Legislation relating to the State Statistical Service

National legislation:

• Act No. 89/1995 Coll., on the State Statistical Service, as amended
• Decree on the Programme of Statistical Surveys 

European legislation:

• Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics 
• Regulation (EU) No 557/2013 on European Statistics as regards access to confidential data for scientific purposes 
• The European Statistics Code of Practice is the cornerstone of a common quality framework for the European Statistical System. It is a self-regulatory instrument based on sixteen principles relating to the institutional environment, statistical processes and statistical outputs. For each principle, a set of best practices and standards has been developed to provide guidance and reference for reviewing the implementation of the Code, thus helping to increase transparency in the European Statistical System.
• The statistical authorities, which include Eurostat, the National Statistical Institutes (NSI) and other national authorities responsible for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics, have committed themselves to comply with the Code.

Further information on legislation and other documents concerning the State Statistical Service can be found on the CZSO website:

• State Statistical Service of the Czech Republic
• European Statistical System
• Quality management strategies and policies