Federal Statistics Act (FStatA) (FStatA)
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Art. 18 Dissemination
1 The relevant statistical results and principles are published in user-friendly form in the official languages. Results that are not published are made accessible in an appropriate manner. 2 The Federal Office provides the required facilities for this purpose; these facilities are also available to the other statistics generators for disseminating their results. 3 Unless such publication is required by law, the results may not enable any conclusions to be drawn regarding the circumstances of individual natural persons or legal entities that the person or entity concerned has not already made generally available. 4 The Federal Council may restrict access to statistical results for other important reasons.
Art. 19 Other services
1 The Federal Office and the other statistics generators carry out special data analyses for the administrative units of the Confederation and, where they have the capacity, for third parties. 2 The federal statistical bodies providers may disclose personal data and data relating to legal entities for purposes not related to specific persons, in particular for research, planning or statistics, to research and statistical offices of the Confederation and to third parties, if: a. the data is rendered anonymous, as soon as the purpose of the processing the data is achieved; b. the recipient divulges the data with the consent of the statistics generators; c. the recipient only discloses the results so that the persons concerned are not recognisable; and d. the recipient meets the requirements for compliance with statistical secrecy and the other data protection provisions. 3 The Federal Office may carry out short-term research, analysis and advisory duties in connection with federal statis
Para. 2 — Amended by Annex I No II 35 of the Data Protection Act of 25 Sept. 2020, in force since 1 Sept. 2023 (AS 2022 491; BBl 2017 6941).
Art. 20 Re-use of data by third parties
1 Statistical results that have been published, made available, or processed from data from federal statistical bodies may be used or reproduced without copyright authorisation provided reference is made to their source. 2 The Federal Council may make exceptions for the use of data for commercial purposes.
Art. 21 Fees
The Federal Council regulates the fees for publications, services and authorisations.