2025-04-242024/25:NU17 · p.6NUBusiness & energy
Measures against unscrupulous businesses
National coordination and blacklist against dishonest companies in public procurement
What's at stake: There is currently no national coordination among municipalities, regions and agencies in public procurement, which means dishonest companies and criminal actors excluded in one area can continue winning contracts elsewhere, with consequences for working conditions and public funds.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The motions called for the government to examine national coordination among procuring authorities and a blacklist of dishonest companies in public procurement, while the committee held that measures already taken and under way against crime in business make further initiatives unnecessary.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee rejects the motions, pointing out that the government has already taken several measures against crime in business, including giving the Companies Registration Office expanded powers to check the business register, tougher penalties for company hijacking and straw-man offences, higher fees for late annual reports, and extra funding for coordinated supplier vetting in public procurement and for the Competition Authority's work on abnormally low tenders.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 15 (V)
The reserving party (V) wants the government to examine a system that all procuring authorities and state and municipal companies would have to take part in, and the establishment of a blacklist of dishonest companies, pointing out that the lack of national coordination lets dishonest and criminal companies found out in one area keep operating elsewhere and undermine decent working conditions.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 15 by V.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
What each plan points to — and how the party voted
For each party: the vote its own election manifesto and party programme point to in this case, next to how the party actually voted. A plan can only point to Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| Plan | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | No 0/19/0/5 | follows the plan | confidence: high | explicit |
| S | No | Abstain 0/0/90/16 | departs from the plan | confidence: high | explicit |
| MP | No | Yes 13/0/0/5 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | Abstain 0/0/21/3 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | derived |
| L | No | Yes 12/0/0/4 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| KD | No | Yes 14/0/0/5 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | No | Yes 58/0/0/10 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
| SD | No | Yes 63/0/0/9 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions 2024/25:62 by Nooshi Dadgostar et al. (V) claim 27, 2024/25:729 by Amalia Rud Stenlöf and Mattias Jonsson (both S), 2024/25:2467 by Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist et al. (C) claim 37 and 2024/25:3194 by Mikael Damberg et al. (S) claim 3.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2024/25:62 av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V) yrkande 27, 2024/25:729 av Amalia Rud Stenlöf och Mattias Jonsson (båda S), 2024/25:2467 av Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist m.fl. (C) yrkande 37 och 2024/25:3194 av Mikael Damberg m.fl. (S) yrkande 3.
Riksdag decision: A national cash ban should be introduced in the trade of iron and metal waste. That is the view of the Riksdag, which decided to urge the government in a formal request (tillkännagivande) to take measures to introduce such a ban. The purpose of allowing only digital payments is to make it easier to control suspected waste handling and to make it harder for organized crime. The formal request was made in connection with the Riksdag's consideration of approximately 150 proposals on business policy in motions from the general motion period in 2024. The Riksdag rejected the other motions, partly with reference to ongoing work.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to improve information about starting businesses, review Almi's mandate to reach smaller companies, and create possibilities for capital provision during business transitions. (V) — Reservation 15
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The party programme explicitly wants to tackle unscrupulous companies so that all who work have real wages and conditions, and demands greater public transparency in companies to combat fraud.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme explicitly wants to tackle unscrupulous companies so that all who work have real wages and conditions, and demands greater public transparency in companies to combat fraud. A common system for all procuring government agencies and companies as well as a blacklist of unscrupulous companies is precisely the coordination needed for that. The election manifesto also requires collective agreements in public procurement.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet vill uttryckligen ta itu med oseriösa företag så att alla som arbetar har riktiga löner och villkor, och kräver större samhällelig insyn i företag för att stävja fusk. Ett gemensamt system för alla upphandlande myndigheter och bolag samt en svart lista över oseriösa företag är just den samordning som behövs för det. Valmanifestet ställer dessutom krav på kollektivavtal vid offentliga upphandlingar.
- deal with unscrupulous companiesdecisive»Vi vill också stärka arbetsrätten och ta itu med oseriösa« (party programme ↗)“We also want to strengthen labor law and deal with unscrupulous”
- transparency to combat fraud»Vi vill gå mot en större samhällelig insyn« (party programme ↗)“We want to move toward greater public transparency”
- collective agreements in procurement»Vänsterpartiet ställer krav på kollektivavtal vid offentliga upphandlingar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party requires collective agreements in public procurement.”
- protect serious companies»fifflet leder till att seriösa företag slås ut och skatteintäkter uteblir.« (party programme ↗)“the fraud leads to serious companies being eliminated and tax revenue disappearing.”
The election manifesto requires action against workplace crime and that public employers and procurers should be leaders in working for sound competition, while welfare crime and tax fraud must be stopped.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto requires action against workplace crime and that public employers and procurers should be leaders in working for sound competition, while welfare crime and tax fraud must be stopped. A common system for all procuring authorities and enterprises as well as a list of disreputable enterprises is a direct expression of that commitment. The plan also wants competition protected through effective legislation.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver krafttag mot arbetslivskriminaliteten och att offentliga arbetsgivare och upphandlare ska vara föredömen i att verka för en sund konkurrens, samtidigt som välfärdsbrottslighet och skattefusk ska stoppas. Ett gemensamt system för alla upphandlande myndigheter och bolag samt en förteckning över oseriösa företag är ett direkt uttryck för det åtagandet. Planen vill också att konkurrensen skyddas genom effektiv lagstiftning.
- sound competition in procurementdecisive»offentliga arbetsgivare och upphandlare ska vara föredömen i att verka för en sund konkurrens« (2022 manifesto ↗)“public employers and procurers should be leaders in working for sound competition”
- crime should never pay»Det ska aldrig löna sig att begå brott eller skaffa sig konkurrensfördelar genom att försumma de anställdas rätt till en trygg arbetsmiljö« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It should never pay to commit crimes or gain competitive advantages by neglecting employees' right to a safe working environment”
- stop welfare crime»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering must be stopped”
- effective competition legislation»konkurrenslagstiftning ska motverka monopol och koncentration« (party programme ↗)“competition legislation should counteract monopoly and concentration”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The election manifesto wants to strengthen inter-agency cooperation so that agencies can strike at the businesses of organized crime from multiple angles.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto wants to strengthen inter-agency cooperation so that agencies can strike at the businesses of organized crime from multiple angles. The party programme states that all actors in the economy have a responsibility to take ethical and social considerations and that requirements on social conditions and working environment shall be placed in procurements. A common system for procuring agencies and a list of disreputable companies follows from this.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet vill stärka myndighetssamverkan så att myndigheterna kan slå till mot den organiserade brottslighetens företag från flera håll. Partiprogrammet slår fast att alla aktörer i ekonomin har ett ansvar att ta etiska och sociala hänsyn och att krav på sociala villkor och arbetsmiljö ska ställas i upphandlingar. Ett gemensamt system för upphandlande myndigheter och en lista över oseriösa företag följer av detta.
- coordination against criminal businessesdecisive»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop the financing of criminal gangs by strengthening inter-agency cooperation”
- ethical responsibility in business»Alla aktörer i ekonomin har ett ansvar att ta etiska,« (party programme ↗)“All actors in the economy have a responsibility to take ethical,”
- social requirements in procurement»krav ställas vad gäller miljö, sociala villkor samt« (party programme ↗)“requirements placed on environment, social conditions and”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan demands action against crimes that harm businesses and that business gets competition-neutral regulations, which speaks for unserious operators not being able to move between places and compete out serious businesses.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan demands action against crimes that harm businesses and that business gets competition-neutral regulations, which speaks for unserious operators not being able to move between places and compete out serious businesses. A coordinated system for procuring agencies thus aligns with the plan's direction. At the same time, the plan's rule-of-law principle demands that a blacklist is lawfully sound, which makes the support weak.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver krafttag mot brott som drabbar företag och att näringslivet får konkurrensneutrala regelverk, vilket talar för att oseriösa aktörer inte ska kunna flytta mellan orter och konkurrera ut seriösa företag. Ett samordnat system för upphandlande myndigheter ligger därför i planens riktning. Samtidigt kräver planens rättsstatsprincip att en svart lista är rättssäker, vilket gör stödet svagt.
- action against crimes against businessesdecisive»krafttag mot brott emot företag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“action against crimes against businesses”
- competition-neutral conditions»Viktigt är också att näringslivet får konkurrensneutrala regelverk« (party programme ↗)“Important is also that business gets competition-neutral regulation.”
- against criminal networks»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society shall not give in to gangs.”
- legal certainty»Rättsstaten och individens rättigheter gentemot staten måste försvaras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The rule of law and the individual's rights vis-à-vis the state must be defended.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The party programme demands that laws and rules protect competition on equal terms and legal security, and notes that private power can also be abused.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme demands that laws and rules protect competition on equal terms and legal security, and notes that private power can also be abused. A coordinated system that prevents dishonest companies from continuing to operate in another location is in line with this. The plan at the same time demands a small business perspective and that new rules be tested for legal security, which calls for caution with blacklisting.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet kräver att lagar och regler slår vakt om konkurrens på lika villkor och rättssäkerhet, och konstaterar att även privat makt kan missbrukas. Ett samordnat system som hindrar oseriösa företag från att fortsätta verka på annan ort ligger i linje med detta. Planen kräver samtidigt småföretagarperspektiv och att nya regler prövas rättssäkert, vilket manar till försiktighet med svartlistning.
- competition on equal termsdecisive»slå vakt om äganderätt, konkurrens på lika villkor, rättssäkerhet« (party programme ↗)“protect property rights, competition on equal terms, legal security”
- rules against power abuse»Även den privata makten kan missbrukas.« (party programme ↗)“Private power can also be abused.”
- small business perspective in decisions»offentliga beslut analyseras ur småföretagarperspektiv« (party programme ↗)“public decisions are analysed from a small business perspective”
- legal security testing of rules»Alla nya lagförslag ska analyseras ur integritetssynpunkt.« (party programme ↗)“All new legislative proposals shall be analysed from an integrity perspective.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The election manifesto requires a complete review of confidentiality regulations so that authorities can share information between them to prevent and solve crimes - which is exactly the national coordination the counter-proposal seeks.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto requires a complete review of confidentiality regulations so that authorities can share information between them to prevent and solve crimes - which is exactly the national coordination the counter-proposal seeks. The plan also states that effective competition policy shall prevent unfair competition and that all crimes shall be prosecuted without exception. A common system for procuring authorities and companies follows from these commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver en total översyn av sekretessreglerna så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott - vilket är precis den nationella samordning motförslaget efterlyser. Planen slår dessutom fast att en effektiv konkurrenspolitik ska motverka illojal konkurrens och att alla brott ska beivras utan undantag. Ett gemensamt system för upphandlande myndigheter och bolag följer av dessa åtaganden.
- authorities shall share informationdecisive»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Complete review of confidentiality regulations, so that authorities can share information between them to prevent and solve crimes.”
- prevent unfair competition»effektiv konkurrenspolitik motverkar oligopol, monopol och illojal konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“effective competition policy prevents oligopoly, monopoly and unfair competition.”
- all crimes shall be prosecuted»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be efficiently and without exception prosecuted”
- state oversight of market ethics»lagstiftningen och en god etik upprätthålls på marknaden.« (party programme ↗)“legislation and good ethics are maintained on the market.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan wants to map crimes against companies, stop payments of tax funds to undesired recipients and get at the billions that every year disappear to fraudsters and criminals.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to map crimes against companies, stop payments of tax funds to undesired recipients and get at the billions that every year disappear to fraudsters and criminals. The counter-proposal's requirement for a joint system for procuring agencies and companies and a blacklist of disreputable company is precisely a tool to prevent criminal actors from receiving tax funds. The plan also generally wants to remove secrecy barriers that complicate detection.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill kartlägga brott mot företag, stoppa utbetalningar av skattemedel till oönskade mottagare och komma åt de miljarder som varje år försvinner till fuskare och kriminella. Motförslagets krav på ett gemensamt system för upphandlande myndigheter och bolag och en svart lista över oseriösa företag är just ett verktyg för att hindra kriminella aktörer från att få del av skattemedel. Planen vill också generellt riva sekretesshinder som försvårar upptäckt.
- map crimes against companiesdecisive»Ge Brå i uppdrag att kartlägga brott mot företag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Instruct Brå to map crimes against companies”
- stop the leak of tax funds(2022 manifesto)
- control over recipients of tax funds»Stoppa utbetalningar av skattemedel till extremister« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop payments of tax funds to extremists”
- information sharing against crime»Undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all secrecy barriers between social services and police”
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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan requires that both fraud and systems that entice fraud and corruption be countered, and points out that organized crime strikes against business people.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that both fraud and systems that entice fraud and corruption be countered, and points out that organized crime strikes against business people. It wishes to improve the justice system's collaboration and tools for detecting criminals. A joint control system for procuring authorities and a list of disreputable businesses follow from these commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att både fusk och sådana system som lockar till fusk och korruption motverkas, och pekar ut att den organiserade kriminaliteten slår mot företagare. Den vill förbättra rättsväsendets samverkan och verktyg för att upptäcka kriminella. Ett gemensamt kontrollsystem för upphandlande myndigheter och en lista över oseriösa företag följer av dessa åtaganden.
- counter fraud and corruptiondecisive»Både fusk och sådana system som tenderar att locka till fusk och korruption ska motverkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both fraud and such systems as tend to entice fraud and corruption shall be countered.”
- combat crime against business people»Bekämpa brottslighet som drabbar företagare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat crime that strikes business people.”
- organized crime in business»Men också den organiserade kriminaliteten slår mot många företagare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“But also organized crime strikes against many business people.”
- better authority collaboration»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system's collaboration between authorities and tools for detecting and prosecuting criminals shall be improved.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2024/25:NU17)
- Committee report full text (HC01NU17)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2024/25:1157 — Stopp för konkurrens från det offentliga av Larry Söder (KD)
- Motion 2024/25:1306 — Införande av konkurrenskraftsindex av Larry Söder (KD)
- Motion 2024/25:1369 — Svenskt fiske och vattenbruk av Martin Kinnunen m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1395 — Jordbruk - ökad konkurrenskraft utan förlust av biologisk mångfald av Martin Kinnunen m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1398 — Cirkulär ekonomi av Martin Kinnunen m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1445 — Forskning i världsklass av Patrick Reslow m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1450 — Turism och besöksnäring av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1451 — Svensk innovationskraft och immaterialrätt av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1452 — Stärkande av life science-sektorn inom näringslivet av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1455 — Nästa generation företagare av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1456 — Näringspolitikens inriktning av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1457 — Mineralpolitik för en stark gruvnäring av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1459 — Konkurrensbegränsning av näringslivet av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1460 — Kapitalförsörjning och riskkapital av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1461 — Incitament för tillväxt av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1462 — Hårdare reglering av handel med metallskrot av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1464 — En tillväxtorienterad politik för industrilandet Sverige av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1466 — En handelspolitik för tillväxt av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1467 — En framtidsinriktad it-politik av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1468 — Det svenska stålet av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
Source: The Swedish Parliament