Bill: stricter control of company registrations and advisers
Official title (in Danish): Forslag til lov om ændring af selskabsloven, erhvervsvirksomhedsloven og forskellige andre love. (Styrket indsats over for bagmænd og facilitatorer som følge af »Den Sorte Svane«, implementering af ændringsdirektiv vedrørende digitale værktøjer og processer inden for selskabsret og ændring af regler om transaktioner med nærtstående m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What is proposed:
- The Danish Business Authority can immediately close a registrant's access to make registrations that lead to instant digital decisions, if the authority has a justified suspicion of misuse of the IT system.
- The registrant can still make registrations in the IT system, but the case is taken out for manual case handling.
- When: The bill has not been passed yet.
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If the bill is passed:
- Persons and companies that must carry out customer due diligence under the Money Laundering Act have a stricter responsibility to ensure that a registration or notification is lawfully made. This includes identifying and verifying the identity of the customer who gave the authorisation to make the registration or notification.
- In special cases, when the Danish Business Authority requests information, the authority can require a declaration from an expert on the accuracy of certain information, for example that the capital base is in place, that the information on beneficial owners is correct, and that management is exercising actual management. The authority appoints the expert on the company's behalf, whereas under the current rules the company itself obtained the declaration from an approved auditor, a lawyer or another expert.
Sources and original
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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 skal styrke indsatsen mod økonomisk kriminalitet som opfølgning på TV 2-dokumentaren »Den Sorte Svane«. Forslaget skærper kontrollen med personer og virksomheder, der anmelder selskabsoplysninger til Erhvervsstyrelsen, og indfører et øget ansvar for professionelle rådgivere som advokater og revisorer, når de medvirker til selskabsregistreringer. Forslaget indebærer desuden, at kapitalejere kan holdes ansvarlige for medvirken til ulovlige registreringer eller anmeldelser, og at Erhvervsstyrelsen får mulighed for at udpege en sagkyndig til at undersøge rigtigheden af selskabsoplysninger. Herudover udvides sanktionsmulighederne over for revisorer, og reglerne for generhvervelse af en revisorgodkendelse efter frakendelse skærpes. Forslaget gennemfører samtidig EU-direktiv om digitale værktøjer og processer inden for selskabsret og justerer reglerne om børsnoterede selskabers vederlagspolitikker og transaktioner med nærtstående parter for at bringe dansk ret i overensstemmelse med EU-reglerne.
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