New rules on asbestos samples and penalties
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af lov om arbejdsmiljø og lov om udstationering af lønmodtagere m.v. (Ansattes adgang til oplysninger fra tredjepart om resultater af asbestprøver, fængselsstraf til personer i ledelsen i særlig grove sager, forhøjelse af bøden for udvalgte formelle overtrædelser m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The Minister for Employment will be able to set rules requiring employers to ensure that employees or the occupational health and safety organisation receive the results of asbestos samples directly from the party analysing the samples.
- An indicative level of imprisonment is introduced for management persons in particularly serious cases.
- A higher fine level is also introduced for larger companies for certain violations, namely failure to report work accidents and the building owner's violation of the rules on a safety and health plan.
- Who: The rules apply to employers, building owners, company management and employees.
- When: Section 1, no. 1 entered into force on 1 July 2026. The rest of the Act entered into force on 1 March 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)
Med lovforslaget bemyndiges beskæftigelsesministeren til at kunne fastsætte regler om arbejdsgivers pligt til at sikre ansattes adgang til oplysninger direkte fra en tredjepart om resultater af asbestprøver, f.eks. i form af en QR-kode. Derudover indføres et vejledende niveau for fængselsstraf i særlig grove tilfælde af overtrædelser af arbejdsmiljølovgivningen, herunder ved særligt grove overtrædelser af asbestreglerne eller ved overtrædelser, der har medført en ulykke med døden til følge eller andre meget alvorlige følger. Endelig indføres der med lovforslaget et forhøjet bødeniveau for større virksomheder ved visse arbejdsmiljøovertrædelser, ligesom revisionsklausulen i udstationeringsloven forlænges.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 17 December 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 19 February 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 24 February 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Partly entered into force · 1 March 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Fully in force · 1 July 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet