Bill: 18 age limit for sunbeds and age checks at sale
Official title (in Danish): Forslag til lov om ændring af lov om solarier, lov om forbud mod salg af tobak og alkohol til personer under 18 år og forskellige andre love. (18-årsaldersgrænse for solariebrug samt styrket alderskontrol og indsats mod nikotin m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What is proposed:
- The bill proposes that sunbeds must not be made available to people under 18.
- It also proposes that physical shops may use electronic age verification when selling tobacco, nicotine and alcohol.
- From now on this is an option, not a requirement, and shops no longer have to only ask for ID when they are in doubt.
- Who would be affected: Sunbed users and owners of sunbed centres, shops selling tobacco, nicotine and alcohol, producers and importers of tobacco substitutes, and patients with life-threatening illness.
- When: The bill has not been passed yet.
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If the bill is passed:
- Sunbeds must not be made available to people under 18.
- Sunbeds of UV type 1 and UV type 2 must not be used, but sunbeds in staffed sunbed centres that were acquired before 1 January 2027 are exempt. The owner must still inform users that it is not advisable to use them without first consulting a doctor.
- Tobacco substitutes must be notified to the Danish Business Authority before they may be marketed, the health warning must from now on be in Danish, and there may be more warnings on the product (today there is only one).
- The deadline for the region to inform patients with life-threatening illness about treatment options changes from 8 weekdays to 10 calendar days after the hospital has received the referral.
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)
Lovforslaget udmønter de forebyggelsesinitiativer fra kræftplan V, som forudsætter lovgivning. Lovforslaget indfører en 18-årsaldersgrænse for solariebrug, så offentligt tilgængelige solarier ikke må stilles til rådighed for personer under 18 år. Indehavere eller forpagtere skal drive et alderskontrolsystem for at sikre, at aldersgrænsen bliver efterlevet. UV-type 1- og UV-type 2-solarier bliver udfaset, og kravene til indretningen af solariecentre og solariets udstråling bliver præciseret. Detailforhandlere, der i fysiske butikker sælger tobaks- og nikotinprodukter og alkoholholdige drikkevarer, får mulighed for elektronisk alderskontrol. Lovforslaget udmønter dermed en politisk aftale, som partierne bag forebyggelsespakken i 2023 har indgået i marts 2025 (Socialdemokratiet, Venstre, Moderaterne, Socialistisk Folkeparti, Danmarksdemokraterne, Det Konservative Folkeparti og Alternativet). Lovforslaget indebærer, at tobakssurrogater, f.eks. nikotinposer, skal være forsynet med flere sundhedsadvarsler. Lovforslaget lemper kravene om skiltning med aldersgrænser ved salg af tobak, nikotin og alkohol og justerer kravet om udstillingsforbud for tobaks- og nikotinprodukter ved onlinesalg med henblik på at sikre, at lovgivningen lever op til EU’s produktsikkerhedsforordning. Lovforslaget styrker Erhvervsstyrelsens kontrol med salg af alkohol i ubemandede butikker. Lovforslaget ændrer fristen for sygehusets oplysningspligt om mulige behandlingstilbud inden for de fastsatte maksimale ventetider til patienter, der lider af en livstruende sygdom. Fristen bliver ændret fra 8 hverdage til 10 kalenderdage. Lovforslaget er en delvis genfremsatte af L 134, folketingsåret 2025-26, 1. samling.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 8 October 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- 1. beh./Henvist til udvalg · 22 October 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: 1. beh./Henvist til udvalg
- PassedAwaiting the Danish Parliament
- Enters into forceThe date is not known yet