2018 年，欧洲经委会完成了关于统计立法现代化的指南，其中涵盖国家统计系统的组织安排和协调、数据收集任务、获取数据、统计数据的机密性、质量、传播和散发、提供统计服务、国际合作、违规行为及与其他立法的关系。这份指南审查了官方统计法律和体制框架的主要优缺点，并分析了其运作环境引起的主要挑战、期望和限制。该指南包括一份统计立法的共同要素清单，并说明了每项要素对社会的好处。总体而言，该指南支持各国加强其法律框架，以保证国家统计系统的独立性、诚信和问责制，保证高质量的官方统计，并有助于消除在释放官方统计的全部价值方面面临的立法障碍。2018 年，欧洲统计师会议核可了该指南。
In 2018, ECE completed guidance on modernizing statistical legislation, which covers the organization of a national statistical system and its coordination, the mandate for data collection, access to data, the confidentiality, quality, dissemination and communication of statistics, the provision of statistical services, intern ational cooperation, infringements and its relationship to other legislation. The guidance reviews the key strengths and shortcomings of legal and institutional frameworks of official statistics and analyses the main challenges, expectations and limitations arising from their operational environment. The guidance includes a list of common elements of statistical legislation and an explanation of the benefits of each element for society. Overall, the guidance supports countries in reinforcing their legal frameworks so as to guarantee the independence, integrity and accountability of national statistical systems and the high quality of official statistics and helps to remove legislative barriers to releasing the full value of official statistics. The guidance was endorsed by the Conference of European Statisticians in 2018.