In forceWork and employment
Protective equipment must meet EU regulation from 2016
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om anvendelse af personlige værnemidler
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The employer must make sure that personal protective equipment meets the requirements of an EU regulation from 2016.
- Before, it said that the equipment had to follow a Danish rule on safety requirements.
- Employers and trade unions can still agree how they share the costs of work clothing and protective footwear.
- This does not apply to protective equipment in category III of the EU regulation.
- Before, that exception referred to a Danish rule from 1996.
- The rule on protective equipment that came onto the market before 1 July 1995 has been removed.
- The penal provision only mentions orders, not prohibitions.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
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- Issued · 29 June 2026
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 30 June 2026
- In force · 1 July 2026