Bill: Compensation and fine ceiling for violations at large livestock farms
Official title (in Danish): Forslag til lov om ændring af lov om husdyrbrug og anvendelse af gødning m.v. (Gennemførelse af direktiv om ændring af direktiv om industrielle emissioner på husdyrbrugområdet)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What is proposed:
- The bill sets out special rules on compensation and limitation periods for harm to people's health from large livestock farms.
- It also proposes new rules for setting fines, with a ceiling of 3 percent of turnover for legal persons.
- Who would be affected: Managers of large livestock farms, companies that can be fined, and people whose health has been harmed.
- When: The bill has not been passed yet.
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If the bill is passed:
- A claim for compensation for health harm becomes time-barred after 3 years when a large livestock farm has violated certain rules.
- The time limit is counted from the day the violation ends. If the injured party did not know about the claim or who is liable for compensation, the time limit is counted only from the day they got or should have got knowledge of it.
- When a manager of a large livestock farm is to be fined for certain violations, weight must be given to the consideration of the people or environment affected by the violation, and to the violation's impact on the goal of a high level of protection of human health and the environment.
- A fine on a legal person (e.g. a company) for the violations mentioned can be no more than 3 percent of the annual turnover in the EU in the financial year before the year in which the fine was imposed.
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 gennemfører dele af EU-direktivet om industrielle emissioner på husdyrbrugsområdet. Der indføres særlige regler om erstatning og forældelsesfrister ved helbredsskader som følge af visse overtrædelser, og der fastsættes nye regler for bødeudmåling, herunder et bødeloft på 3 pct. af omsætningen for juridiske personer i de mest alvorlige sager. Forslaget 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 · 20 October 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: 1. beh./Henvist til udvalg
- PassedAwaiting the Danish Parliament
- Enters into forceThe date is not known yet