The Swedish Better Regulation Council is an independent government-appointed committee of inquiry.
The Council has advisory standing in relation to the regulator’s regular preparation and decision-making organisation.
It examines the formulation of proposals for new and amended regulations that may have effects on the working conditions of enterprises, their competitiveness or other conditions affecting them. The Council also has to consider whether the Government and administrative agencies under the Government have carried out the statutory impact assessments and to assess whether new and amended regulations have been formulated so as to achieve their purpose in a simple way and at a relatively low administrative cost for enterprises. On the links below you will find two examples of opinions given by the Council.
Opinion on the Swedish Transport Agency´s regulations and general advice on the Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) and the Ship Reporting System (SRS).
Opinion on amendments to the Swedish Board of Agriculture´s regulations and general advice on envireonmental consideration in agriculture. The Council also has to assess the quality of the impact assessments and to follow developments in the area of better regulation and provide information and advice that can promote cost-conscious and effective regulation. When proposals for new or amended regulations are drafted in the Government Offices, an impact assessment shall be carried out as soon as possible. This is made clear in the Guidelines for work on regulatory impact assessments in the Government Officies and the annex to the Guidelines.
Ministries and administrative agencies have to send proposals on new and amended legislation and impact assessments to the Council. This is stated in the Guidelines for the Provision of Information by the Government Officies to the Better Regulation Council.
Please note that the Enlish texts available here are not official translations.
The Council meets every other week. Opinions are issued within the consultation period or, when the processing of a matter by the Council does not coincider with a consultative round, within two weeks from when the proposal was submitted to the Council. The Council itself decides how it conducts its work in practice. The Swedish Better Regulation Council will operate until 31 December 2010. No later than 31 January each year the Council has to give a written account of the conduct of its work to the Government. Here you can read the Swedish Better Regulation Council's Report for 2008. The Council’s remit is described in its terms of reference ToR 2008:57 and its supplementary terms of reference ToR 2008:142
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