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

Policies

Update of the National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
Date of text: 01 March 2024
Action Plan for Plant-Based Food.
Date of text: 01 October 2023
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 development policy priorities – Expenditure framework plan for development cooperation 2021–2024.
Date of text: 2021

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Agricultural Property Act (No. 116 of 2020).
Date of original text: 09 June 2004 (06 February 2020)
Rural Development Act (No. 18 of 2017).
Date of original text: 16 December 2014 (04 January 2017)
Act No. 407 on the administration of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Date of text: 25 April 2023
Act on amending the Farm Act and the Act on land distribution and property trade for agricultural purposes (No. 1240 of 2012).
Date of text: 18 December 2012
Order No. 1236 on governmental guaranteed farming loans.
Date of text: 15 December 2011

Climate change

Climate Change Act.
Date of original text: 26 June 2020 (13 December 2021)
Regulation No. 696 on the Climate Council's Climate Dialogue Forum.
Date of text: 06 June 2023

Cultivated plants

Plants and Plant Health Act (No. 58 of 2020).
Date of text: 28 January 2020
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
Plant Health Regulation (No. 1147 of 2022).
Date of text: 20 July 2022
Act amending the Act on chemicals and repealing the Act on the processing of information on the use of plant protection products in agriculture (Act No. 806 of 2020).
Date of text: 09 June 2020

Disaster risk management

Act on Certain Natural Damages (No. 1184 of 2022).
Date of original text: 17 May 2000 (15 August 2022)

Environment

Act on environmental assessment of plans and programs (No. 4 of 2023).
Date of original text: 05 May 2004 (03 January 2023)
Act on Public Access to Environmental Information (No. 980 of 2017).
Date of original text: 27 April 1994 (16 August 2017)
Chemicals Act (No. 6 of 2023).
Date of original text: 09 July 1993 (04 January 2023)
Environment Protection Act (LBK No. 5 of 2023).
Date of original text: 06 June 1991 (03 January 2023)
Environment and Gene Technology Act (No. 9 of 2017).
Date of original text: 06 June 1991 (04 January 2017)

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)
Act relevant to taxation (No. 1336 of 2008).
Date of text: 19 December 2008
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
Fishery Development and Aquaculture Act (No. 1552 of 2006).
Date of text: 20 December 2006

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
Regulation No. 1715 on the Environmental and Food Appeals Board.
Date of text: 27 December 2016

Forestry

Forest Act (LBK no. 690 of 2023).
Date of original text: 09 June 2004 (26 May 2023)
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 relevant to taxation (No. 1336 of 2008).
Date of text: 19 December 2008
Act amending the Environmental Protection Act, the Marine Environment Protection Act and various other laws (No. 1571 of 2006).
Date of text: 20 December 2006
Act No. 349 relative to flood prevention.
Date of text: 02 June 1999

Gender

Act No. 244 on equal treatment of men and women in employment and parental leave, etc.
Date of original text: 19 April 1989 (08 June 2011)
Act No. 32 on equal pay for men and women.
Date of original text: 04 February 1976 (22 February 2019)

Land and soil

Act on Infrastructure for Spatial Information (No. 1331 of 2008).
Date of text: 19 December 2008
Act on land distribution and property trade for agricultural purposes (No. 1051 of 2023).
Date of original text: 24 June 2005 (10 July 2023)
Operation of Agricultural Land Act (No. 1041 of 2023).
Date of original text: 09 June 2004 (10 July 2023)
Act on coastal protection (No. 78 of 2017).
Date of original text: 05 April 1994 (19 January 2017)
Planning Act (No. 1157 of 2020).
Date of original text: 06 June 1991 (01 July 2020)

Livestock

Animal Keeping Act (LBK no. 9 of 06/01/2022).
Date of original text: 09 June 2004 (01 June 2022)
Act on Animal Testing (No. 474 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)
Animal Welfare Act (No. 133 of 2020).
Date of text: 25 February 2020
Act on Veterinarians (No. 464 of 2014).
Date of original text: 29 June 2013 (15 May 2014)

Mineral resources and energy

Act on Promotion of Renewable Energy (No. 122 of 2015).
Date of original text: 25 November 2013 (06 February 2015)
Act on energy marking of energy-related products (No. 455 of 2011).
Date of text: 18 May 2011
Act on on environmentally friendly design of energy-related products (No. 2166 of 2021).
Date of original text: 30 April 2008 (29 November 2021)
Act on Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (No. 536 of 2007).
Date of text: 06 June 2007
Act on the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP) (No. 555 of 2007).
Date of text: 06 June 2007

Sea

Marine Strategy Act (No. 522 of 2010).
Date of original text: 26 May 2010 (01 February 2024)
Act on coastal protection (No. 78 of 2017).
Date of original text: 05 April 1994 (19 January 2017)
Maritime Act (No. 1013 of 2023).
Date of original text: 16 March 1994 (29 June 2023)
Marine Protection Act (LBK No. 1032 of 2023).
Date of original text: 30 June 1993 (25 June 2023)
Act amending Act on the promotion of renewable energy and Electricity Supply Act (No. 641 of 2013).
Date of text: 12 June 2013

Water

Act on Water Resources Planning.
Date of original text: 26 December 2013 (26 January 2017)
Act on the organization and economic conditions of the Danish water sector (No. 469 of 2009).
Date of text: 12 June 2009
Act on Watercourses (LBK no. 1217 of 2019).
Date of original text: 09 June 1982 (25 November 2019)
Water Supply Act (No. 125 of 2017).
Date of original text: 08 June 1978 (26 January 2017)
Act amending Act on payment rules for wastewater utilities, the Environmental Protection Act and the Act on the organization and economic conditions of Danish water sector (No. 56 of 2015).
Date of text: 27 January 2015

Wild species and ecosystems

National Park Act (LBK no 685 of 2023).
Date of original text: 06 June 2007 (26 May 2023)
Wildlife Management Act No. 114.
Date of original text: 06 May 1993 (12 December 1997)
Hunting and wildlife management Act (LBK no. 639 of 2023.
Date of original text: 06 May 1993 (26 May 2023)
Nature Conservation Act (No. 1392 of 2022).
Date of original text: 03 January 1992 (04 October 2022)
Act on the saltwater lake in Margrethe Kog (No. 92 of 1983).
Date of text: 02 March 1983

Miscellaneous

Act on Danish Institute for Human Rights - Denmark's National Human Rights Institution (No. 553 of 2012).
Date of text: 18 June 2012
Working Environment Act.
Date of original text: 1977 (16 November 2021)
Act No. 606 on open government.
Date of original text: 12 June 2019 (27 December 2019)
Act No. 1668 on a pilot scheme for medicinal cannabis.
Date of text: 26 December 2017
Act No. 593 relative to ethical medical research.
Date of text: 14 June 2011

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

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