Statute of the Federal State Statistics Service

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 420 of June 2, 2008
on the Federal State Statistics Service 
(with the Amendments and Additions of November 7, 2008, January 27, 2009, June 15, 2010, January 28, 2011, March 24, 2011, January 26, 2012, June 19, 2012, April 15, 2013, September 24, 2013, November 2, 2013, December 27, 2014, August 5, 2015, July 1, 2016, August 8, 2017, August 27, 2018, March 26, 2019)

 

In accordance with Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 724 of May 12, 2008 on the system and the structure of the Federal Executive Bodies the Government of the Russian Federation resolves:

 

  1. To approve the appended Statute of the Federal State Statistics Service.

 

  1. To permit the Federal State Statistics Service to have up to 6 Deputies of Head and also 21 Departments in the structure of the Central office for the main areas of activity of the Service.

 

(With the Amendments of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 26, 2012, June 19, 2012, August 5, 2015, August 8, 2017, August 27, 2018)

 

  1. The item invalidated since January 28, 2011 in accordance with the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 28, 2011.

 

  1. 4. To agree with the proposal of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation on the location of the Central office of the Federal State Statistics Service in accordance with the current procedure in the city of Moscow, 39, Myasnitskaya St., Building 1.

 

  1. To invalidate the following decisions:

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 188 of April 7, 2004 on Terms of Reference of the Federal State Statistics Service (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiyskoy Federatsii No. 15, 2004, item 1481);

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 339 of July 30, 2004 on the Approval of the statute of the Federal State Statistics Service (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiyskoy Federatsii No. 32, 2004, item 3346);

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 92 of February 22, 2005 on the Pay-roll fund of the employees of the Central office and the Regional offices of the Federal State Statistics Service and on the Introduction of Amendments to Decisions of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 188 of April 7, 2004 and No. 209 of April 13, 2004 (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiyskoy Federatsii No. 9, 2005, item 721);

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 323 of May 27, 2006 on the Introduction of the Amendment into the statute of the Federal State Statistics Service, approved by the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 399 of July 30, 2004 (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiyskoy Federatsii No. 23, 2006, item 2515);

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 243 of April 19, 2007 on the Introduction of the Amendments into certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation on the organization of activities of the Federal State Statistics Service (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiyskoy Federatsii No. 18, 2007, item 2232);

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 228 of March 31, 2008 on the Authorized federal executive body in the field of official statistical accounting (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiyskoy Federatsii No. 14, 2008, item 1420);

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 251 of April 7, 2008 on the Authorized federal executive bodies coordinating the official statistical methodology formed and approved by the subjects of official statistical accounting (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiyskoy Federatsii No. 15, 2008, item 1558);

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 266 of April 15, 2008 on the Introduction of the Amendment into decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 188 of April 7, 2004 (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiyskoy Federatsii No. 16, 2008, item 1694).

Vladimir Putin

Chairman 
of the Government 
of the Russian Federation

Statute of the Federal State Statistics Service

(approved by Decision of the Government
of the Russian Federation No. 420 of June 2, 2008)
(with the Amendments and Additions of November 7, 2008, January 27, 2009, June 15, 2010, January 28, 2011, March 24, 2011, January 26, 2012, June 19, 2012, April 15, 2013, September 24, 2013, November 2, 2013, December 27, 2014, July 1, 2016, August 8, 2017, March 26, 2019)

 I. General Provisions

 

  1. The Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) is the federal executive body producing official statistical information on social, economic, demographic, ecological and other social processes in the Russian Federation, and also in the order and cases stipulated by law of the Russian Federation and the functions of monitoring in the sphere of official statistical accounting.

(Item 1 with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 19, 2012, August 8, 2017)

  1. The Federal State Statistics Service is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

(Item 2 with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

  1. The Federal State Statistics Service is guided in its activity by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the federal constitutional laws, the federal laws, the acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation, the international treaties of the Russian Federation, the acts of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and also by the present Statute.

(with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 19, 2012, August 8, 2017)

  1. The Federal State Statistics Service carries out its activity directly or through its Regional offices in cooperation with other federal executive bodies, the bodies of executive power of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local self-government bodies, public associations and other organisations.

 

II. The Mandates

 

  1. The Federal State Statistics Service performs the following mandates in the respective sphere of activity:

5.1. submits in accordance with the current procedure the official statistical information to the President of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation, the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, other bodies of state power, the local self-government bodies, mass media, organisations and citizens, and also international organizations;

5.1(1). The item invalidated since August 8, 2017 in accordance with the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017.

5.1(2). Devises drafts of regulation acts in the sphere of official statistical accounting;

(Item 5.1(2) included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

5.2. devises and approves in accordance with the current procedure within its jurisdiction the official statistical methodology to conduct the federal statistical observations and to form the official statistical information and ensures that the specified methodology complies with international standards and the principles of official statistics;

5.3. agrees together with the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation the official statistical methodology devised and approved by the subjects of official statistical accounting;

(Item 5.3 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

5.3(1). develops and approves methodology of national accounts including the financial account together with the Central Bank of Russian Federation;

(Item 5.3(1) included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of September 24, 2013)

5.4. develops together with the subjects of the official statistical accounting the federal plan of statistical works and formulates proposals on its updating;

5.4(1). The item invalidated since August 8, 2017 in accordance with the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017;

5.5. approves the forms of federal statistical observation and instructions on their completion upon the proposals of the subjects of the official statistical accounting, unless otherwise stipulated by federal laws;

5.6. coordinates the activities in the sphere of official statistical accounting when preparing the federal plan of statistical works, formulating the proposals on its updating, developing national accounts and also approving the forms of the federal statistical observation and instructions on their completion;

(Item 5.6 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of September 24, 2013)

5.7. prepares, conducts and summarizes up the results of the Population Census, the Agricultural Census, and also their methodological support;

5.7(1). develops drafts of legal acts and regulations related to the Population Census, the Agricultural Census and other federal statistical observations;

(Item 5.7(1) included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 19, 2012, August 8, 2017)

5.8. carries out the preparation, methodological support, conduction of federal statistical observations in the respective sphere of activity and processing of data received in observations to form official statistical information;

5.8(1). determines the remuneration terms of contracted employees in accordance with the law of the Russian Federation to perform work, associated with the federal statistical observation and payment of rewards;

(Item 5.8(1) included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of April 15, 2013)

5.9. develops and maintains in accordance with the current procedure the Russian classifications of technical, economic and social information in the respective sphere of activity;

5.10. provides the interested users with the accounting data of legal entities carrying out their activities on the territory of the Russian Federation;

5.11. performs in accordance with the law of the Russian Federation and other legal acts on the contract system for purchases of goods, procurement of goods, works and services to meet the needs of the state or municipality in the respective sphere of activity;

(Item 5.11 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 27, 2014)

5.12. summarizes the practice of application of the law of the Russian Federation in the respective sphere of activity;

5.13. performs the functions of the main administrator and recipient of the federal budget means provided for the maintenance of the Service and the realization of the Service's functions;

5.14. organizes the reception of individuals and ensures the timely and full examination of oral and written enquiries of citizens, the adoption of decisions on them and the dispatch of replies to citizens in the period fixed by the law of the Russian Federation;

5.15. provides within its competence the protection of state secret information;

5.16. ensures within its competence the relevant protection and defense of the information received during the Service’s activities and constituting a service, bank, tax and commercial secret and other confidential information;

5.17. ensures the mobilization training of the Service, and also the control and coordination of the activity of subordinate organisations in their mobilization training;

5.17(1). organizes and conducts the civil defense in the Service;

(Item 5.17(1) included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 15, 2010)

5.18. organizes additional professional training of the Service's employees;

(Item 5.18 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 2, 2013)

5.19. interacts in accordance with the current procedure with the government authorities of foreign countries and with international organisations in the respective sphere of activity;

5.20. carries out in accordance with the law of the Russian Federation the work to complete, store, account and use of archival documents formed in the process of the Service's activities;

5.21. provides users with official statistical and other information in accordance with the current procedure and on the basis of agreements for rendering information services;

5.22. performs the functions of the administrator of the revenues of the federal budget from the rendering of information services;

5.23. exercises other authorities in the respective sphere of activity, if such authorities are stipulated by the federal laws and acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation.

  1. The Federal State Statistics Service has the right, with the aim of exercising the authorities in the respective sphere of activity, to:

6.1. receive from respondents primary statistical data and administrative data, including those containing information on state or commercial secrets, information on taxpayers, on personal data of individuals in case of their compulsory depersonalization and other information, the access to which is limited by federal laws, with the aim to form the official statistical information;

6.2. organize necessary research, testing, analyses and evaluations in the respective sphere of activity;

6.3. give explanations to legal entities and individuals on the issues referring to the terms of reference of the Service;

6.4. maintain control over the activity of the Regional offices and its subordinate organisations;

6.5. engage scientific and other organisations, scientists and specialists in accordance with the current procedure for resolving issues in the respective sphere of activity;

6.6. apply statutory restrictive, preventive and precautionary measures aimed at inadmissibility and preclusion of violation by legal entities and individuals of obligatory requirements in the respective sphere of activity, and also measures to liquidate the consequences of said violations;

6.7. set up advisory and expert bodies (councils, commissions, groups and boards) in the respective sphere of activity;

6.8. establish according to the legal acts of the Russian Federation the departmental awards and award employees of the Central office, Regional offices and subordinate organizations as well as other persons carrying out activities in the designated field; approve the statute on rewards and their description.

 

  1. The Federal State Statistics Service does not have the right to carry out in the respective sphere of activity the functions on management of the state property and rendering of paid services, except for the cases established by decrees of the President of the Russian Federation and decisions of the Government of the Russian Federation.

The mentioned restrictions do not extend to the authorities of the Head of the Federal State Statistics Service in terms of HR issues, Rosstat management issues, Rosstat property management.

(Item 7 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

 

III. The Organisation of Activity

 

  1. The Head of the Federal State Statistics Service is appointed to the position and released from it by the Government of the Russian Federation upon the proposal of the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

(with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 19, 2012, August 8, 2017)

The Head of the Federal State Statistics Service bears personal responsibility for the fulfillment of the functions of the Service.

(with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 19, 2012)

The Head of the Service has the Deputies appointed to the position and released from it by the Government of the Russian Federation upon the proposal of the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

(with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 19, 2012, August 8, 2017)

The Government of the Russian Federation fixes the number of Deputies of the Head of the Service.

8(1). Departments on main directions of activity of the Service are the structural units of the Central office of the Federal State Statistics Service. The Departments include Divisions.

(Item 8.1 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 19, 2012)

  1. The Head of the Federal State Statistics Service:

9.1. distributes the duties among the Deputies;

9.2. submits to the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation:

(Item 9.2 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

9.2.1. the draft statute of the Service;

9.2.2. proposals on the maximum number of employees and the pay-roll fund of the Central office and its Regional offices;

9.2.3. draft of annual plan and forecasting indicators of the activities of the Service and report on their fulfillment.

(Item 9.2 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 19, 2012)

9.2.4 draft of regional office statute;

(Item 9.2.4 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

9.2.5 draft location scheme of regional offices;

(Item 9.2.5 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

9.2.6 proposal for appoint and release from the post of Deputy Head of Service, Head of regional office;

(Item 9.2.6 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

9.2.7 draft proposals of federal budget related to Central office, Regional offices and subordinate organizations;

(Item 9.2.7 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

9.2.8 proposals of international treaties in the respective sphere of activity;

(Item 9.2.8 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

9.2.9 draft legal acts and other documents related to the respective sphere of activity;

(Item 9.2.9 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

9.2.10 award recommendations to employees of Central office, Regional offices and subordinate organizations in the respective sphere of activity by State awards of the Russian Federation, Certificate of Honor of the President of the Russian Federation, Certificate of Honor of the Government of the Russian Federation, gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation, gratitude of the Government of the Russian Federation, departmental insignia of Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, allowing to have the title "Veteran of Labor";

(Item 9.2.10 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

9.3. appoints to the post and release from the post the employees of the Central office and Deputy heads of the Regional offices;

(Item 9.2 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 19, 2012)

9.4. approves the statutes of the structural units of the Central office and its Regional offices;

9.5. decides in accordance with the law of the Russian Federation on Civil service upon the issues associated with the performing duty of the federal civil service in the Federal State Statistics Service;

(Item 9.5 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

9.6. approves the structure and the organization chart of the Central office of the Service within the limits of the pay-roll fund and the number of employees fixed by the Government of the Russian Federation, the estimate of the expenses on the maintenance of the Central office of the Service within the assignments approved for the corresponding period of allocations provided for by the federal budget;

9.7. approves the number and the pay-roll fund of employees of the Regional offices within the indicators established by the Government of the Russian Federation, and also the estimate of the expenses on their maintenance within the assignments endorsed for the corresponding period and stipulated in the federal budget;

9.8. approves the statutes of subordinate organizations, appoints in accordance with the current procedure to the posts and release from the posts the Chiefs of the subordinate institutions with the approval of the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, unless otherwise stipulated by federal laws, legal acts of the President of the Russian Federation or the Government of the Russian Federation;

(Item 9.8 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

9.9. according to and in execution of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the federal constitutional laws, the federal laws, the acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation, the acts of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation issues the orders on the issues related to the Service;

(Item 9.9 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

9.10. - 9.11. The items invalidated since August 8, 2017 in accordance with the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017

9.12. represents the Federal State Statistics Service at the Federal Authorities, Federal Authorities in the subjects of the Russian Federation, local government authorities and organizations;

(Item 9.12 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

9.13. with the approval of the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation makes decision on establishment, organisational change, shut down of Regional offices in accordance with the law of the Russian Federation;

(Item 9.13 included with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 8, 2017)

  1. The expenses on the maintenance of the Central office of the Federal State Statistics Service and its Regional offices are financed from the federal budget.
  2. The Federal State Statistics Service is the legal entity, it has seal with the Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation and with its appellation, other seals, stamps and standard printed forms, and also accounts opened in accordance with the law of the Russian Federation.

The Federal State Statistics Service has the right to have a heraldic symbol - emblem, flag and streamer, established by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation upon agreement with the Heraldic Presidential Council of the Russian Federation.

(The paragraph included with the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 24, 2010 with the Amendment of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 19, 2012, August 8, 2017).

  1. The city of Moscow is the location of the Federal State Statistics Service.