Regulation (2015:400) on Marine Planning.

The Regulation, made under section 10 of Chapter 4 of the Swedish Environmental Code, concerns sea plans as referred to in section 10. sea plans shall be prepared for specified areas and a proposal for a plan shall contain 1. a map that accounts a) the basic features of the use of the sea area; b) the areas within the marine area that are of national interest according to Chapter 3 of the Environmental Code, and (c) other general interests of major importance; and 2. a plan description that should (a) indicate the direction of use of the marine area; b) state and describe the areas within the marine area that are of national interest according to Chapter 3 of the Environmental Code c) account for other general interests of significant importance, the current use of the marine area and the planning conditions in general that the plan takes into account, d) account for the considerations underlying the plan; e) indicate how issues of incompatible purposes should be resolved, and f) clearly present the meaning and consequences of the use of the marine area according to the plan.
The plan shall be prepared by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management in collaboration with specified public bodies including the Swedish Board of Agriculture and county administrations. There may also be international collaboration. In its work on proposals for sea plans, the sea and water authority shall apply an ecosystem approach. In its work on proposals for sea plans, the Agency shall apply an ecosystem approach. Provisions on strategic environmental assessments of plans and programs can be found in Chapter 6 of the Environmental Code and the Environmental Assessment Regulation (2017: 966). The plan shall be adopted by the Government.