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Time period
- 2023-01-01 2023-12-31
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Maintenance and update frequency
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As needed
Resource constraints
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Access constraints
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Other restrictions
Resource constraints
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Use constraints
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Other restrictions
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Other constraints
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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 of metadata is given in the document "License-copy.pdf" provided with the dataset and must comply with the EuroGeographics Open Data Licence stated here: " https://www.mapsforeurope.org/licence".
Associated resource
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Association Type
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Revision Of
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Metadata Reference
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Language
- English
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Character encoding
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UTF8
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Additional Information
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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 2024), please refer to the documents EBM_2025_Specification.pdf and EBM_2025_Changes.pdf provided with the data set under the folder "Documents".
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_2025 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".
Distribution Information
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Distribution format
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GDB
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Geopackage
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OnLine resource
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Direct download (Eionet authentication)
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OnLine resource
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EuroGeographics Open Data Licence
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OnLine resource
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EBM 2025 Changes
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OnLine resource
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EBM 2025 Changes in details
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OnLine resource
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EBM 2025 Provision of differential datasets for Eurostat
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OnLine resource
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EBM 2025 LAU and NUTS matching
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OnLine resource
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EBM 2025 Quality report
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OnLine resource
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EBM 2025 Quality report - Country overview
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OnLine resource
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EBM 2025 Specification
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OnLine resource
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EBM 2025 Technical guide
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OnLine resource
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EBM-GISCO license agreement
Data quality info
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Hierarchy level
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Dataset
Report
Result
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Title
- EBM 2025 Specification
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Date (Publication)
- 2024-10-01
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Explanation
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See the referenced specification and quality reports.
Report
Result
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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
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Date (Publication)
- 2010-11-23
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Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Resource lineage
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Statement
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Delivered separately for each national contribution.
Please refer to the documents "EBM_2025_Specification.pdf", "EBM_2025_Changes.pdf", and "EBM_2025_QualityReport.pdf" stored in the folder "Documentation" with data.
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Hierarchy level
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Dataset
Reference System Information
Reference System Information
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Code
- EPSG:4258
Metadata
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Metadata identifier
- edc83573-94c5-4e2a-afc1-3484f710e46e
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Language
- English
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Character encoding
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MD_CharacterSetCode_utf8
- Contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact
Type of resource
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Resource type
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Dataset
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Date info (Creation)
- 2025-09-24T07:26:27.073912Z
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Date info (Revision)
- 2026-03-30T13:00:35.233688Z
Metadata standard
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Title
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ISO 19115-3:2018
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Edition
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1.0
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