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Denmark - Country Profiles

Constitution of the Kingdom of Denmark (No. 16 of 1953).
Date of text: 05 June 1953

Policies

Danish Climate Action Plan for Agriculture.
Date of text: 01 April 2021
Denmark's Recovery and Resilience Plan – accelerating the green transition.
Date of text: 2021
Denmark´s Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan.
Date of text: 01 December 2019
Pesticide Resistance Action Plan 2019-2022.
Date of text: 2019
Denmark's Strategy for Circular Economy.
Date of text: 01 September 2018

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Order No. 244 on organic agricultural production.
Date of text: 02 April 2004
Act No. 1590 on the administration of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Date of text: 28 December 2022
Rural Development Act (No. 18 of 2017).
Date of original text: 16 December 2014 (04 January 2017)
Order No. 1236 on governmental guaranteed farming loans.
Date of text: 15 December 2011
Act on the administration of EU regulations of the Cooperative Agricultural Policy scheme financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (No. 20 of 2017).
Date of original text: 23 April 2010 (04 January 2017)

Climate change

Climate Change Act.
Date of text: 26 June 2020

Cultivated plants

Act relevant to seeds, potatoes and plants (No. 12 of 2017).
Date of original text: 26 April 1999 (04 January 2017)
Act on plant novelties.
Date of original text: 23 December 1987 (03 July 2020)
Act on the use of fertilizers in agriculture and on nutrient-reducing measures (No. 338 of 2019).
Date of text: 02 April 2019
Act on agricultural use of fertilizers during period 2011/2012 and plant cover (No. 845 of 2011).
Date of text: 12 July 2011
Act on crop financing (No. 271 of 1986).
Date of text: 22 May 1986

Environment

Act on environmental assessment of plans and programs (No. 425 of 2016).
Date of text: 18 May 2016
Act on Chemical Substances and Products (No. 849 of 2014).
Date of original text: 26 June 2010 (24 June 2014)
Environment and Genetic Engineering Act (No. 9 of 2017).
Date of original text: 21 June 2007 (04 January 2017)
Act on access to information relating to the environment.
Date of original text: 14 June 2006 (18 August 2015)
Act No. 316 of 2004 relative to environmental assessment of plans and programmes.
Date of text: 05 May 2004

Fisheries

Fisheries Act.
Date of original text: 19 June 2017 (27 December 2018)
Maritime and Fisheries Fund Act (No. 19 of 2017).
Date of original text: 16 December 2014 (04 January 2017)
Council Regulation (EC) No. 753/2007 on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other hand.
Date of text: 28 June 2007
Act on entry into force of the Law amending the Fisheries Act and repeal of the Freshwater Fishing Act (No. 542 of 2002).
Date of text: 02 July 2002
Act relative to structural measures in the fisheries sector.
Date of original text: 12 June 1996 (13 May 2001)

Food and nutrition

Food Act (No. 46 of 2017).
Date of original text: 01 July 1998 (11 January 2017)
Food Quality Act (No. 402 of 1997).
Date of text: 10 June 1997
Act No. 192 on the special fund for plant-based foods.
Date of text: 28 February 2023
Act on taxation of chocolate and confectionary products, etc. (Chocolate Tax Act)(No. 1010 of 2018).
Date of text: 03 July 2018
Act on Nutrition (No. 595 of 2011).
Date of text: 14 June 2011

Forestry

Forest Act (No. 122 of 2017).
Date of original text: 09 June 2004 (27 December 2016)
Act on Administration of EU regulations on trade in timber and timber products to control illegal trade (No. 1225 of 2012).
Date of text: 18 December 2012
Act on floods and storm damages (No. 1129 of 2014).
Date of original text: 23 November 2012 (20 October 2014)
Act No. 349 relative to flood prevention.
Date of text: 02 June 1999
Act on categorization of timber sale (No. 535 of 1972).
Date of text: 13 December 1972

Land and soil

Act on coastal protection (No. 78 of 2017).
Date of original text: 05 April 1994 (19 January 2017)
Act on land surveying activities (No. 680 of 2013).
Date of original text: 03 May 2012 (17 June 2013)
Planning Act (No. 587 of 2013).
Date of original text: 24 September 2009 (27 May 2013)
Act on Contaminated Soil (No. 895 of 2015).
Date of original text: 04 December 2009 (03 July 2015)
Soil Pollution Act (No. 370).
Date of original text: 02 June 1999 (07 June 2001)

Livestock

Animal Keeping Act (No. 55 of 2017).
Date of original text: 29 June 2013 (11 January 2017)
Protection of Animals Act (No. 473 of 2014).
Date of original text: 08 March 2013 (15 May 2014)
Act on feedstuffs (No. 477 of 2014).
Date of original text: 03 May 2011 (15 May 2014)
Act on Animal Testing (No. 474 of 2014).
Date of original text: 08 March 2013 (15 May 2014)
Act on the keeping of horses (No. 472 of 2014).
Date of original text: 08 August 2013 (15 May 2014)

Sea

Act on coastal protection (No. 78 of 2017).
Date of original text: 05 April 1994 (19 January 2017)
Marine Protection Act (No. 116 of 2017).
Date of original text: 30 June 1993 (26 January 2017)
Marine Strategy Act (No. 522 of 2010).
Date of text: 26 May 2010
Act amending Act on the promotion of renewable energy and Electricity Supply Act (No. 641 of 2013).
Date of text: 12 June 2013
Act on crude- and condensate- oil transportation (No. 277 of 2014).
Date of original text: 09 September 2011 (25 March 2014)

Water

Act on Water Resources Planning.
Date of original text: 26 December 2013 (26 January 2017)
Act on water-courses (No. 1208 of 2013).
Date of original text: 24 September 2009 (30 September 2013)
Act on the organization and economic conditions of the Danish water sector (No. 469 of 2009).
Date of text: 12 June 2009
Water Supply Act (No. 125 of 2017).
Date of original text: 08 June 1978 (26 January 2017)
Act on buffer zones (ecotones) (No. 894 of 2014).
Date of original text: 14 June 2011 (15 July 2014)

Wild species and ecosystems

Nature Conservation Act (No. 951 of 2013).
Date of original text: 14 June 2013 (03 July 2013)
National Park Act (No. 946 of 2013).
Date of original text: 06 June 2007 (03 July 2013)
Wildlife Management Act No. 114.
Date of original text: 06 May 1993 (12 December 1997)
Act on the saltwater lake in Margrethe Kog (No. 92 of 1983).
Date of text: 02 March 1983
Hunting and wildlife management Act (No.1617 of 2015).
Date of original text: 14 June 2013 (08 December 2015)

Miscellaneous

Act on Promotion of Renewable Energy (No. 122 of 2015).
Date of original text: 25 November 2013 (06 February 2015)
Energy Supply Act (No. 1329 of 2013).
Date of original text: 11 November 2013 (25 November 2013)
Act on Danish Institute for Human Rights - Denmark's National Human Rights Institution (No. 553 of 2012).
Date of text: 18 June 2012
Act on promoting savings in energy consumption (No. 1065 of 2012).
Date of original text: 01 December 2010 (12 November 2012)
Electricity Supply Act (No. 279 of 2012).
Date of original text: 20 May 2010 (21 March 2012)

International Agreements

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark, of the other part.
Date of text: 18 May 2021
Agreement to prevent unregulated high seas fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean.
Date of text: 03 October 2018
Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other hand.
Date of text: 2015