Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) is an autonomous administrative body, with legal personality and its own assets, attached to the Ministry of Economy and Finance through the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. It is primarily governed by Law 12/1989, of May 9, on Public Statistical Function, which regulates statistical activity for state purposes, exclusively the State's competence, and by the Statute approved by Royal Decree 508/2001 of May 11, modified by Royal Decree 947/2003 of July 18, and by Royal Decree 759/2005 of June 24. The Law assigns INE a prominent role in public statistical activities, expressly entrusting it with the conduct of large-scale statistical operations (demographic and economic censuses, national accounts, demographic and social statistics, economic and social indicators, coordination and maintenance of business directories, formation of the Electoral Census, etc.). Furthermore, the law attributes to INE the functions such as formulation of the National Statistical Plan Project in collaboration with the Ministerial Departments and the Bank of Spain; proposal of common standards on concepts, statistical units, classifications, and codes; and statistical relations with specialized International Organizations and particularly with the Statistical Office of the European Union (EUROSTAT). INE has various collegiate bodies with significant statistical responsibilities, including the Superior Council of Statistics, Interministerial Statistics Commission, Registration Council, and Interterritorial Statistics Committee, in all of which INE plays an important role. However, the specific information regarding the founding year, industries, headquarters, last investment, and investors is not provided.