由于信息制作者的格局和对信息的要求正在快速发生变化，统计部门需要一个可支持它们开发新的业务模式、参与伙伴关系和利用新的数据来源和技术的立法和体制基础设施。根据这些需求和《通用法》方面经验，成员国要求制定可适用于欧洲经委会区域各国和其他国家的统计立法共同要素。
As the landscape of information producers and requirements for information are rapidly changing, statistical offices need a legislative and institutional infrastructure that can support statistical offices in developing new business models, engaging in partnerships and using new data sources and technologies. On the basis of those needs and the experience with the Generic Law, member States requested the development of common elements of statistical legislation that could be applied to all countries of the ECE region and beyond.