References

Websites

Denmark

• In Denmark environmental permits are published at Digital MiljøAdministration (DMA): https://dma.mst.dk/. At the same site, the public can access, among other things, relevant information about environmental inspections and administrative enforcement. The digital portal for submission of applications for environmental permits is called Byg og Miljø and can be accessed at; https://www.bygogmiljoe.dk/
• The link to our webpage at the Environmental Agency of Denmark (Guidance on approval and reassessment; https://miljogodkendelsesvejledningen.dk/
•  Danish legislation can be found at; https://www.retsinformation.dk/  

Norway

• Norwegian permits and emission figures; Norske utslipp - Utslipp til luft og vann og generert avfall
• Guidance and permits; Slik søker du om tillatelse etter forurensningsloven - Miljødirektoratet (miljodirektoratet.no)
• Norwegian legislation can be found at; Lover - Lovdata

Iceland

• The link to our webpage at the Environment Agency of Iceland (general information regarding permits, application etc.); https://ust.is/atvinnulif/mengandi-starfsemi/
• The link to our public consultation page (applications received, draft permits under consultation, issued permits, other advertisements etc.); https://ust.is/atvinnulif/opinber-birting/
• The list of permits issued by the EAI; Umhverfisstofnun | Starfsleyfi (ust.is)
• Icelandic legislation can be found at; Lagasafn | Alþingi (althingi.is)

Sweden

• The Regional Licensing Boards provide information about the permitting process, for example the Regional Licensing Board at the County Administrative Board of Stockholm; Prövning av miljöfarlig verksamhet | Länsstyrelsen Stockholm (lansstyrelsen.se)
• Information about IED; Industriutsläppsdirektivet (IED) (naturvardsverket.se)
• General information about environmentally hazardous activities that only require notification to the supervisory authority; Environmental hazardous activities of Type C - Find Permit - verksamt.se
• There is no database where the public can access all permits. Permits that shall be made available to the public according to article 24 in IED is published by the Swedish EPA (Naturvårdsverket). Most decisions by the Land and Environment Court of Appeal are published by the court; Mark- och miljööverdomstolens avgöranden - Mark- och miljööverdomstolen vid Svea hovrätt
• The supervisory authorities can access a database where information reported by the operators is available (not accessible to the public); SMP Svenska MiljörapporteringsPortalen - Revision 954 (lansstyrelsen.se)
• Swedish legislation can be found at; Documents and laws - Riksdagen

Finland

• Database environmental permitting; https://ddei5-0-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fylupa.avi.fi%2fsv%2dFI&umid=C248EFE1-DBCF-8405-85DE-C81A0484C86C&auth=aa2a6666dadc3109e072cd23e72dcb4db4081a53-381a5f9ebede9abbfd3f6af442f11e96719c8d6d
• Here is also link to the place where you can do the actual application and send it to permit authority. It requires identification before you are able to start filling information needed and scroll through contents; https://sahkoinenasiointi.ahtp.fi/sv/palvelut?tyyppi=lupa 
• Finnish legislation can be found at; Translations of Finnish acts and decrees - FINLEX ®

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