The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocodestandard for referencing the subdivisions of Ukraine for statistical purposes. The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's Structural Funds. The NUTS code for Ukraine is UA and a hierarchy of three levels is established by Eurostat. Below these is a further levels of geographic organisation - the local administrative unit (LAU). In Ukraine, the LAUs are Hromada. As a candidate country of the European Union, Ukraine (UA) is in the process of being included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS).