Article 79 Statistical cooperation

1. The cooperation shall aim at further development of efficient statistical systems, informational and programme-technological compatibility of statistical data, to provide, in time, reliable statistics needed to support and monitor economic cooperation between the Parties and the process of economic reform in Russia, and also to contribute to the development of private enterprise in Russia.

2. The Parties shall cooperate in particular:

- to enhance the development of an efficient statistical system in Russia, in particular to elaborate an appropriate institutional framework,

- to improve the standards of training and the professional level of the statistical personnel,

- to bring about harmonization with international, and in particular, Community methods, standards and classifications,

- to provide private and public sector economic operators with the appropriate macro- and microeconomic data,

- to guarantee the confidentiality of data,

- to exchange statistical information and to this end to build up and/or to make appropriate use of databases.