Environment, energy and planning

Environment, chemicals, energy, housing, planning etc.

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• Translations (Swedish Code of Statutes)

• 2008:263 District Heating Act (external link)

  SFS 2008:263 Fjärrvärmelag
  Link to The Energy Markets Inspectorate's website

• 2007:193 Ordinance on Producer's Responsibility for Certain Radioactive Products and Orphan Sources (external link, pdf)

  SFS 2007:193 Förordning om producentansvar för vissa radioaktiva produkter och herrelösa strålkällor
  Link to The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority's website
  

• 2007:108 Apartments Register Ordinance (external link, pdf)

  SFS 2007:108 Förordning om lägenhetsregister
  Link to KTH - The Royal Institute of Technology's website

• 2006:1043 Natural Gas Ordinance (external link)

  SFS 2006:1043 Naturgasförordning
  Link to The Energy Markets Inspectorate's website

• 2006:1010 The Plant Protection Ordinance (external link)

  SFS 2006:1010 Förordning om växtskyddsmedel
  Link to The Swedish Chemicals Agency's website

• 2006:378 Apartments Register Act (external link, pdf)

  SFS 2006:378 Lag om lägenhetsregister
  Link to KTH - The Royal Institute of Technology's website
  

• 2005:403 Natural Gas Act (external link)

  SFS 2005:403 Naturgaslag
  Link to The Energy Markets Inspectorate's website

• 2005:220 Ordinance on deposit-and-return system for plastic bottles and metal cans (external link)

  SFS 2005:220 Förordning om retursystem för plastflaskor och metallburkar
  Link to The Swedish Board of Agriculture's website

• 2005:209 Ordinance on producer responsibility for electrical and electronic products

  SFS 2005:209 Förordning om producentansvar för elektriska och elektroniska produkter

• 2001:527 Ordinance on Environmental Quality Standards on Ambient Air (external link, pdf)

  SFS 2001:527 Förordning om miljökvalitetsnormer för utomhusluft
  Link to The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's website
  Legislation: The Planning and Building Act ...
  (starts on page 45)

• 2000:338 The Biocidal Products Ordinance (external link)

  SFS 2000:338 Förordning om biocidprodukter
  Link to The Swedish Chemicals Agency's website

• 2000:308 Real Property Register Ordinance (external link, pdf)

  SFS 2000:308 Förordning om fastighetsregister
  Link to KTH - The Royal Institute of Technology's website

• 2000:224 Real Property Register Act (external link, pdf)

  SFS 2000:224 Lag om fastighetsregister
  Link to KTH - The Royal Institute of Technology's website

• 1998:944 The Chemical Products (Handling, Import, and Export Prohibitions) Ordinance (external, pdf)

  SFS 1998:944 Förordning om förbud m.m. i vissa fall i samband med hantering, införsel och utförsel av kemiska produkter
  Link to The Swedish Chemicals Agency's website

• 1998:942 The Chemical Charges Etc. Ordinance (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1998:942 Förordning om kemikalieavgifter m.m.
  Link to The Swedish Chemicals Agency's website

• 1998:899 Ordinance concerning Environmentally Hazardous Activities and The Protection of Public Health (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1998:899 Förordning om miljöfarlig verksamhet och hälsoskydd
  Link to The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations's (FAO) website

• 1998:896 Ordinance on Land and Water Management, etc. (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1998:896 Förordning om hushållning med mark- och vattenområden m.m.
  Link to The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning
  Legislation: The Planning and Building Act ...
  (starts on page 27

• 1998:808 The Swedish Environmental Code

  SFS 1998:808 Miljöbalk
  The Swedish Environmental Code
  Ministry publications series Ds 2000:61
  For chapter 1-4, 6 please see below

• The Environmental Code (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1998:808 Miljöbalk
  Chapter. 1-4, 6 (partly)
  Link to The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's website
  Legislation : The Planning and Building Act ..., page 15-19, 50-53

• 1997:857 Electricity Act (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1997:857 Ellag
  Link to The Energy Markets Inspectorate's website

• 1995:971 The Contingency Storage of Oil and Coal Ordinance

  SFS 1995:971 Förordning om beredskapslagring av olja och kol

• 1994:1215 The Ordinance on Technical Requirements for Construction Works, etc. (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1994:1215 Förordning om tekniska egenskapskrav på byggnadsverk, m.m.
  Link to The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's website
  Legislation: The Planning and Building Act
  (starts on page 123)

• 1994:847 Act on Technical Requirements for Construction Works, etc. (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1994:847 Lag om tekniska egenskapskrav på byggnadsverk m.m.
  Link to The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's website
  Legislation: The Planning and Building Act
  (starts on page 117)

• 1992:285 Minerals Ordinance (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1992:285 Mineralförordning
  Link to The Geological Survey of Sweden's website
  (starts on page 39)

• 1991:45 Minerals Act (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1991:45 Minerallag
  Link to The Geological Survey of Sweden's website

• 1988:293 Radiation Protection Ordinance

  SFS 1988:293 Strålskyddsförordning
  

• 1988:220 Radiation Protection Act

  SFS 1988:220 Strålskyddslag
  

• 1987:383 The Planning and Building Ordinance; PBO (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1987:383 Plan- och byggförordning
  Link to The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's website
  Legislation: The Planning and Building Act ...
  (starts on page 111)

• 1987:10 Planning and Building Act; PBA (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1987:10 Plan- och bygglag
  Link to The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning
  Legislation : The Planning and Building Act ..., page 11-14, 20-26, 30-41, 53-110
  

• 1984:1049 The Contingency Storage of Oil and Coal Act

  SFS 1984:1049 Lag om beredskapslagring av olja och kol

• 1978:268 The Rationing Act

  SFS 1978:268 Ransoneringslag

• 1975:198 The Oil Crisis Ordinance

  SFS 1975:198 Oljekrisförordning

• 1975:197 The Oil Crisis Act

  SFS 1975:197 Oljekrislag

• 1972:719 Expropriation Act (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1972:719 Expropriationslag
  Link to KTH - The Royal Institute of Technology's website

• 1970:994 Land Code (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1970:994 Jordabalk
  Link to KTH - The Royal Institute of Technology's website
  Chapter 12. Rent (Hyreslagen)

• 1970:988 Real Property Formation Act (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1970:988 Fastighetsbildningslag
  Link to KTH - The Royal Institute of Technology's website

• 1966:315 Continental Shelf Ordinance (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1966:315 Kontinentalsockelförordning
  Link to The Geological Survey of Sweden's website
  (starts on page 9)

• 1966:314 Continental Shelf Act (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1966:314 Lag om kontinentalsockeln
  Link to The Geological Survey of Sweden's website
  (starts on page 3)

• 1950:595 Public Water Areas (Boundaries) Act (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1950:595 Lag om gräns mot allmänt vattenområde
  Link to KTH - The Royal Institute of Technology's website

• More translations in

  Legislation
  Please see below

• Swedish Land and Cadastral Legislation
  Please see below

• Background reading

• Swedish Land and Cadastral Legislation

  3. ed. KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 2007
  ISBN 9789185783021

• Legislation (external link, pdf)

  The Planning and Building act ; The Law on Technical Qualities of Buildings ; The Environmental Code with ordinances of relevance : current wording June 1st 2004 on the website of The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning, 2005.

• The Swedish Climate Strategy

  Summary of the Government Bill "The Swedish Climate Strategy", 2001/02:55

• The Swedish Environmental Objectives- interim targets and action strategies

  Summary of the Government Bill "The Swedish Environmental Objectives- interim targets and action strategies, 2000/01:30

• The Swedish Environmental Code

  The Swedish Environmental Code. A resumé of the text of the Code and related ordinances