Article 14. Rights and obligations of the state statistics bodies

State statistics bodies shall have the right to:

obtain statistical observation forms from state administration and economic management bodies, citizens' self-government bodies, banks, and other organizations, and use statistical observation data for statistical purposes;

conduct statistical observations of the activities of statistical units and use the primary data obtained for statistical purposes;

give incentives to respondent individuals for participation in statistical observations;

request and receive from the state administration and economic management bodies, as well as from other organizations the information necessary for the implementation of statistical programs;

engage individuals and legal entities on a contractual basis to collect statistical data necessary for the production of official statistics, in accordance with the legislation;

use and implement in the national statistical system the modern methods and tools for collecting, processing, summarizing, analyzing, disseminating, and storing statistical data;

in the case of violations related to submission of statistical data, give instructions to correct them and make the respective corrections to the statistical data;

apply – within the scope of its powers – the administrative penalties in accordance with the law to the officials who violated the procedure for submitting statistical reports.

The state statistics bodies may also have other rights in accordance with the legislation.

The state statistics bodies shall be obliged to:

ensure compliance with the key principles of official statistics and the unity of statistical methodologies corresponding to international recommendations;

organize statistical observations on the implementation of state programs for socio-economic development of the country, territories, industries, and spheres;

organize and ensure the collection of statistical data, statistical observations of households, conducting censuses, one-time counts, sample surveys, and other statistical observations;

ensure the implementation of statistical programs;

provide statistical data to state regulatory and administration bodies;

make international and interregional statistical comparisons;

ensure maintaining statistical registers and a system of classifications for statistical purposes.