The Macolin Convention was adopted by the Council of Europe back in 2014, with the main goal of protecting the integrity and ethics of sports and combatting the manipulation of results.
Subsequently coming into force in 2019, the Convention currently includes 34 countries as signees, 22 of which are European Member States. Sweden is not a part of it as of yet.
However, the government of Sweden through its Ministry of Social Affairs has assessed that the country meets the requirements to become the latest member of the Convention.
According to the Ministry, Sweden does not need additional constitutional amendments to ratify the international framework, and can move to accession without the approval of Riksdag, which Spelinspektionen wholeheartedly agreed with.
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