https://lovsnak.dk/en/New explanations: actsenWed, 04 Nov 2026 16:47:10 +0000https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-170/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-170/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:44:46 +0000What changes: The act updates the rules on approval and inspection of vehicles. There will be a permanent scheme for new motor vehicles and trailers. It is broadly similar to the current rules, but a new approval certificate will replace the familiar data and approval declarations. Who: The act concerns approval and inspection of vehicles, including inspection companies and the Danish goods transport industry with cross-border transports. The act has no administrative consequences for citizens. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025. Some parts entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-198-b/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-198-b/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:44:43 +0000What changes: When a person living or based abroad receives a fine in Denmark, the fine does not have to be sent to the debt collection authority. Instead, the authorities in the country where the person lives can be asked to enforce the fine. Who: The act applies to people and companies with a permanent residence or registered base abroad who have received or been issued a fine in Denmark. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-194-b/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-194-b/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:44:39 +0000What changes: The act allows the Minister for Culture to authorise Copydan Verdens TV to pay grants, set in the Finance Act, to creative and performing artists who are financially affected by section 4 d of the VAT Act. The grant must be paid according to a distribution key agreed by Koda, Gramex and the artist organisations in Copydan Verdens TV. Copydan Verdens TV must report to the Ministry of Culture on the payments every year. Who: The rules apply to creative and performing artists who are financially affected by section 4 d of the VAT Act. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-174/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-174/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:44:35 +0000What changes: The act raises the media cheque to DKK 1,285 for 2025 and DKK 1,485 from 2026. Pensioners who have already received the media cheque for 2025, and who still have a personal supplement rate of 100 when the payment is made, will get an extra payment of DKK 200 for 2025. Who: The act applies to state pensioners and disability pensioners with a personal supplement rate of 100. The extra payment of DKK 200 is only given to those who have already received the media cheque for 2025. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-142/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-142/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:44:30 +0000What changes: The act implements the EU's NIS 2 Directive for the telecom sector. It introduces new rules on security risks, information and notification duties, and supervision. Who: The act applies to telecom providers identified as essential or important telecom providers. Previously, the rules applied to essential commercial providers of publicly available networks and services, for example providers of networks with more than 50,000 end users. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-176/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-176/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:44:26 +0000What changes: The act gives the Minister for Transport the authority to build a bypass at Nørreballe on Lolland and a tunnel under Marselis Boulevard in Aarhus. The act also contains an amendment to another act, which makes it easier for the Danish Road Directorate to extract raw materials for the third stage of the Kalundborg Motorway and route 15 between Ringkøbing and Herning. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-122/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-122/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:44:22 +0000What changes: The act sets out rules for control and enforcement of ecodesign requirements for products. In the old ecodesign act, decisions can no longer be brought before another administrative authority. However, orders and prohibitions can be brought before the courts, if you request this from the Danish Product Safety Agency within 4 weeks. Who: The rules apply to businesses that sell products covered by the ecodesign regulation. This covers almost all physical products, but not, for example, feed, food and medicines. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-145/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-145/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:44:17 +0000What changes: The act updates the construction act for the expansion of the Fynske Motorway south of Odense from four to six lanes. It also constitutes the approval of the Danish Road Directorate's updated environmental impact assessment of the project. Who: The act applies to the expansion of the motorway section near Odense. It affects municipal councils, utility owners and owners of year-round homes that are particularly exposed to noise after the expansion. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-173/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-173/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:44:13 +0000What changes: The act brings the rules on NemKonto together in a new act and repeals (that a rule stops applying) the old NemKonto rules in the Public Payments Act etc. Accounts at payment and e-money institutions can now be used as a NemKonto. Who: The act applies to citizens and businesses who receive payments from the public sector. It also applies to public payers who must use the NemKonto system for payments, and to private payers and payment, e-money and banking institutions in relation to the NemKonto system. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-117-a/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-117-a/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:44:07 +0000What changes: The act provides a deduction for labour costs for green renovation in the home or the holiday home. The service deduction can amount to up to DKK 13,300 per person per year (2010 level), and the deduction for green renovation can amount to up to DKK 6,500 per person (2010 level). When: The rest of the Act entered into force on 6 February 2025. Section 2 entered into force on 1 July 2025. Parts of the act apply from 1 January 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-160/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-160/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:44:02 +0000What changes: The act gives the minister the legal basis (the rule in the law that gives the right to do something) to set supplementary rules on nature restoration. The Natura 2000 plan must in future be revised when there is a revised restoration plan or significant new knowledge. Facilities and buildings for outdoor recreation and public supply and infrastructure in protected forests will in future be able to be established without a special exemption in a number of cases. Who: The rules mainly concern the minister, who can set supplementary rules on nature restoration, and the Minister for Green Tripartite, who must revise the Natura 2000 plan, as well as owners of protected forests, who get better options to build and establish facilities. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-167/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-167/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:43:54 +0000What changes: The act sets a framework for the supply of technical water, meaning water that is not drinking water. Technical water companies can set prices and terms without economic regulation. Who: The rules apply to both private and municipal companies that supply technical water. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-157/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-157/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:43:43 +0000What changes: The act expands the scheme for special dental subsidies to three new patient groups. These are patients in ongoing treatment with certain psychopharmaceuticals, patients with a severe mental illness, and patients with reflux after surgery. Who: The rules apply to patients in three new groups who, because of illness or illness treatment, have a special need for dental treatment. For the two groups in ongoing treatment with psychopharmaceuticals, the treatment must have lasted 6 months or more. Patients with reflux after surgery are not covered by this requirement. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-158/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-158/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:43:38 +0000What changes: The act gives the Minister for the Environment the right to set the date from which different product types of electrical and electronic equipment are covered by producer responsibility. The minister can also set that certain product types are not covered by the rules on historical waste. The act gives the minister the legal basis (the rule in the law that gives the right to do something) to set the rules so they can be brought into line with an EU directive from 2024. Who: The rules apply to producers and importers of electrical and electronic equipment, who must take back and handle the waste at their own expense. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-138/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-138/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:43:33 +0000What changes: The act gives the minister the right to set limit values for mortality and to require special advisory visits in herds with farm animals. Training requirements can now also apply to employees in all the businesses mentioned in subsection 1, not only nos. 2-6. The fee per quarter hour of invoiced inspection time in connection with examining animals rises from DKK 33 to DKK 64, and goes to spot checks at loading and unloading, as well as in-depth checks when live animals are exported. Who: The rules concern herds with farm animals and those responsible for them. They will initially be used in sow herds. The fee for examining animals is paid by businesses that handle assembly, and by herd owners and others. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-92/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-92/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:32:54 +0000What changes: The act adapts the Social Services Act, the Legal Protection Act and a number of other acts to the Elderly Care Act. The rules on meal services are separated from the provision on personal and practical assistance and grouped together in a new § 83 b of the Social Services Act. At the same time, the rules on nursing homes and several other elderly care provisions are moved from the Social Services Act to the Elderly Care Act. When: Some parts entered into force on 31 December 2024. Section 6 entered into force on 1 January 2025. Some parts entered into force on 1 July 2025. Section 3, no. 1 will enter into force on 1 July 2027.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-114/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-114/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:32:28 +0000What changes: The act gives the Minister for Environment and the Minister for Green Tripartite the legal basis (the rule in the law that gives the right to do something) to set rules on accreditation schemes for self-inspection. They may also decide that accredited companies must give the municipal council information about the inspection. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-104/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-104/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:32:22 +0000What changes: The act gives the minister for the environment the legal basis (the rule in the law that gives the right to do something) to set rules on discharge of scrubber water from ships. The minister can also set rules banning the dumping of seabed material in areas where the water depth is less than 6 m. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-156/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-156/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:32:08 +0000What changes: People under the age of 18 may not be used as interpreters in spoken communication with public authorities. The ban is written into many acts, including in the areas of schools, social affairs, family, tax, employment, immigration and elderly care. There is an exception when the conversation concerns a non-problematic matter. In several areas of family law, children may also interpret if it is necessary in an acute case. Who: The ban applies to spoken communication with public authorities and with private parties that carry out tasks for the public sector. This includes, among others, schools, municipalities, the tax authorities, the employment authorities and Udbetaling Danmark. In several areas of family law, children may also interpret if it is necessary in an acute case. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-124/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-124/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:31:02 +0000What changes: The act makes it possible to build new facilities and buildings for outdoor recreation in Køge Bay Beach Park, even though the areas are protected under the Nature Protection Act. The facilities must take into account the coastal landscape, nature and the risk of flooding and coastal erosion. Who: The act applies to the municipal councils of Brøndby, Greve, Hvidovre, Ishøj and Vallensbæk Municipalities. They can only modernise in more specifically defined areas. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-134/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-134/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:30:57 +0000What changes: The act introduces a three-year trial scheme. The Danish Medicines Agency can give subsidies for medicine based on a negotiated confidential price. The company pays the full price reduction to the regions. Who: The scheme applies to selected medicines and to the companies that agree on a confidential price. Citizens continue to pay based on the official list price. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-198-a/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-198-a/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:30:43 +0000What changes: The act generally sends people convicted of terrorism to a closed prison and to a special wing, but the Prison and Probation Service can make an exception in special cases, and for 15-17-year-olds this generally does not apply. The Prison and Probation Service can also take photos of letters and use fictitious profiles on social media. In addition, the Danish Compensation Board can cover expenses for parents or guardians of minor victims. Who: The rules on serving a sentence apply to those serving prison or preventive detention for violating sections 114-114 j of the Criminal Code. For 15-17-year-olds, they generally do not apply. The compensation rule applies when the applicant is a minor or under guardianship. It is the parents or guardians who can have the expenses they incurred in connection with the case covered. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-91/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-91/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:30:39 +0000What changes: The act introduces a new, simplified elderly care inspection across municipalities. The inspection will focus on the units where the risk of quality problems is highest. Peer inspection will be introduced in nursing homes. When: Sections 1, 2 and 4-14 entered into force on 1 July 2025. The rest of the Act entered into force on 1 January 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-166/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-166/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:30:35 +0000What changes: The act gives the supervisory authority the right to use fictitious profiles on social media when it checks for nitrous oxide and products. The court can, on request, block online interfaces if an order to remove or change content is not complied with. Who: The rules apply to the supervisory authority and communication platforms, online interfaces, and providers of information society services. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-93/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-93/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:30:28 +0000What changes: The act changes the framework for subsidised care homes. Support can be given for more homes per year (up to 400, but no more than 41 in urban areas), and loans for care homes in rural areas get a full state guarantee. There are also new rules on settlement, sale of homes and refusal of citizens. Who: The rules apply to care home providers and municipalities. Some of them also affect citizens who have been assigned to a nursing home or a similar type of housing. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-165/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-165/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:30:20 +0000What changes: The act abolishes the trial scheme and introduces a permanent scheme for driving licences for 17-year-olds. The 17-year-olds may only drive with an accompanying person between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., but not when driving vehicles for which a driving entitlement can be obtained before the age of 17. The alcohol limit is 0.20 for first-time license holders during the first 3 years. Tractors and machinery that are registered in the Vehicle Register may drive up to 40 km per hour. Road trains with a trailer may only drive 40 km per hour if the trailer meets the conditions set by the Minister of Transport, otherwise at most 30 km per hour. Who: The act applies to 17-year-olds with a driving licence for ordinary cars and accompanying persons, first-time holders of a driving licence for ordinary cars, drivers of tractors and machinery, and all drivers of vehicles with regard to tyres. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-177/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-177/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:30:07 +0000What changes: The act introduces permanent alternatives to ongoing property values in the tax rules for agricultural, forestry and commercial properties. It also sets out rules on land tax and coverage charge for subdivision, and a right to an ad hoc property valuation for estate duty and gift duty in family transfers. Who: The rules apply to, among others, owners of agricultural and forestry properties and commercial properties, homeowners in the case of subdivision, and families transferring properties. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-172/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-172/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:29:36 +0000What changes: Universities can offer master's degrees worth 75 ECTS points and flexible business master's degrees. The 1-year academic top-up degree and the academic business top-up degree will be abolished. Students admitted before 1 January 2027 can, however, complete their degree under the old rules. Who: The act applies to universities and students on master's degrees. It also applies to people who work and study at the same time, and to foreign students from countries outside the EU/EEA who are admitted to a part-time business master's degree and have an employment contract for relevant work carried out alongside their studies. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025. Some parts will enter into force on 1 January 2027.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-194-a/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-194-a/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:47:49 +0000What changes: The act includes relief on who must prepare transfer pricing documentation. No documentation needs to be prepared if the controlled transactions total less than DKK 5 million in the income year. At the same time, the controlled receivables and debt must be less than DKK 50 million. However, this does not apply to transactions involving intangible assets. The rules that allow the Danish Tax and Customs Administration to require companies to submit an auditor's statement on the documentation have been repealed (that a rule stops applying). The rules on withholding of interest tax and royalty tax are changed to ensure that the tax is withheld. The purpose of the act is also to implement the OECD's guidelines from June 2024 and January 2025 on minimum taxation. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025. Parts of the act apply to financial years beginning on 31 December 2023 or later. Parts of the act apply to income years beginning on 1 January 2025 or later. Parts of the act apply to income years beginning on 1 July 2025 or later. If the participants do not have matching income years, the provisions take effect when the first participant begins a new income year on 1 July 2025 or later. Parts of the act apply from and including the 2025 income year.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-120/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-120/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:46:38 +0000What changes: A person with an exclusion order can be required to wear electronic equipment that records where the person moves. This only happens when it is necessary to make sure the order is followed. The requirement applies for up to 1 year. Deliberate violation is punished with a fine or prison for up to 2 years. When the exclusion zone is set, weight can be given to the police response time. The purpose of the act is a trial scheme with the so-called reversed electronic tag in cases involving, among other things, stalking and partner violence. Who: The rules apply to persons who have been given an exclusion order. The scheme is not only for cases of stalking and partner violence, but is especially to be used in such cases. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-14/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-14/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:46:26 +0000What changes: The act sets requirements for the housing that employers provide to their employees. The requirements match the existing housing requirements, and no new housing standard is introduced. The Danish Working Environment Authority supervises whether employers comply with the requirements. Employers can receive an order and a fine if they breach an order or the rules under the act. Who: The act applies to employers who provide housing to employees. Among others, it does not apply to employees of the state, barracks for conscripts, drivers who must take rest breaks, and au pairs. It also does not apply if the employer is covered by a collective agreement with rules on housing conditions. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-131/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-131/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:46:09 +0000What changes: Sund & Bælt Holding A/S can refuse foreign vehicles passage across bridges and tunnels. This applies if there are finally decided and overdue inspection fees linked to the vehicle. It also applies to overdue claims for unpaid use of the links. The rules only apply when both the debtor and the vehicle are based abroad. The company can use CCTV and automatic number plate recognition to refuse passage. The act also raises the fine for breaking the road toll rules. The purpose of the act is to ensure that the rules on the distance-based road toll are complied with. Who: The rules apply to vehicles and debtors who are based abroad. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-144/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-144/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:45:33 +0000What changes: The act brings together the current rules on public employees' freedom of expression in one act. It is not meant to change the rights that public employees already had. Public employees express themselves lawfully when they speak on their own behalf and follow the current limits. They will not be met with negative reactions in their employment because of a lawful expression. They must not be prevented from expressing themselves either. The right does not apply, for example, to confidential information that it is a criminal offence to pass on. Who: The act applies to public employees. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-219-b/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-219-b/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:45:24 +0000What changes: The Independent Police Complaints Authority can demand to receive CCTV footage when it handles complaints about conduct. Legal persons and sole traders must hand over the footage when the authority asks for it. However, they have no duty to do so if the material could expose the legal person to punishment. Violations are punished with a fine. Who: The rules apply to legal persons and sole traders who have CCTV footage. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-143-a/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-143-a/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:45:09 +0000What changes: Young people who are 15 or older and no longer have a duty to attend school may work between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., or between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. The duty to attend school ends no later than 30 June instead of 31 July. This applies in the year the child turns 17 or has completed an education equivalent to primary school. The guidance in the municipal youth support service may include part-time jobs to give experience for choosing an education. Who: The rules apply to young people aged 15-17 who have finished primary school or something similar. The guidance on part-time jobs applies to 13-17-year-olds in the municipal youth support service. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-190/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-190/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:44:55 +0000What changes: If you complain about the working environment to the Danish Working Environment Authority, you can give consent for the Authority's special duty of confidentiality about the complaint to be lifted. As a rule, consent must be given digitally and cannot be withdrawn. You can still choose to keep the duty of confidentiality. The purpose of the act is that the Danish Working Environment Authority can use, for example, photos and videos from the complaint to document a breach. Who: The rule applies to everyone who complains about the working environment to the Danish Working Environment Authority. People under 18 cannot give consent. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-217/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-217/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:44:43 +0000What changes: The act grants Danish citizenship (indfødsret) to the persons named in the act. Some of them must first take part in a constitutional ceremony no later than 31 May 2027. According to the Constitution, a foreign national can only obtain Danish citizenship by an act. Who: The act applies to the persons named in it. They either meet the conditions or have been granted an exemption by the Naturalisation Committee of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget). When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-220-b/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-220-b/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:44:34 +0000What changes: It is a criminal offence to have sex without contraception when the other person made it a condition. The penalty is imprisonment for up to 2 years. The purpose of the act is to make stealthing punishable, meaning removing the condom without the partner's consent. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-53/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-53/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:52:08 +0000What changes: The act bans tobacco substitutes with an illegal flavour or too high a nicotine content, and requires standardised packaging also for technical equipment for heated tobacco products. It gives the Danish Safety Technology Authority more powers and sets out the removal of the right to market in cases of serious or repeated violations. Who: The rules apply to anyone who manufactures, imports, buys, hands out, receives, processes, possesses or markets tobacco substitutes. The ban does not apply to travel goods of up to ten units for personal use, nor to possession of up to ten units for personal use, nor to import, possession, etc. for marketing in other countries or for scientific or control purposes. When: Section 1, no. 2, 3, 7-12, 14-17, 19, 21-23, 26, 34 and 36 entered into force on 1 July 2025. Section 1, no. 13, 18 and 27 entered into force on 1 April 2026. The rest of the Act entered into force on 1 January 2025. Some parts entered into force on 1 April 2025. Some parts will enter into force on a date to be set later by the minister.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-141/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-141/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:46:21 +0000What changes: The act requires management of cybersecurity risks, reporting of significant incidents, and supervision of the entities covered. Who: The act applies to most of the sectors covered by the NIS 2 Directive. The telecoms, energy and finance sectors are not included. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-216/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-216/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:46:18 +0000What changes: Parties, candidate lists and candidates may not receive money from donors who live or are based abroad. Grants from EU institutions, from European political party alliances, and from members of the European Parliament who were elected in Denmark but live abroad are exempt. A prohibited grant must be returned to the donor no later than 30 days after it was received. Who: The rules apply to parties that are standing or may stand in elections to the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) or the European Parliament, and to candidate lists and candidates. The ban also covers Danish citizens who live abroad. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-192/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-192/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:05:49 +0000What changes: The act limits access to information about beneficial owners in the CVR. Access can be granted on request to authorities, obliged entities and persons with a legitimate interest. Passing on or publishing the information to others can be punished with a fine. Who: The rules apply to those who seek access to information about beneficial owners, and to the Danish Business Authority, which may not give the information to anyone other than the persons and authorities who have access under the rules. They also apply to anyone who passes on or publishes the information. When: The Act entered into force on 1 September 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-222/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-222/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:05:40 +0000What changes: The act gives a minister the option to set rules on specific construction and infrastructure projects and operational activities with defence or emergency preparedness purposes. The rules can, among other things, depart from other legislation and rule out the right to appeal. When: The Act entered into force on 17 September 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-223/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-223/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:05:38 +0000What changes: The act allows the Minister for Interior and Health to set an annual quota for how many authorisation applications from people from third countries the Danish Patient Safety Authority can receive. The Minister can also set rules that applications submitted before a quota has been set to zero or used up can be rejected, and that decisions cannot be appealed. Who: The quotas apply to applicants who are not citizens of Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, the EU, EEA countries, or countries with which the EU has an agreement on regulated professions. In principle the quotas can cover all healthcare professional groups, but at first they will be used for nurses. When: The Act entered into force on 7 October 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-154/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-154/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:05:33 +0000What changes: The act designates the Danish authorities that will supervise the prohibited forms of AI under the EU Regulation on artificial intelligence. It also gives them the power to require information, and it contains rules on penalties. When: The Act entered into force on 2 August 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-3/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-3/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:55:19 +0000What changes: The act provides a legal basis (the rule in the law that gives the right to do something) for rules on the protection, registration, control and enforcement of geographical indications for craft and industrial products. The act also amends the Administration of Justice Act so that it mentions these indications separately. When: The Act entered into force on 1 December 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-57/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-57/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:55:13 +0000What changes: The act gives the Minister of Transport the option to depart from rules on roads and traffic, and to set rules on a specific use of a specific harbour area, when this is necessary for essential national defence purposes or civil preparedness purposes. The police get a clear legal basis (the rule in the law that gives the right to do something) to neutralise drones. Who: The rules mainly concern the Minister of Transport, postal companies with a licence, harbours, drone operators and the police. Owners of properties in rural areas may leave the letterbox away from the driveway if they have no option to do so. When: The Act entered into force on 1 January 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-73/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-73/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:54:59 +0000What changes: The act brings EU regulation 2024/1623 on capital requirements for credit institutions into force for Greenland. The regulation is inserted as annex 5 to the Greenlandic capital requirements act. Who: The rules apply to credit institutions in Greenland. The area is a Danish area of responsibility under Danish authorities. When: The Act entered into force on 31 December 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-61/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-61/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:54:50 +0000What changes: The act gives the Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities the legal basis (the rule in the law that gives the right to do something) to set rules on conditions for seabed surveying under the chapter on seabed surveying. The rules are set to implement the EU nature protection directives. Who: The rules do not apply to defence activities covered by rules under section 71 b of the Nature Protection Act. The act also does not apply to the Faroe Islands or Greenland. When: The Act entered into force on 1 January 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-53/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-53/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:54:47 +0000What changes: The act introduces a deposit of DKK 1 million for electricity retail companies that want to use the data hub. It also gives the minister legal basis (the rule in the law that gives the right to do something) to set rules on cooling-off periods, electronic identification and written acceptance of electricity contracts, and on recording telephone calls. Energinet gets a better option to exclude users who breach the terms. Who: The deposit applies to electricity retail companies that want to use the data hub, for each company with a unique CVR number. VE communities and citizen energy communities set up as electricity retail companies are exempt. When: The Act entered into force on 1 January 2026. Parts of the act apply from 8 May 2025.