Bill: Telecom providers must pay for the Telecommunications Complaints Board and help the police
Official title (in Danish): Forslag til lov om ændring af lov om elektroniske kommunikationsnet og -tjenester og lov om radioudstyr og elektromagnetiske forhold. (Finansiering af Teleankenævnet, teleudbydernes bistand til politiet, tildeling af nummerressourcer til ikkeoffentlige elektroniske kommunikationsnet, afgørelser om forholdsmæssige foranstaltninger af midlertidig karakter og bemyndigelse til at fastsætte regler på området for radioudstyr og elektromagnetiske forhold m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What is proposed:
- The bill sets out that telecom companies must pay for running the Telecommunications Complaints Board.
- The Telecommunications Complaints Board is a private, independent board that handles consumers' complaints in the telecom area.
- Who would be affected: It will affect telecom companies as well as authorities and businesses that use their own, non-public networks.
- When: The bill has not been passed yet.
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If the bill is passed:
- Providers of telecommunications services pay the costs of running the Telecommunications Complaints Board.
- The Minister for Research, Higher Education and Digitalisation lays down rules on the payment.
- The duty to help the police, for example with access to information about telecom traffic, will apply to all providers of telecom networks and telecom services, not only those who supply end users.
- The Danish Agency for Digital Government may lay down rules on assigning numbers to authorities and businesses that use non-public networks for their own use, and may charge number fees from them.
Sources and original
Read the official text (in Danish) →
Source: the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Forslaget gennemfører en række ændringer af reglerne på teleområdet og udmønter dele af den telepolitiske aftale af 26. juni 2025. Aftalen blev indgået mellem den daværende regering (Socialdemokratiet, Venstre og Moderaterne) og Danmarksdemokraterne, Socialistisk Folkeparti, Liberal Alliance, Det Konservative Folkeparti, Enhedslisten, Dansk Folkeparti, Radikale Venstre og Alternativet. Forslaget har overordnet til formål at styrke forbrugerbeskyttelsen og skabe klare rammer for aktørerne på telemarkedet. Det indeholder blandt andet ændringer vedrørende finansiering, administration og myndighedernes opgaver på teleområdet. Derudover tilpasses reglerne på en række områder, blandt andet med henblik på at gennemføre EU-regler og sikre myndighederne relevante muligheder for at føre tilsyn og håndhæve reglerne. Forslaget indeholder også mindre konsekvensrettelser. Loven foreslås at træde i kraft den 1. januar 2027.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 7 October 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- 1. beh./Henvist til udvalg · 23 October 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: 1. beh./Henvist til udvalg
- PassedAwaiting the Danish Parliament
- Enters into forceThe date is not known yet