Article 17. Providers of administrative data

The providers of administrative data shall include the state administration and economic management bodies, as well as local executive authorities that provide administrative data to producers of official statistics.

Providers of administrative data that own databases of individuals and legal entities shall have the right - within the scope of their powers – to:

form individual data on matters within the scope of their powers for administrative purposes;

choose primary data sources for the formation of administrative data;

establish data collection methods, obtain, and collect the necessary data directly from individuals or legal entities, and households.

Providers of administrative data that own databases of individuals and legal entities shall be obliged to provide producers of official statistics on free-of-charge basis with the following:

administrative data at their disposal;

metadata to assess the quality of statistical data.

Provision of administrative data to producers of official statistics shall be carried out according to the forms and periodicity established in the annual statistical program.