Bill: easier takeover of properties for road and rail projects
Official title (in Danish): Forslag til lov om ændring af lov om offentlige veje m.v., jernbaneloven og forskellige andre love. (Lempeligere kriterier for borgeres mulighed for fremrykket overtagelse og ekspropriation, konsekvensændringer som følge af ny ekspropriationsproceslov m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What is proposed:
- The bill proposes to give owners of properties affected by state road and rail projects a better chance to have their property taken over before the ordinary expropriations take place.
- At the same time, the current rules on expropriation must refer to a new expropriation procedure act.
- Who would be affected: Owners of properties affected by state road and rail projects, and the authorities responsible for the facilities.
- When: The bill has not been passed yet.
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If the bill is passed:
- The owner can request that the minister takes over the property before the ordinary expropriations, when it is likely that the whole property will be taken over in the ordinary expropriations, including because the property is assessed to be particularly seriously affected. However, the minister will only consider the request if there is a specific budget legal basis (the rule in the law that gives the right to do something) to cover the costs. This applies to state road and rail facilities.
- The requirements that there must be a special case and that the property cannot be sold on normal terms are removed. Instead, the criterion is that it is likely that the whole property will be taken over in the ordinary expropriations, including because it is assessed to be particularly seriously affected.
- For state road and rail facilities, a property must be taken over in its entirety at the owner's request if, overall, it is assessed to be particularly seriously affected.
- The facility authority can only in special cases refer a decision on takeover to an appeals body or the courts.
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 er en genfremsættelse af et tidligere lovforslag, der bortfaldt ved folketingsvalget i 2026. Forslaget lemper kriterierne for, hvornår staten skal overtage ejendomme, der berøres af vej- eller jernbaneprojekter, så der i højere grad tages hensyn til gener og værditab for ejerne. Samtidig begrænses myndighedernes mulighed for at anke afgørelser til fordel for borgerne. Derudover gennemføres nødvendige konsekvensændringer i 77 love som følge af den nye ekspropriationsproceslov. 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
- PassedAwaiting the Danish Parliament
- Enters into forceThe date is not known yet