Hello.
 
I am proposing an amendment to the Law on Societies in the part that defines the status of a public interest society. The general provisions are defined in the Law on Societies, which allows the details around the granting of this status to be defined in the sectoral laws for the areas listed in the law, and I do not think that any of them have been left out.  The procedure, which may of course be different for each area, is burdensome in terms of paperwork and costs and seems to me to be generally unnecessary, even in the context of the work carried out by civil servants, and I therefore propose that it be abolished in its current form. I therefore also propose to relieve the burden on the civil service and civil servants. As I have looked into the matter myself, the status in question gives the associations only two advantages, namely priority points when competing in public competitions and the possibility of transferring part of the income tax to these associations. I propose that these benefits be made available to all associations that do not have a legal person as a founder or co-founder and that, in future, we put an end to the unnecessary submission and quasi-processing of applications for the status of public-interest association. At the same time, we will abolish a number of sectoral regulations that define this matter. I believe that the very establishment of a society demonstrates an interest in acting in the public interest, without unnecessary further complication.