deliberations

Authorised access to confidential statistical data, following a request from the Directorate General of Municipal Administration

Issue of a favourable opinion on the draft Statutory Laws of the Statistics, Research and Planning Department of the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity

Creation of the Lisboa e Vale do Tejo Regional Section of the Statistical Council – powers and composition

Approval of the Linhas Gerais da Actividade Estatística Nacional e respectivas prioridades para 1998-2002 (General Guidelines of National Statistical Activity and relevant priorities for 1998-2002)

Issue of a favourable opinion on the delegation of powers by Statistics Portugal to the Observatório das Ciências e Tecnologias (Observatory of Science and Technology) (including draft Joint Decision)

On-line dissemination of data to be included in Infoline – definition of priorities

Functioning of the Grupo de Trabalho para Acompanhamento da Utilização da CNP/94 (Working group for monitoring the use of the national classification of occupations/1994) – the Statistical Council expresses its concerns regarding the operating difficulties of the Working Group

Approval of the 1996 Annual Report of the Statistical Council

Favourable opinion on the 1996 Annual Report of Statistics Portugal and of the entities with delegated powers

Authorised access to confidential statistical data, following a request from the Department of Forecasts and Planning

Authorised access to confidential statistical data, following a request from ICEP - Investimentos, Comércio e Turismo de Portugal (Portuguese Investment, Trade and Tourism)

Issue of a favourable opinion on the draft review of the organisation of the Statistics Department of the Ministry for Qualification and Employment

Approval, for statistical purposes, of adjustments to the Administrative Area Code/1994, in line with the approved changes to the geographical breakdown of the country conducted by the Parliament

Favourable appraisal of the Medium Term Statistical Programme1998-2002

Issue of a favourable opinion on the Work Programme for 1998 of Statistics Portugal and of the entities with delegated powers

Approval of the Work Programme of the Statistical Council for 1998

Issue of a favourable opinion on the delegation of powers by Statistics Portugal to the Regional Directorates of Agriculture (including draft Joint Decision)

Approval of the new version of the Rules of Procedure of the Statistical Council (1997 version)

Approval of the structure and functioning of the Statistical Council: creation of new Sections, definition of the respective mandates and composition (1997 version)

Approval of the “Concepts for statistical purposes” in the following thematic areas: Health, Social Protection, Energy and Housing, Construction and Public Works

Authorised access to confidential statistical data, following a request from ICEP - Investimentos, Comércio e Turismo de Portugal (Portuguese Investment, Trade and Tourism)

Authorised access to confidential statistical data, following a request from Directorate General of Municipal Administration

Standardisation of procedures for the preparation of files of the entities requesting confidential statistical data, for approval by the Secção Permanente do Segredo Estatístico (Standing Section of Statistical Confidentiality)

Favourable appraisal of the Regulamento de Aplicação do Princípio do Segredo Estatístico (Regulation for the implementation of the Statistical Confidentiality Principle) of the Regional Directorate of Statistics of the Autonomous Region of Madeira

Favourable appraisal of the Regulamento de Aplicação do Princípio do Segredo Estatístico (Regulation for the implementation of the Statistical Confidentiality Principle) of the Research and Planning Office of the Ministry of Justice

Definition of deadlines for the presentation of the Regulamentos de Aplicação do Princípio do Segredo Estatístico (Regulations for the implementation of the Statistical Confidentiality Principle) by a number of entities of the National Statistical System – progress report

Approval of the “Table of Crimes recorded by the police forces” for statistical purposes

Issue of a favourable opinion on draft legislation intended to create the Instituto de Gestão da Base de Dados dos Recursos Humanos (Management Institute of the Human Resources Data Base) of the general government