The statistical offices of the German states (

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: ) carry out the task of collecting official

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together and in cooperation with the Federal Statistical Office. The implementation of statistics according to Article 83 of the

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is executed at state level. The

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has, under Article 73 (1) 11. of the constitution, the exclusive

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for the "statistics for federal purposes." There are 14 statistical offices for the 16 states:

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