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The Statistics Council:

• It is a consultative and advisory body in statistical matters.
• The Council acts within the office of the Prime Minister.
• The Council is composed of persons appointed by the President of the Council of Ministers, as Council members, representing:
  • government administration bodies - five persons,
  • the self-government party in the Joint Commission of the Government and the Territorial Self-Government - one person,
  • National Bank of Poland - one person,
  • social organisations, professional and economic self-government - three people, 
  • employers' organizations, representative within the meaning of the Act of 24 July 2015 on the Social Dialogue Council and other institutions of social dialogue, hereinafter referred to as the “Act on the Social Dialogue Council” - one person from each organisation,
  • trade union organizations, representative within the meaning of the Act on Social Dialogue Council – one person from each organisation,
  • and two experts - one from the field of social sciences and one from the field of economic sciences.

The President of Statistics Poland participates in the work of the Council.

• The Council's term lasts five years.
• The tasks of the Council include:
  • annual determination for each subsequent year of the draft program of statistical surveys on the basis of proposals prepared by the President of Statistics Poland,
  • presenting to the Council of Ministers, no later than by 30 June each year, the draft statistical survey programme of official statistics,
  • recommending on conducting new and cyclic surveys of broad range of statistical observation, and the methodological and preparatory works related to them, planned for the next ten years;,
  • evaluation of the implementation of the statistical survey programme of official statistics and formulating opinions on other matters that have a considerable significance to the development of official statistics,
  • issuing opinions on the costs of statistical surveys official statistics and the methodology for their estimation, presented by the President of Statistics Poland.