Register for Governmental Approval of Financial Obligations

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The Register for Governmental Approval of Financial Obligations (in Norwegian Register om betinget godkjenning og kontroll, often shortened to ROBEK) is a

Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development in order to be valid. Budgets must be approved by either the ministry or the County Governor.[1]

The registry was introduced in 2001. Prior to this, all counties and municipalities were required to have any debt and long-term contracts approved. The new law narrowed this to local divisions with an economic imbalance.

lay-offs to get out of the registry. Increasing revenue through property taxes have generally been opposed by the local politicians.[4]

The rules determining whether a county will be entered into ROBEK are described in §60 of the law of municipalities and counties.[5] According to this law, a county or municipality will be entered into the ROBEK registry if at least one of the following four criteria are met:

  • a) The municipality or county council pass a budget where not all expenditures have been covered.
  • b) The municipality or county council pass an economy plan where not all expenditures have been covered.
  • c) The municipality or county council resolve that an account deficit will be covered in future budget years.
  • d) The municipality or county do not follow their plan for covering a deficit.

As of August 2010, there are 48 municipalities in the ROBEK registry.[6]

Budgetary troubles which land a municipality in the ROBEK registry are sometimes due to incurred losses from a large event, for example

Tall Ships' Races,[7] and Narvik and Hattfjelldal were entered into ROBEK after the Terra Securities scandal.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Consequences for registered municipalities and county municipalities". Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  2. ^ "Kommuner skylder peng" (in Norwegian). NRK Sami radio. 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  3. ^ Gulldahl, Gudrun; Solheim, Camilla (2009-09-29). "Sørreisa på svarteliste?" (in Norwegian). folkebladet.no. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  4. ^ "Kommuner som har gått ut av ROBEK-lista - ECON-rapport 2006" (PDF). Kommunesektorens interesse- og arbeidsgiverorganisasjon. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  5. ^ "Lov om kommuner og fylkeskommuner (kommuneloven)" (in Norwegian). lovdata. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  6. ^ "Municipalities in the Register ROBEK". Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  7. ^ Løset, Oddleif (2009-02-02). "Vågsøy vart åttande ROBEK-kommune" (in Norwegian). NRK Sogn og Fjordane. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  8. ^ Salater, Roy-Arne (2009-09-08). "Terra-kommuner på svartelisten" (in Norwegian). TV2 nyhetene. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
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