| Name of Act (area)
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The Environmental Code
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| Number of act
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SFS 1998:808
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| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
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6 Chapter, paragraph 1
8 Chapter, paragraphs 3 & 4
14 Chapter, paragraphs 7 & 11
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| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
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6 Chapter. An application for establishing an aquaculture facility in a Natura
2000 area should contain an environmental impact analysis Special regulations
for the protection of animal and plant species. 8 Chapter. §3 Special
regulations for the protection of animal and plant species. Government bodies
are given the authority to regulate the release of animal or plant species to
the natural environment. § 4 Governmental bodies are authorized to regulate
import and export, transportation of, storage of, preparation of and showing of
animals and plants or trade with them. 14 Chapter §7 & 11 Regulation of
chemical products and biotechnical organisms.
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| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
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http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/19980808.HTM#KAP6
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| If available in English – link to UK version:
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http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c4/13/48/385ef12a.pdf
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| Name of Act (area)
|
The Species Protection Act
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| Number of act
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SFS 1998:179
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| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
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§ 7, 9, 11, 17, 18
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| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
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§ 7, 9 & 17. Forbids the storage, transport and sale of species that are
listed in the EU’s Bird and Species and Habitat Directives. § 11. Forbids the
import of living freshwater crayfish from the families Astacidae, Cambaradae
and Parastacidae. § 18. Permits are required for the show of wild
animals in zoos and conditions should be made in order to prevent animals from
escaping.
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| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
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http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/19980179.htm
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| If available in English – link to UK version:
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Not available in English
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|
| Name of Act (area)
|
The Fisheries Law
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| Number of act
|
SFS 1993:787
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| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
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Paragraphs 20 & 28
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| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
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§20. The government may require that an environmental analysis be made before
transplanting fish. §28. Government bodies are given the authority to regulate
fisheries care, which may among other things forbid or limit fishing.
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| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
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http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/19930787.HTM
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| If available in English – link to UK version:
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Not available in English
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|
| Name of Act (area)
|
The act on fishing, aquaculture and the fishing industry
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| Number of act
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SFS 1994:1716
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| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
|
|
| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
|
Regulates the transplantation and stocking of fish, with consideration to
environmental values and the prevention of the spread of the crayfish plague.
Permits should not be granted for stocking with fish species or fish
populations that are unsuitable because of an area’s special character of if
there is a risk of spreading contagious diseases.
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| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
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http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/19941716.HTM
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| If available in English – link to UK version:
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Not available in English
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| Name of Act (area)
|
The Swedish Board of Fisheries regulations on the culture, stocking and moving
of fish
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| Number of act
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FIFS 2001:3
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| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
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4 paragraph
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| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
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Permission for stocking or transplantation is not granted for alien species or
populations or areas if national interests are damaged.
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| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
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http://www.fiskeriverket.se/juridik/fifs/2001-3/TV/2001-3-ev.pdf
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| If available in English – link to UK version:
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Not available in English
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|
| Name of Act (area)
|
The act on import of living animals
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| Number of act
|
SFS 1994:1830
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| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
|
11 paragraph
|
| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
|
Regulates the entry and spread of animals in order to prevent the introduction
of contagious or genetic animal diseases and to prevent a transplantation of
alien animal species that may harm the indigenous fauna.
|
| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
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http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/19941830.htm
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| If available in English – link to UK version:
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Not available in English
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|
| Name of Act (area)
|
The act on environmentally dangerous activities and health protection
|
| Number of act
|
SFS 1998:899
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| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
|
|
| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
|
An environmental impact analysis may be required for activities that may be
dangerous to the environment, such as aquaculture with an annual net production
more than one ton, agriculture with a substantial number of animals, mink farms
and ostrich farms.
|
| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
|
http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/19980899.htm
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| If available in English – link to UK version:
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Not available in English
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|
| Name of Act (area)
|
The Hunting Law
|
| Number of act
|
SFS 1987:259
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| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
|
|
| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
|
Regulates hunting, wildlife care and transplantation of wild mammals and birds.
|
| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
|
http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/19870259.htm
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| If available in English – link to UK version:
|
Not available in English
|
|
| Name of Act (area)
|
The act on hunting
|
| Number of act
|
SFS 1987:905
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| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
|
|
| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
|
Alien species and populations should not be permitted to establish in Sweden.
Certain alien species may be hunted throughout the year, such as raccoon dogs,
raccoons, mufflon, pheasants, wild rabbits and muskrats.
|
| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
|
http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/19870905.htm
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| If available in English – link to UK version:
|
Not available in English
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|
| Name of Act (area)
|
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations
for permission for wildlife enclosures
|
| Number of act
|
NIFS 2002:20
|
| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
|
3 paragraph
|
| Content of regulations - mode of operation. Use short descriptive prose.
|
Sitka deer, white-tailed deer and alien subspecies of red-deer
(including wapiti) may not be held in wildlife enclosures.
|
| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
|
http://www.naturvardsverket.se/dokument/lagar/for
eskri/snfstext/nfs2002/pdf-filer/NFS2002-20.pdf
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| If available in English – link to UK version:
|
Not available in English
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|
| Name of Act (area)
|
The Swedish Chemical Inspections regulations on chemical products and
biotechnical organisms
|
| Number of act
|
KIFS 2004:4
|
| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
|
15 Chapter
|
| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
|
Applications for the approval of plant protection substances, including
biological control substances, must be made according to requirements in the
Plant Protection Directive (91/414/EEG). Biological control substances are
microorganisms, virus, nematodes, insects or arachnids, which are produced to
prevent or control sanitary problems or damage on property caused by animals,
plants, microorganisms or viruses.
|
| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
|
http://www.kemi.se/upload/Lagar%20m.m/KIFS/K04_4.pdf
|
| If available in English – link to UK version:
|
Not available in English
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|
| Name of Act (area)
|
The Forestry Law
|
| Number of act
|
1979:429
|
| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
|
32 paragraph
|
| Content of regulations - mode of operation. Use short descriptive prose.
|
A environmental impact analysis may required in order to determine the effects
new methods for forest care and new forestry culture materials may have on the
environment
|
| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
|
http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/19790429.htm
|
| If available in English – link to UK version:
|
Not available in English
|
|
| Name of Act (area)
|
The act on forest care
|
| Number of act
|
1993:106
|
| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
|
9, 29, 32 paragraphs
|
| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
|
The Swedish Board of Forestry may regulate what forestry culture materials may
be used within different areas. Alien species may only be used in exceptional
cases as forestry culture material. 9 § Alien species may only in exceptional
cases be used as forest culture material. 29 § Regulations for control of
insect infestations in the forest may be issued by the Swedish Board of
Forestry. 32 § An analysis of the environmental effects of new forest culture
materials may be required.
|
| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
|
http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/19931096.htm
|
| If available in English – link to UK version:
|
Not available in English
|
|
| Name of Act (area)
|
The Swedish Board of Forestry’s regulations and advice pertaining to the Forest
Care Law
|
| Number of act
|
SKSFS 1993:2
|
| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
|
|
| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
|
Regulations for the use of Pinus contorta and alien genotypes of Fagius
sylvatica, Betula pendula, Quercus robur, Quercus petraea and Pinus
sylvestris in forestry.
|
| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
|
http://www.svo.se/lag/932.htm
|
| If available in English – link to UK version:
|
Not available in English
|
|
| Name of Act (area)
|
The Swedish Board of Forestry’s regulations on the production for sale, as well
as entry for sale, of forest culture material
|
| Number of act
|
SKSFS 2002:2
|
| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
|
|
| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
|
Limits the import and sale of forest culture material to species listed in the
act’s Annex 1, of which 31 of the species listed are for Sweden alien species.
|
| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
|
http://www.svo.se/dokument/sks/lagen/dokum
ent/sksfs2002_2.pdf
|
| If available in English – link to UK version:
|
Not available in English
|
|
| Name of Act (area)
|
The law on plant protection
|
| Number of act
|
SFS 1995:681
|
| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
|
|
| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
|
Regulates the control of plant pests and limits their spread within the region.
|
| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
|
http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/19720318.htm
|
| If available in English – link to UK version:
|
Not available in English
|
|
| Name of Act (area)
|
Act on plant protection and measures against the spread of plant pests.
|
| Number of act
|
SFS 1995:94
|
| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
|
1 paragraph
|
| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
|
Regulates the control and limiting of the spread of plant pests, which can
seriously damage plant cultures, forests, other land or plants.
|
| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
|
http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/19950681.htm
|
| If available in English – link to UK version:
|
Not available in English
|
|
| Name of Act (area)
|
The National Agriculture Agency regulations on the control of the Giant Hogweed Heracleum
mantegazzianum
|
| Number of act
|
SJVFS 1998:31
|
| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
|
|
| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
|
Guidelines for control of the Giant Hogweed.
|
| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
|
http://www.sjv.se/download/18.7502f61001ea08
a0c7fff121048/1998-031.PDF
|
| If available in English – link to UK version:
|
Not available in English
|
|
| Name of Act (area)
|
The Swedish Agriculture Agency regulations on fish, crustaceans, molluscs and
products of these
|
| Number of act
|
SJVFS 1995:125, rev 2000:157
|
| Special section(s) relevant to IAS
|
|
| Content of regulations - mode of operation.
|
Regulations for moving species to Sweden and within Sweden.
|
| Link to national version (natl languange) or a file (word or pdf)
|
http://www.sjv.se/download/18.7502f61001ea08a0c7fff121162/2000-157.pdf |
| If available in English – link to UK version:
|
Not available in English
|
