Article 31. Access to confidential statistical data for research purposes

Producers of official statistics may – at the request of persons performing research work – provide them with access to confidential statistical data in anonymized form.

Confidential statistical data provided for research purposes shall not contain identifiers. Confidential statistical data shall be limited to information necessary for research purposes.

Access to confidential statistical data shall be granted on condition that there is no risk of a breach of the procedure for individual data protection.

Confidential statistical data shall be provided on the basis of a contract that specifies the purpose, conditions of data use, and obligations of the user of official statistics to report the results of the study, not to publish and not to transfer data to third parties.

The contract shall provide for a fee as compensation for additional costs incurred as a result of data preparation.

Persons who will work with confidential statistical data as part of a research project must not attempt to identify respondents in any way, disclose individual data or generalized indicators calculated on their basis to third parties, use confidential statistical data for purposes other than those specified in the contract.