The Act No. 540/2001, Coll. of the Law on Official Statistics, as amended in § 4, article 3 and 4 defines the National Statistical System and the way of its publication:
"(3) The National Statistical System of the Slovak Republic (National Statistical System) is constituted by the Statistical Office and the ministries responsible for executing the European Statistical Programme or the Programme of State Statistical Surveys.
(4) The Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic administrates, publishes and updates the list of authorities of the National Statistical System on its website".

The list of authorities of the National Statistical System:

• Statistical Office of the SR,
• Ministry of Transport and Construction of the SR,
• Ministry of Culture of the SR,
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the SR,
• Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the SR,
• Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the SR,
• Ministry of Interior of the SR,
• Ministry of Health of the SR,
• Ministry of the Environment of the SR,
• Ministry of Economy of the SR,
• State Material Reserves of the SR,
• Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services,
• Institute of Informatics and Statistics (INFOSTAT).

Functioning of the National Statistical System requires organized performance of its components in the field of statistics and particularly towards the authorities of the European Union. In accordance with the law, the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic as a central body of state administration for statistics and contact point for the Commission (Eurostat) within the European Statistical System is responsible for the coordination of the National Statistical System.