Eurostat/GISCO geographical data: download and usage provisions

The following text reproduces the specific rules that Eurostat attaches to
the administrative-unit datasets (countries, communes, postal codes) served
from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/administrative-units,
as published on 2026-09-14.

In addition to the general copyright and licence policy that applies to the
Eurostat website, the following specific rules apply to the datasets you are
downloading. The download and use of these data are subject to you accepting
the following clauses:

  The Commission agrees to grant the non-exclusive and non-transferable right
  to use and process the Eurostat/GISCO geographical data downloaded from
  this page (the 'data').

  The permission to use the data is granted on condition that:
    - the data will not be used for commercial purposes
    - the source will be acknowledged. A copyright notice, as specified
      below, must be visible on any printed or electronic publication using
      the data downloaded from this page.

Copyright notice

  In any printed or electronic publication, in addition to any other rules
  that apply to the Eurostat website, the data source must be acknowledged in
  the legend of the map and in the introductory page of the publication with
  the following copyright notice:

    EN: (c) EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries
    FR: (c) EuroGeographics pour les limites administratives
    DE: (c) EuroGeographics bezueglich der Verwaltungsgrenzen

  For publications in languages other than English, French or German, the
  translation of the copyright notice in the language of the publication must
  be used.

  If you intend to use the data commercially, please contact EuroGeographics
  for information about their licence agreements.

Dataset: Countries 2024, 1:60 Million, EPSG:4326 (CNTR_RG_60M_2024_4326),
revision of 2025-03-11, from
https://gisco-services.ec.europa.eu/distribution/v2/countries/
