Risk classification by legal area
A class is not a judgement about a company. It says how densely regulated an area is in our register, counted the same way for every area, so a reader can redo the arithmetic by hand.
How the class is counted
Four signals are measured per area and given points on a fixed ladder: statutes in the register (0-2), a statute linked to an EU act (0 or 2), a supervisory authority with its own published regulations (0 or 1) and guiding decisions applying the area's statutes (0-2).
The sum runs from 0 to 7 and falls into three classes. No amount, penalty level or deadline is written here: those live in the statute text at the primary source, and the row links there.
The three classes
- Class 1, densest48
- Five points or more. Several statutes, EU law attached and case law that has already been tested in the highest courts.
- Class 2, elevated4
- Three or four points. The area is regulated and supervised, but fewer rows are read and case law is thinner.
- Class 3, basic0
- Two points or fewer. Few rows in the register today. A low class says something about our reading, not about the risk in a matter.
The eight areas
| Area | Class | Points | Statutes | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial marketsSupervision: Finansinspektionen | 1 | 7/7 | 4 | 6 |
| Tax and tax procedureSupervision: Skatteverket | 1 | 7/7 | 7 | 571 |
| Company law and accountingSupervision: Bolagsverket, Skatteverket, Revisorsinspektionen | 1 | 7/7 | 5 | 97 |
| Employment lawSupervision: Arbetsmiljöverket, Diskrimineringsombudsmannen, Sveriges Domstolar | 1 | 7/7 | 5 | 642 |
| Transactions and competitionSupervision: Konkurrensverket, Inspektionen för strategiska produkter, Sveriges Domstolar | 1 | 7/7 | 4 | 242 |
| Family and migrationSupervision: Migrationsverket, Skatteverket, Sveriges Domstolar, Försäkringskassan | 1 | 7/7 | 7 | 1223 |
| Health and life scienceSupervision: Socialstyrelsen, Inspektionen för vård och omsorg, Läkemedelsverket, Etikprövningsmyndigheten | 1 | 7/7 | 7 | 14 |
| Data protectionSupervision: Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten | 1 | 6/7 | 3 | 13 |
| CybersecuritySupervision: Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap, Post- och telestyrelsen | 1 | 6/7 | 2 | 4 |
| Consumer lawSupervision: Konsumentverket | 1 | 6/7 | 3 | 17 |
| Marketing lawSupervision: Konsumentverket | 1 | 5/7 | 1 | 202 |
| Public procurementSupervision: Upphandlingsmyndigheten | 2 | 4/7 | 1 | 18 |
| Public administrationSupervision: Sveriges Domstolar | 2 | 3/7 | 3 | 139 |
- Statutes in the register
- Statutes linked to EU law
- Authorities with own regulations
- Guiding decisions
What the class does not say
- It is not an assessment of a company, a matter or a document. Nothing about a customer is read or stored.
- It moves when the register moves. A new statute or a new decision changes the points, and the version below changes with it.
- A missing row is shown as a missing row. The class is never rounded up to look complete.
Classification version: 1.0.0
Verifiable trust signals
- Source-linked answers and explicit evidence gaps
- Obligations, controls, risks and consequences
- Stable objects and verifiable checksums
- Rule-based objects, optional source-linked reasoning
- Model card, source status and audit