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Legislation

07.10.2008

1. Planning and programming

  • Law 23/1998, dated 30th December 1998, on statistics in Catalonia

    This law establishes the Generalitat's exclusive competence in the field of statistics granted through article 9.33 of the Statute of Autonomy. It defines the statistical system in Catalonia and provides the mechanisms for adapting it to changes that will take place in upcoming years. It establishes a system of technical review that ensures the reliability and validity of all official statistical projects. It incorporates and updates the provisions referring to the Statistical Institute of Catalonia (Idescat).

  • Decree 290/2007, dated 24th December 2008, approving the 2008 Annual Programme of Statistical Actions (PDF document)

    The 2008 Annual Programme of Statistical Actions sets up and precisely describes the statistics of interest to the Generalitat that must be performed throughout this year in the form of actions. The decree of the Annual Programme is bacled by the general provisions of the Statistical Law of Catalonia and includes the new features of the Law on the 2006–2009 Statistical Plan of Catalonia, as well as the calendars of availability of the statistical results, the estimates of direct costs of each action scheduled and the formalisation of the cooperation agreements when two or more bodies are in charge of performing the statistical action.

2. Idescat

  • Decree 34/2003, dated 21th January 2003, on the organisation and functioning of the Statistical Institute of Catalonia

    This decree updates the organisation and functioning of the Statistical Institute of Catalonia (Idescat), adapting to the new challenges and objectives that substitute, in a new up-to-date text, Decree 341/1989, dated 11 December 1989, on the creation of Idescat, and Decree 173/1994, dated 14 June 1994, which approved the regulations on Idescat's internal regimen, in addition to the sixth additional provision of Decree 127/2000, dated 3 April 2000, on the organisation of the Department of Universities, Research and the Information Society.

3. Statistical codes and classifications