Rights of the Bureau

The Office has the following rights:

to request and receive, free of charge, under the law, from natural and legal persons falling under the scope of Law no. 93/2017 on official statistics, data necessary for the production of official statistics;
to request, access and use, free of charge, under the law, generalized, individual data and information, including personal data, managed by public authorities and other legal persons, as well as metadata related to them;
to submit proposals regarding the amendment or repeal of normative acts of public authorities, which contain provisions referring to the production of official statistics;
to establish working groups with the participation of representatives of public authorities, scientific research institutions, the business environment, civil society, in order to consult the opinion regarding the organization of statistical research, the development of statistical methodologies, the use of data, etc.;
to cooperate with the National Council for Statistics for the purpose of strategic development and promotion of official statistics;
to collaborate and conclude, in the manner provided by national legislation, collaboration agreements with similar institutions from other countries and international organizations, in order to align national statistics with international standards, ensure international comparability of statistical data and promote the image of the Republic of Moldova abroad;
to receive technical and financial assistance from development partners and other sources not prohibited by the regulatory framework, and to use it for the purpose of carrying out its functions;
to provide, in its areas of competence, paid services for statistical research not provided for in the Statistical Work Program, as well as for additional data processing, at the request of users;
to own, use and administer the assets, in accordance with the objectives of the Bureau's activity and the provisions of the regulatory framework;
to additionally contract statistical agents for the collection and processing of statistical data;
to grant, under the law, rewards to individuals for participation in statistical research, within the limits of the approved budget;
to ascertain, examine and apply sanctions for contraventions, according to the legislation in force;
to exercise other rights under the normative acts regulating relations in the areas of competence.