For the purpose of fulfilling its statutory tasks and observing developments in the financial markets, the National Bank shall collect the necessary statistical data.
In collecting statistical data, it shall cooperate with the competent federal offices, in particular with the Swiss Federal Statistical Office and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), the competent authorities of foreign countries and with international organisations.4
In order for the Bank to fulfil its statistical tasks, the Federal Tax Administration shall provide the National Bank with the principles and results of its statistical activities in the area of value added tax and, if necessary, with value added tax data from its databases and surveys. Notwithstanding Articles 16 paragraphs 4 and 4bis, 50a and 50b of this Act and Article 39 of the Data Protection Act of 25 September 20205 (FADP), the National Bank may not disclose these data.6