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Machinery: The Danish Business Authority takes over tasks, and certain blade attachments for brush cutters are banned
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om supplerende bestemmelser til Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets forordning om maskiner
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- It is now the Danish Business Authority that can appoint notified bodies, instead of the Danish Safety Technology Authority.
- It is prohibited to place on the market blade-type cutting equipment consisting of several connected metal parts for portable hand-held brush cutters.
- Machinery and related products covered by an implementing act under Article 25c(2) of the Machinery Regulation must bear a notice that they are crisis-relevant goods, in Danish or English.
- When: The executive order will enter into force on 20 January 2027.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
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- Issued · 3 November 2026
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 4 November 2026
- Enters into force · 20 January 2027In 77 days