Collegiate bodies: CSE, CIME and CITE
In article 37, law 12/1989, of 9 May, on the Public Statistical Services establishes that the High Council on Statistics is a consultative organ of the state statistical services, and in articles 36 and 42, creates the Interministerial Statistics Commission and the Interterritorial Statistics Committee respectively.
High Council on Statistics (CSE)
The Higher Council on Statistics, which is attached to the Ministry of Economy, Commerce, and Enterprise, is an advisory body for the national statistical services and for the social participation of respondents, producers, and users of statistics. It includes representatives from labor and business organizations, as well as other social, economic, and academic groups and institutions, alongside ministerial departments and the National Institute of Statistics.
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Interministerial Statistics Commission (CIME)
The Interministerial Statistics Commission, affiliated to the Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa, via the National Statistics Institute, is a participative organ of the statistical services in charge of the compiling of statistics in the scope of the State Central Administration and constitutes one of the springboards for achieving horizontal coordination among the State Statistical Services.
Interterritorial Statistics Committee (CITE)
The Interterritorial Statistics Committee is a permanent official body in charge of overseeing the coordination, cooperation and standardisation of statistical matters between the State and the Autonomous Communities. Corresponding to this Committee are those functions assigned to it by Law 12/1989, of 9 May, on Public Statistical Function, and those that may be assigned to it in order to enable coordination and enhance cooperation between the state and Autonomous Community statistical services..