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The Danish Environmental Protection Agency now handles the tasks under the executive order on air pollution
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om nedbringelse af emissioner af svovldioxid, nitrogenoxider, flygtige organiske forbindelser, fine partikler og ammoniak
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The tasks under the executive order now lie with the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Miljøstyrelsen).
- Previously they lay with the Minister for Environment.
- This applies, among other things, to the programme for combating air pollution, the consultation and announcement of the programme, and the emission inventories.
- Announcements are now made on the Danish Environmental Protection Agency's website, www.mst.dk.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 15 September 2026.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
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- Issued · 31 August 2026
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 8 September 2026
- In force · 15 September 2026