Permit processes for critical raw materials and the net zero industry

Permits, exemptions or notifications that may be required for facilities under both regulations include, for example:

Environmentally hazardous activities

• Environmentally hazardous activities, A-activities at the Swedish Courts (in Swedish)
• Environmentally hazardous activities, B-activities
• Environmentally hazardous activities, C-activities

Permit or exemption for measures affecting protected areas and natural values, including Natura 2000.

• Natura 2000 permits from the County Administrative Board (in Swedish)

Permit for water operations (see above: environmentally hazardous activity).

Notification for consultation on changes to the natural environment.

• Consultation on changes to the natural environment at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (in Swedish)

Notification of taking agricultural land out of production.

• Taking agricultural land out of production to the County Administrative Board (in Swedish)

Permit for activities on the Swedish continental shelf

• Activities on the Swedish continental shelf from the Geological Survey of Sweden

Permit to build near a road

• Permit to build near a road (in Swedish)

Permit for felling in mountain forest or noble forest under the Forestry Act, or notification of regeneration felling on productive forest land under the Forestry Ordinance.

• Felling in mountain forest at the Swedish Forest Agency (in Swedish)
• Felling in nobel forest at the Swedish Forest Agency (in Swedish)
• Rejuvenation felling at the Swedish Forest Agency (in Swedish)

Permit for intervention at an ancient monument

• Apply for a permit for intervention at an ancient monument from the County Administrative Board (in Swedish)

Application for permission according to the Planning and Building Act, including building permission.

• Building permit
• New rules for building permits at the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning (in Swedish)

Permits, exemptions or notifications that may be required for facilities under the Critical Raw Materials Act include, for example:

Processing concession according to the Minerals Ordinance and land assignment procedure according to the Minerals Act.

• Exploitation concession under the Minerals Ordinance from the Mining Inspectorate of Sweden (in Swedish)

Permits, exemptions or notifications that may be required for facilities under the Net-Zero Industry Act include, for example:

Permit to construct pipelines, for example for hydrogen

• Permit to construct pipelines, for example for hydrogen, from the Swedish Energy Markets Inspectorate (in Swedish)

Permit for nuclear activities according to the Act on Nuclear Activities or notification for nuclear activities according to the Ordinance on Nuclear Activities.

• Permit for nuclear activities under the Nuclear Activities Act or notification for nuclear activities under the Nuclear Activities Ordinance to the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (in Swedish)

In the event of a dispute

If you and another party to an agreement cannot agree on something related to the contract, you have a dispute. This may, for example, concern issues such as payment, marketing or damages. There are several different ways to resolve disputes.

Information on dispute resolution