The operation of the Bureau is based on The Official Statistics Act. Its regular statistical surveys are based on the Programme of Statistical Surveys of the Republic of Croatia 2008 - 20012, which also gathered other institutions and ministries that make, together with the Bureau, the system of the official statistics.
Annual implementation plans define a title, periodicity, contents, implementation method, territorial characteristics, time schedule and the status of harmonisation of individual statistical surveys with national and international standards.
