Section 4

Terms of Reference of the Czech Statistical Office

1. The Czech Statistical Office acquires and processes data for statistical purposes and provides statistical information to government, bodies of territorial self-governed units, to the public, and abroad. It ensures comparability of statistical information at the national as well as international levels. To this end, the Czech Statistical Office

a) determines the methodology, processing, and use of statistical surveys and contents of statistical indicators required to assess social, economic, demographic, and environmental conditions in the Czech Republic and in its respective parts and to assess the nation development,

b) compiles the Programme of Statistical Surveys,

c) performs statistical surveys,

d) compiles aggregate statistical indicators of development of the national economy and of respective parts thereof,

e) compiles national accounts and determines their methodology,

f) prepares macroeconomic analyses and analyses of selected indicators of social, economic, demographic, and environmental development in the Czech Republic and in respective regions thereof,

g) carries out projections of demographic development,

h) compiles statistics on state and changes in the population (hereinafter referred to as "the population statistics"),

i) conducts business cycle surveys,

j) publishes and provides statistical information, including the methodology of its acquisition, and informs the public on social, economic, demographic, and environmental development in the Czech Republic and in respective parts thereof,

k) monitors the compliance with obligations within the State Statistical Service and imposes administrative penalties for their violations,

l) creates and maintains statistical classifications, statistical nomenclatures, and statistical registers, and provides information from these documents,

m) provides statistical information abroad,

n) co-operates with international organisations; in particular is involved in the production of the European Community statistics,

o) uses identification numbers and place of business identification numbers and in cases determined in a special act the Office also assigns these numbers, and

p) performs public administration in the processing of results of elections to assemblies of territorial self-governing units, to the Parliament of the Czech Republic, to the European Parliament carried out on the territory of the Czech Republic, elections of the President of the Czech Republic, and the processing of results of a nation-wide referendum at the extent, which is determined by special legal regulations.

2. Moreover, the Czech Statistical Office

a) collects foreign statistical information especially for the purposes of comparison of social, economic, demographic, and environmental development in the Czech Republic with those in other countries; provides acquired information and results of this comparison to government and to the public,

b) publishes the Statistical Yearbook of the Czech Republic, other professional publications and journals, and

c) provides for the development of new statistical methods.

3. The Czech Statistical Office co‑ordinates the State Statistical Service carried out by ministries. To this end, the Czech Statistical Office

a) keeps records of activities carried out by ministries in the area of the State Statistical Service and exerts its influence on ministries to be compliant with  measures set forth in this Act to protect confidential statistical data,

b) co-operates with ministries in the preparation of the Programme of Statistical Surveys and takes care that burden on reporting units is not excessive, and

c) unifies methodological procedures of statistical surveys performed by ministries and provides the ministries with methodological assistance in carrying out tasks of the State Statistical Service.

4. The Czech Statistical Office is the administrator of the basic Administrative Business Register.