The state gets more control over shelters and safe rooms
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af lov om beskyttelsesrum og CER-loven (Styrkede beføjelser og tilsynsforanstaltninger på beskyttelsesrumsområdet m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The act gives the minister for societal security and preparedness more powers over shelters and safe rooms.
- It also strengthens supervision and introduces fixed reporting from municipalities every four years.
- Who: The act applies to municipalities, which may be required to build public shelters and must carry out supervision and reporting. It also applies to owners of new buildings where safe rooms may need to be built, and to the Danish Agency for Societal Security, which supervises the municipalities. The act has no administrative consequences for citizens.
- When: Section 1 entered into force on 1 February 2026. The rest of the Act entered into force on 29 January 2026.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Lovforslaget har navnlig til formål at gennemføre de ændringer af lov om beskyttelsesrum, som eftersynet af reglerne på området har givet anledning til. Denne del af lovforslaget indebærer for det første en styrkelse af ministeren for samfundssikkerhed og beredskabs beføjelser på beskyttelsesrumsområdet, herunder i forhold til at kunne styre udviklingen i kapaciteten på området. For det andet har lovforslaget til formål at skabe mere klarhed om de gældende regler om bl.a. fastsættelse af klargøringsvarsel for offentlige beskyttelsesrum og sikringsrum. Herudover foreslås en styrkelse af tilsynet med overholdelse af reguleringen på området, og at der indføres en række indberetningspligter for kommunerne. Lovforslagets anden del har til formål at ændre bilaget til lov om kritiske enheders modstandsdygtighed (CER-loven), som implementer Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets direktiv (EU) 2022/2557 af 14. december 2022 om kritiske enheders modstandsdygtighed og om ophævelse af Rådets direktiv 2008/114/EF (CER-direktivet) i dansk ret. Ved en fejl blev tre enhedskategorier under sektor 5, Sundhed, fra bilaget til CER-direktivet nemlig ikke medtaget i bilaget til CER-loven. Det retter lovforslaget op på, således de tre enhedskategorier medtages i loven.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 7 November 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 22 January 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 27 January 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Partly entered into force · 29 January 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Fully in force · 1 February 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet