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2. The reason and way of founding


The reason and way of founding the liable entity, incl. conditions and principles of its activity :

The Czech Statistical Office (hereinafter referred to as “the CZSO”) has been established as a central authority of state administration through Act No. 2/1969 Sb., passed by the Czech National Council, on the establishment of ministries and other central authorities of state administration, as amended.

The CZSO is an organizational unit of the state.

Act No. 89/1995 Sb., on the State Statistical Service, and other legal regulations, lay down jurisdiction of the CZSO.


The Czech Statistical Office:

  • coordinates the state statistical service carried out by the CZSO and other institutions and ministries;
  • defines the methodology of statistical surveys and is responsible for their processing and use;
  • prepares the Programme of Statistical Surveys;
  • cooperates with international organisations in the unification of international recommendations and standards in the area of statistics;
  • develops new statistical methods;
  • compiles national accounts;
  • issues a wide range of statistical publications and releases and provides statistical information, incl. the methodology of corresponding surveys.


The CZSO elaborates a binding system of surveys and processing of election results and ensures that relevant software for processing and providing of election results is made pursuant to the Act No. 247/1995 Sb., on Election to the Parliament of the Czech Republic and pursuant to other acts governing elections in the CR.

The CZSO creates and maintains statistical classifications, statistical nomenclatures and statistical registers and provides information from them; assigns Identification Numbers to legal and natural persons running business, unless the Commercial Court in charge of the Company Register or the Office for Small Business does so.

Statistical information produced is made available in form of publications, News Releases subject to a special regime, Press Releases, and on the Internet.