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What it is

How official state statistics are planned and protected

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 1 September 1988. Introduced by: GOBIERNO.

Official title: GOVERNMENT BILL ON PUBLIC STATISTICAL FUNCTION.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000093· updated 11 Nov

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  1. State statistical activity is organized through the National Statistics Plan (Plan Estadístico Nacional), approved by Royal Decree and lasting four years. It includes the statistics to be produced, their essential features and the required investments.
  2. Statistics that require data on a mandatory basis must be regulated by law, stating at least the bodies involved, their purposes, the group asked for data and their funding.
  3. Every person or entity must answer statistical data requests truthfully, accurately and completely. Data on ethnic origin, political opinions or religious beliefs may only be collected with express consent.
  4. Statistical secrecy protects personal data obtained by statistical services and forbids disclosing it. The duty lasts at least 25 years after the person's death or 50 years from when the data was obtained.
  5. The National Statistics Institute (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) becomes an autonomous administrative body attached to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, with functional capacity to guarantee its operational neutrality on technical matters and statistical secrecy.
  6. A sanction system is created for breaching statistical duties, with fines from 10,000 to 5,000,000 pesetas depending on whether the offense is minor, serious or very serious.

Who it affects

  • People and companies living in Spain: Must answer statistical data requests truthfully and on time, and may refuse to give highly sensitive data without consent.
  • Government statistical services: Must keep statistical secrecy, inform respondents and use data only for statistical purposes.
  • National Statistics Institute: Becomes an autonomous body and takes on general coordination, sanctioning offenses and producing censuses and the National Statistics Plan.
  • Autonomous Communities and local corporations: Must provide data for state statistics and can collaborate through agreements and the Interterritorial Statistics Committee.

Words worth knowing

Secreto estadístico (statistical secrecy)
The duty of statistical services not to disclose the personal data they collect.
Organismo autónomo (autonomous body)
A public entity with its own legal personality and assets, managed with more flexibility than an ordinary government service.
Plan Estadístico Nacional (National Statistics Plan)
A document that sets, for four years, which statistics will be produced and with what resources.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

  1. Introduced1 September 1988Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted8 September 1988The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEno dateIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 2 official steps on a timeline
Sept 198811. 1 September 1988: Presentación22. 8 September 1988: Calificación

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

Published in the BOE: Law 12/1989, of May 9, 1989, on the Public Statistical Function.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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