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The Statistical Service announces that the Council of Ministers, acting in accordance with the provisions of article 8 of the Official Statistics Law of 2021 (Law No. 25(I)/2021), has decided in its meeting of the 8^th February 2023 to approve the Multiannual Programme of Statistical Activities for the period 2023-2027.

The Programme outlines the surveys and other activities that are scheduled to be carried out by the Statistical Service and the other national authorities (that is, the ministries, departments and services of the Republic or public corporations, which are responsible for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics) during this five-year period. For each activity, the Programme includes a brief description of its purpose, legal basis, frequency, data collection method, deadline for submitting the data to Eurostat and timeframe for the dissemination of the results. An estimate by statistical theme of the cost required for the implementation of the programme is also provided.

On the basis of the multiannual programme, the Statistical Service additionally prepares annual programmes of statistical activities, which give a more detailed account of each survey/activity and the timeframe for each implementation task.

The surveys or other work conducted relate to economic, demographic, social, environmental or agricultural matters. Some of the surveys that are envisaged to be carried out during this period – in addition to the usual annual, quarterly and monthly ones – are the following: Earnings Survey (2023 & 2027), Labour Cost Survey (2025), Adult Education Survey (2023), Health Interview Survey (2025), Family Budget Survey (2023 &2026), Survey on the Structure of Agricultural Holdings (2023 & 2026), etc.

It is worth mentioning that about 90% of the activities covered in the Programme is laid down in the EU statistical acquis and is conducted in all Member States on the basis of uniform standards and harmonised methodology.

The Programme was subject to a public consultation that took place in October – November 2022 and was subsequently communicated to the Statistical Council. The comments and suggestions received were taken into account, to the extent possible, in preparing the final version of the Programme.

The Multiannual Programme of Statistical Activities 2023-2027 is accessible via the web portal of the Statistical Service .

(MV/ECHR)