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Proposal: the government must make online sales of over-the-counter medicine legal

Parliamentary resolution · B 48 (2026-27) · Sundheds- og KirkeministerietOfficial title (in Danish)

Official title (in Danish): Forslag til folket­ings­beslut­ning om at lovliggøre facilitering og salg af håndkøbsmedicin via digitale platforme og leveringstjenester

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In short

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  • Proposed by: Liberal Alliance (Freja Brandhøj and Alex Vanopslagh)
  • What is proposed: The proposal calls on the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) to require the government to introduce a bill that makes it legal to facilitate and sell over-the-counter medicine through digital platforms and delivery services.
  • Who would be affected: The proposal is about users and registered shops that buy and sell over-the-counter medicine through digital delivery services.
  • When: The proposal has not been adopted yet. A proposal for a parliamentary resolution is not an act and does not change the rules by itself. If the Danish Parliament adopts it, it is usually a call on the government to act.

Written by AI from verbatim quotes from the source and checked by code and AI. Dates, tables and the fact box are calculated by fixed rules. Unofficial translation. Always read the original.

What the proposal says:

  • The government must introduce a bill in the 2025-26 parliamentary year.
  • The bill must make it legal to facilitate and sell over-the-counter medicine through digital platforms and delivery services.
  • The purpose is for users and registered shops to have access, through digital delivery services, to a more flexible and secure way of buying and selling over-the-counter medicine.

Sources and original

Official title (in Danish)Forslag til folket­ings­beslut­ning om at lovliggøre facilitering og salg af håndkøbsmedicin via digitale platforme og leveringstjenester

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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)

Source: the Official Report of the Danish Parliament (Folketingstidende) and ft.dk

Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.

Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)

Forslaget går ud på, at lovliggøre facilitering og salg af håndkøbsmedicin via digitale platforme og leveringstjenester, så brugere og registrerede butikker via digitale leveringstjenester har adgang til et mere fleksibelt og sikkert køb og salg af håndkøbsmedicin. Forslaget er en genfremsættelse af B 113, 2024-25.

Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.

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  1. Introduced · 10 November 2026
    Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
    Folketingets Åbne Data – sagstrin: fremsættelse
  2. 1st reading
    The date is not known yet
  3. Adopted or rejected
    Awaiting the Danish Parliament