Environmental Code (SFS 1998:808)
Liability for contaminated land, the duty to disclose on acquisition and supervision of land use.
Register row
- Identifier
- SFS 1998:808
- Jurisdiction
- Swedish law
- Supervision
- County boards and municipal environment committees, with the Environmental Protection Agency centrally
- Areas
- Energy and environment, Property transfer
- Provisions
- 3
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Register version
- property-register-v1.0.0
- Content hash
- c1682208623a1a12
Provisions
- 10 kap. 2 §Operator liability
The party operating or having operated the activity is liable for remediation of contamination damage.
- 10 kap. 3 §Owner liability
Absent an operator, a purchaser who knew of the contamination may become liable.
- 26 kap. 9 §Supervisory order
The supervisory authority may issue the orders needed for compliance with the code.
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