Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 Article 17e: Obligations of NSIs, other national authorities and the Commission (Eurostat) in using data made available by private data holders for development, production and dissemination of European statistics

Article 17e - Obligations of NSIs, other national authorities and the Commission (Eurostat) in using data made available by private data holders for development, production and dissemination of European statistics

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Article 17e

Obligations of NSIs, other national authorities and the Commission (Eurostat) in using data made available by private data holders for development, production and dissemination of European statistics

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1.The NSIs and the Commission (Eurostat) shall use data made available in accordance with Article 17b for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics:

(a)

exclusively for statistical purposes;

(b)

in conformity with the statistical principles set out in Article 2(1); and

(c)

in compliance with the obligation not to share the data outside the ESS unless the private data holder has agreed to the sharing of those data.

2.The NSIs and the Commission (Eurostat) shall put in place appropriate safeguards relating to the processing of personal data for statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, in particular in order to ensure compliance with the principle that data are to be pseudonymised.

3.The NSIs and the Commission (Eurostat) shall:

(a)

take appropriate measures to protect statistical confidentiality and trade secrets;

(b)

implement, insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary, technical and organisational measures which safeguard the rights and freedoms of data subjects.

4.Paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Article shall apply to any other national authority that has received data following a request submitted on its behalf by a NSI in accordance with Article 17b(2).