Statistical cooperation
Article 83
1. Cooperation in the area of statistics shall aim at the development of an efficient and sustainable statistical system capable of providing in due time reliable, objective and accurate data needed to plan and monitor the process of transition and reform in Croatia. It shall enable the Central Bureau for Statistics of Croatia to meet better the needs of its customers, both public administration and private businesses. The statistical system shall respect the fundamental principles of statistics issued by the United Nations and the stipulations of the European Statistical law and develop towards the Community acquis. 2. To this end the Parties may cooperate in particular: — to promote the development of an efficient statistical service in Croatia based on an appropriate institutional framework; — to pursue harmonisation with international and European standards and classification in order to enable the national statistical system to adopt the Community acquis in statistics; — to provide private and public sector economic operators and research community with the appropriate socio-economic data; — to provide data needed to maintain and monitor economic reform; — to ensure the confidentiality of individual data; — to progressively increase data collection and transmission to the European Statistical System. 3. Cooperation in this field shall include, in particular, exchange of information on methods, transfer of know-how and training.