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Sweden - Indigenous and tribal peoples - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2010:1991) amending the National Minorities and Minority Languages Ordinance (2009:1299). (Förordning (2010:1991) om ändring i förordningen (2009:1299) om nationella minoriteter och minoritetsspråk.) -

Adoption: 2010-12-16 | Date of entry into force: 2011-02-01 | SWE-2010-R-88288

Amends articles 4 and 6 concerning the central government's annual review of applications and government contributions to local governments.

Introduces an attachment to the ordinance.

Sweden - Indigenous and tribal peoples - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2010:1740) to amend the Ordinance (2010:21) on government funding of activities supporting national minority languages. (Förordning (2010:1740) om ändring i förordningen (2010:21) om statsbidrag för insatser till stöd för de nationella minoritetsspråken.) -

Adoption: 2010-12-02 | Date of entry into force: 2011-01-01 | SWE-2010-R-87988

Amends articles 12 and 13 concerning disbursement of funding and certificates of the auditor.

Sweden - Indigenous and tribal peoples - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2010:354) to amend the Ordinance (2010:21) on government funding of activities supporting national minority languages. (Förordning (2010:354) om ändring i förordningen (2010:21) om statsbidrag för insatser till stöd för de nationella minoritetsspråken.) -

Adoption: 2010-05-12 | Date of entry into force: 2010-06-15 | SWE-2010-R-87984

Amends articles 3 and 13 concerning purpose of government funding and audit of government funding.

Sweden - Indigenous and tribal peoples - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2010:196) amending the National Minorities and Minority Languages Ordinance (2009:1299). (Förordning (2010:196) om ändring i förordningen (2009:1299) om nationella minoriteter och minoritetsspråk.) -

Adoption: 2010-03-18 | Date of entry into force: 2010-05-01 | SWE-2010-R-88287

Amends articles 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 10 concerning government contributions to local governments.

Introduces an attachment to the ordinance.

Sweden - Indigenous and tribal peoples - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2009:1300) to amend the Ordinance (2005:765) on state contributions to national minorities. -

Adoption: 2009-11-26 | Date of entry into force: 2010-01-01 | SWE-2009-R-84305

Amends articles 9, 10, 12-13 and 15 concerning State contributions to organisations for national minorities. Introduces article 13a concerning the provisions for potential repayment of contributions, as stipulated in article 13.

Sweden - Indigenous and tribal peoples - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

National Minorities and Minority Languages Ordinance (2009:1299). (Förordning (2009:1299) om nationella minoriteter och minoritetsspråk.) -

Adoption: 2009-11-26 | Date of entry into force: 2010-01-01 | SWE-2009-R-84369

The consolidation of the Ordinance includes a total of 6 amending texts through December 2014 (up to Ordinance 2014:1543). The consolidated text includes various amendments.

Contains provisions for the National Minorities and Minority Languages Act and instructions for state contributions to regional authorities to cover additional costs incurred by the act.

Contains 14 articles concerning, inter alia:

Articles 1-4: Content, the authorities responsible for follow-up and the opportunities of the minority groups of a municipality to choose which regional jurisdiction they will belong to.
Articles 5-12: Conditions for and size of state contributions to regional authorities.
Articles 13: Requirements for economic reporting from the regional authorities.
Article 14: Appeals.

Repeals ordinance (2000:868).

Sweden - Indigenous and tribal peoples - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2009:727) to amend the Ordinance (2005:765) on State contributions to national minorities. -

Adoption: 2009-06-17 | Date of entry into force: 2009-08-01 | SWE-2009-R-84395

Amends article 4 concerning the definition of a minority organisation; article 8 concerning the conditions minority organisations have to comply with in order to qualify for state contributions, including the introduction of a gender aspect; and article 12 concerning economic reporting requirements by recipients of state contributions made in accordance with the ordinance.
The amendments to art. 12 enter into force for contributions granted in 2010 or later.

Sweden - Indigenous and tribal peoples - Law, Act

National Minorities and Minority Languages Act (2009:724). (Lag (2009:724) om nationella minoriteter och minoritetsspråk.) -

Adoption: 2009-06-11 | Date of entry into force: 2010-01-01 | SWE-2009-L-84393

Introduces 21 articles with provisions for the rights of national minorities and the right to use national minority languages in the public administration and courts.

Art. 1-5 concern the content, scope and basic provisions of the act as well as the relation to EU frame Conventions on protection of national minorities and minority languages, and the Language Act (2009:600) of Sweden.
Art. 6-7 concern the geographic scope of the Act divided in municipalities.
Art. 8-12 concern the right to use national minority languages when communicating with official authorities.
Art. 13-16 concern the right to use national minority languages when communicating with the courts of law.
Art. 17-18 concern the use of minority languages in pre-school activities and in the elderly care system.
Art. 19 concerns potential exceptions for certain authorities to article 8 on the right to communicate with governmental agencies in a minority language.
Art. 20-21 concern the follow-up on the implementation of this act by public administration authorities.

The Act repeals the Act (1999:1175) concerning the right to use Sami language with public authorities, and the Act (1999:1176) concerning the right to use Finnish and Meänkeli languages with public authorities.

Sweden - Indigenous and tribal peoples - Law, Act

Ordinance (2005:765) on State contributions to national minorities. (Förordning (2005:765) om statsbidrag för nationella minoriteter) -

Adoption: 2005-11-10 | SWE-2005-L-84354