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Boverket. National Board of Housing, Building and Planning. To handbook start page Boverket National Board of Housing, Building and Planning

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Regulations and products

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    Regulation hierarchy – from law to general recommendation

    Read about the description of what regulations are and of the regulation hierarchy in Sweden.

    Regulatory hierarchy

    PCPC, Construction Products Regulation contact point

    The Swedish PCPC helps economic operators to orient themselves between technical  regulations and the Swedish legal system
    CPR contact point

    PBL introduction course

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    This is an introduction course to The Planning and Building act (PBL). In the first part, we give a general introduction to the PBL, followed by four parts – the comprehensive plan, detailed development plan, building permit and construction process and supervision.

    PBL introduction course in English

    Recent publications

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