Supervising Authority

According to the Ordinance (2006:311) on carriage of dangerous goods, the Coast Guard is the supervising authority for maritime transports of dangerous goods.

The supervising authorities for the carriage of dangerous goods for the various modes of transport often cooperate in inspections as so many transports are multimodal (are accomplished via more than one mode of transport). In addition to the Swedish Transport Agency and the Coast Guard, the other supervising authorities are: the Swedish Police and Swedish Customs. The  Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency is the coordinating agency and supervisory authority with regard to safety advisers. Cooperation meetings among the agencies are called SAMTILL. For more information, visit the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency’s website.