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hidden-template-impression"> <div> <div class="categorie">INSEE and official statistics</div> <div class="famille-numero"></div> <div class="date-diffusion hidden-impression-information-rapide"><span id="libelle-details"><span data-i18n="[html]produit.bandeau-bleu.derniere-maj">Derni猫re mise 脿 jour le : </span></span>24/01/2024</div> <div class="lien-details"><a data-i18n="produit.bandeau-bleu.imprimer" href="#" class="bouton-imprimante">Imprimer</a></div> </div> <div class="donnees-telechargeables"></div> </div> <div class="auteurs hidden-impression-information-rapide impression-seulement"></div> <div class="date-diffusion hidden-impression-information-rapide impression-seulement"></div> </div> <div class="contenu" id="contenu"> <div id="consulter" class="information" tabindex="0"> <div class="corps-publication"> <div class="bloc paragraphes "> <p class="paragraphe "> <a class="renvoi" href="/en/information/2411335"></a> </p> <p class="paragraphe "> <a class="renvoi" href="/en/information/2411337"></a> </p> </div> <div class="bloc paragraphes "> <p class="paragraphe ">The legal reference framework for official statistics is essentially constituted by two texts: <strong>the 1951 Act</strong>, a special law devolved to the missions of the official statistical service, and the <strong>Data Protection Act</strong>, to which statistical processing is subject like all processing of data relating to natural persons.</p> <p class="paragraphe ">The 1951 Act (<a href="https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/LEGITEXT000006068104/" target="_blank" class="renvoi lien-externe"><span class="screen-reader-text" data-i18n="produit.contenu.lien-externe-title">Ouvrir dans un nouvel onglet</span>Act No. 51-711 of 7 June 1951 on the obligation, coordination and secrecy of statistics</a>) defines the official statistical service, consisting of INSEE and <a href="https://www.insee.fr/en/information/4304373" class="renvoi">ministerial statistical services</a>, in relation to general public information missions and the principle of professional independence. It defines <a href="https://www.insee.fr/en/information/2388575" class="renvoi">statistical confidentiality</a>, which prohibits any communication of confidential data, when they have been obtained by the official statistical service for exclusively statistical purposes, except for statistical purposes or for purposes of scientific or historical research. Statistical confidentiality applies to statistical results if they can be used to re-identify the confidential data from which they were produced. The law also defines the conditions to which statistical surveys by public services are subordinated, in particular when these surveys are made compulsory. It also institutes, for the benefit of the official statistical service, the principle of a right of access, under cover of statistical confidentiality, to any database held by the administrations, including when these databases are protected by professional secrecy.</p> </div> <div class="bloc paragraphes "> <p class="paragraphe ">The 1951 Act also creates various bodies that play an essential role in the operation and regulation of official statistics activities:</p> </div> <ul class="bloc liste"> <li class="item">The <a href="https://www.cnis.fr/" target="_blank" class="renvoi lien-externe"><span class="screen-reader-text" data-i18n="produit.contenu.lien-externe-title">Ouvrir dans un nouvel onglet</span>National Council for Statistical Information (CNIS)</a>, a consultative body for producers and users of official statistics, responsible for monitoring statistical work; </li> <li class="item">The <a href="https://www.comite-du-label.fr/" target="_blank" class="renvoi lien-externe"><span class="screen-reader-text" data-i18n="produit.contenu.lien-externe-title">Ouvrir dans un nouvel onglet</span>Label Committee</a> and the <a href="https://www.cnis.fr/comite-du-contentieux/" target="_blank" class="renvoi lien-externe"><span class="screen-reader-text" data-i18n="produit.contenu.lien-externe-title">Ouvrir dans un nouvel onglet</span>Litigation Committee for compulsory statistical surveys</a> , which are involved in surveys; </li> <li class="item">The <a href="https://www.comite-du-secret.fr/home/" target="_blank" class="renvoi lien-externe"><span class="screen-reader-text" data-i18n="produit.contenu.lien-externe-title">Ouvrir dans un nouvel onglet</span>Statistical Confidentiality Committee</a>, which organises access to confidential data for statistical purposes or purposes of scientific or historical research;</li> <li class="item">The <a href="https://www.autorite-statistique-publique.fr/" target="_blank" class="renvoi lien-externe"><span class="screen-reader-text" data-i18n="produit.contenu.lien-externe-title">Ouvrir dans un nouvel onglet</span>Official Statistics Authority (ASP)</a>, which is particularly responsible for safeguarding the professional independence of official statisticians.</li> </ul> <div class="bloc paragraphes "> <p class="paragraphe ">The missions and operating procedures of these bodies are set by decree: <a href="https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/LEGITEXT000020344133/" target="_blank" class="renvoi lien-externe"><span class="screen-reader-text" data-i18n="produit.contenu.lien-externe-title">Ouvrir dans un nouvel onglet</span>Decree No. 2009-250 of 3 March 2009, as amended</a>, for the ASP, <a href="https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/JORFTEXT000020428769/" target="_blank" class="renvoi lien-externe"><span class="screen-reader-text" data-i18n="produit.contenu.lien-externe-title">Ouvrir dans un nouvel onglet</span>Decree No. 2009-318 of 20 March 2009</a> for the others.</p> <p class="paragraphe ">The general provisions applicable to Member States' contributions to the production of European statistics are set out in a dedicated regulation, the <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02009R0223-20150608&from=EN" target="_blank" class="renvoi lien-externe"><span class="screen-reader-text" data-i18n="produit.contenu.lien-externe-title">Ouvrir dans un nouvel onglet</span>revised Regulation (EU) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European Statistics</a>. This regulation defines the European Statistical System, of which INSEE and the ministerial statistical services are part, and the governance of this system. It is based on the same main principles as those of the 1951 Act (professional independence, confidentiality, facilitated access to data) and the creation of the ASP stems directly from the obligations it entails with regard to the procedures for guaranteeing the professional independence of official statisticians. 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Since 2018, it is part of a harmonised European legal framework defined by the <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679" target="_blank" class="renvoi lien-externe"><span class="screen-reader-text" data-i18n="produit.contenu.lien-externe-title">Ouvrir dans un nouvel onglet</span>General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)</a>. The law imposes obligations on all data controllers which are essentially based on two main principles: a principle of transparency - <a href="https://www.insee.fr/en/information/4196120" class="renvoi">information to data subjects and response to their requests, documentation of processing</a> - and a principle of controlling and limiting the risks of impact of processing on the privacy of data subjects. 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