1. STATISTICAL OFFICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA, Ljubljana, Litostrojska 54, VAT ID number: SI97093726; represented by Director-General Genovefa Ružić (hereinafter: SURS)

and

2. RESEARCH INSTITUTION, registration number and VAT ID number …, represented by … (hereinafter: Recipient)

in accordance with and pursuant to Articles 20, 43 and 47(1) of the National Statistics Act (OJ RS Nos. 45/1995 and 9/2001) hereby conclude the following

CONTRACT

Article 1

(Scope of Contract)

The scope of this Contract is the provision of access to microdata on … for the purpose of … .

After the signing of the Declaration on Data Protection, access to statistically protected microdata shall be provided to the Recipient in SURS’s »secure room« for no longer than until ... .

The Declaration on Data Protection is annexed to this Contract.

Article 2

(Data Protection)

The Recipient shall undertake to use the data exclusively for the purpose for which access was granted to him/her, and to not submit them or otherwise disclose them to any third party.

The Recipient may publish or otherwise disclose the data to any third party only in the form of results that are protected in line with the instructions provided by SURS.

Article 3

(»Secure Room«)

The Recipient shall undertake to announce his/her intention to work in the »secure room« to the SURS employee … not later than 24 hours prior to the planned work, and to register in writing and electronically before entering the »secure room« and on completion of his/her work in the »secure room«.The Recipient shall undertake to return the electronic registration card to SURS after the termination of the contract.

The Recipient shall undertake not to bring into the »secure room« any devices (portable computers, smart phones, etc.) that enable the extraction or export of data or databases and match them with microdata obtained under this Contract.

The Recipient shall undertake to carry any results of analyses out of the »secure room« only upon prior approval of the SURS employee ….

Article 4

(Statistical Confidentiality)

Before publishing the analysis the Recipient shall undertake to send the comment of the analysis to be reviewed by SURS regarding the protection of statistical confidentiality.

Article 5

(Prohibition of Access in the Case of Violations)

The Recipient shall agree that in the case of violations of Articles 2 and/or 3 of this Contract by the person processing microdata at the Recipient who signed the Declaration on Data Protection SURS shall revoke his/her right to further use of the microdata and deny any further requests of this person for transmission of statistically protected microdata or access to microdata.

Article 6

(Publication of Recipient’s Analyses)

The Recipient shall undertake to transmit to SURS by 31 December of each year during the validity of the Contract already published results of analyses based on microdata based on this Contract or transmit them after the termination of the Contract when they will be made available.

The Recipient shall also agree that SURS – if it assesses that the published results of analyses are interesting for SURS’s field of work – can ask him/her to present the results.

Article 7

(Penal and Tort Liability)

In respect of any actions related to the data obtained, the Recipient shall bear penal and tort liability in line with the rules governing penal and tort liability.

Article 8

(Publication)

The Recipient shall undertake to quote SURS as the source of data in any publication of the protected tables.

Article 9

(Restrictions in Data Analysis)

The Recipient is informed that each individual source of data has been prepared for dissemination of statistical data and information on the basis of the Annual Programme of Statistical Surveys; linking various sources of data can result in inconsistent data for a particular observation unit that was not statistically edited.

The Recipient is informed that the quality of data is satisfactory for the purpose for which they were collected. If the level of presentation is more detailed, the Recipient shall bear all professional responsibility for any misinterpretation of data.

Article 10

(Peaceful Resolution of Disputes)

The parties shall undertake to resolve any disputes under this contract by mutual consent. In the case of failing to find an agreement, the Court in Ljubljana shall be competent for their resolution.

Article 11

(Validity of Contract)

This Contract is produced in two equal copies, of which each signatory receives one.

The Contract shall enter into force upon its signing by both parties.

RESEARCH INSTITUTION / Statistical Office OF
the Republic of Slovenia
Legal representative / Genovefa Ružić,
Director-General

Number:

Place: ______Place: Ljubljana

Date: ______Date: ______

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