Purpose and scope
section 1 of this regulation provides for State aid to
non-profit organisations whose main activity is to
carry out preventive measures to reduce tobacco use in
Sweden or the harmful effects of gambling in
Sweden.
The purpose of the State aid is to support such organisations
activity.
Conditions for State aid
2 § contributions may, subject to availability of funds, are submitted to a
non-profit organization
1. is a legal person,
2. is a nationwide organization whose activities are directed
to practitioners at regional or local level, or is a
organization that carries out activities of national interest,
3. has adopted bylaws and in its operations respects the
democratic ideas, including gender equity, equality and
prohibition of discrimination,
4. has as main activities to pursue preventive
work in the tobacco area or field of gambling,
5. has engaged in preventive activities in the tobacco sector
or gambling for at least two years, and
6. operate its business against established objectives and expected
results and has established a plan, for a period of two years
or more, which describes what activities your organization
plan to implement to solve identified problems
and how the work will be followed up.
paragraph 3 of the Contribution cannot be left to an organization that has
liabilities for Swedish taxes or fees in
Enforcement authority or which are in liquidation or
bankrupt.
Contributions must not be made to an organization that has
a State Organization's contribution in a different form for the
current grant year.
section 4 grants may also be provided to organizations that do not
meets the conditions set out in paragraph 2 of 2 or 5, if there is
specific reasons for such a test. it should At
particular attention shall be paid to the needs of the renewal work
within the area in which the organization operates.
The form of State aid
§ 5 the contributions take the form of organizational contributions.
Application
section 6 of the public health agency examines the issues of State aid under
This regulation.
section 7 A the grant application must have been submitted to the
The public health agency no later than 30 september of the year preceding
grant year or at the latest at the later date as
The public health agency decided.
section 8 application for refund shall be made on a form
comply with a form that the public health agency
sets.
Application must be signed by an authorized
representatives of the organization applying for the grant. In
the application shall be certified that the information given there is
real.
§ 9 the application shall include the
1. the applicant organization's statutes or Charter,
2. documents showing who has the right to
represent the Association,
3. operational and management report, balance sheet and
income statement and the auditor's report for the
the previous fiscal year, and
5. whether the applicant has requested or obtained
other State organisational contribution.
section 10 the applicant shall submit to the public health agency also other
documents and particulars as the authority requires to
be able to examine the application.
section 11 if the applicant does not provide the documents or information
as follows from paragraphs 8 and 9, the applicant shall be given the opportunity to
complement the application within a specified time. If the applicant does not comply with
a call to supplement the application, it may be tested in
as-is.
Decision
section 12 of the public health agency will be in a decision on grants, indicate the
conditions for the grant. The decision shall also
contain an indication of the provisions in the 14, 15 and 18
§§.
paragraph 13 of the decision on funding must refer to a particular premium years. A
Premium years refers to a calendar year. The public health authority
decision on the organisation contributions in only one time during
a calendar year.
Accounting
section 14 of an organization that has received the Organization's contribution
is required by 30 april of the year following the grant year
the public health authority with a financial report and
a statement of what funds have been used to.
An auditor shall certify that the accounts are reliable,
accounts accurate and applicable regulations
and conditions etc. have been followed. The auditor's report on
the review shall be attached to the report. If the contribution has
received amounted to at least five price base amounts under 2
Cape. 6 and 7 of the social code, should the review
be made by an authorized or certified public accountant.
section 15, an organization which has received grants under this
Regulation, except as provided in section 14 required, on
the request of the public health agency, leaving the authority the
supporting documents required for the audit of financial statements.
section 16 of the public health agency shall annually not later than 30 september
to the Government, submit a consolidated presentation of the respective
State aid area. The report shall indicate the that
a contribution and with the amount. In addition, the
report contain a summary of the
Government grant use in relation to the grant
purpose.
The health authority shall every two years, beginning in 2017,
at the same time also provide Government an assessment of the
effects in relation to the purposes referred to in paragraph 1.
Payout
section 17 of the contributions shall be paid in advance by a quarter per
quarter of the year.
Refund
18 § the recipient of a grant under this regulation are
repayment required if
1. the recipient of the contribution by providing incorrect information
or otherwise have caused that contribution has been provided
improperly or with excessive amounts,
2. the contribution of the other reasons given incorrectly or for
high amount and the recipient should have known this,
3. the contribution is not used, in whole or in part, or
the organization no longer mainly engaged in
preventive work in the field organisation
awarded grant for.
4. the recipient does not submit such documents and dossiers
referred to in paragraphs 14 and 15, or
5. terms and conditions of the order have not been met.
section 19 of the public health agency should decide to fully or partially
claim back the contribution, if the beneficiary is
the repayment obligation referred to in section 18.
Appeal
section 20 of the health authority's decision under this regulation,
not subject to appeal.
Transitional provisions
2015:456
1. this Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 2015.
2. this Regulation shall apply for the first time in the case of
State subsidies for the grant year 2016.