Consult the detailed scoring methodology.
| Question | Answer | Note |
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| Do ministries or regulatory agencies develop forward regulatory plans – that is, a public list of anticipated regulatory changes or proposals intended to be adopted/implemented within a specified time frame? | Yes, throughout government |
Every year in October a list of anticipated legislative changes is published.
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| Are these plans available to general public? | Yes |
The plan is published on the webpage of the Prime Minister's office and is sent to the Parliament (http://www.virk.dk).
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| Do ministries or regulatory agencies publish the text or summary of proposed (not yet adopted) regulations before their enactment? | Yes, throughout government |
All proposed legislation is published when the public hearing takes place.
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| Where is the draft text or summary published? | On a unified website where all proposed regulations are published; directly distributed to interested stakeholders. |
http://www.hoeringsportalen.dk/
When the public hearing takes place, the proposed legislation is sent to relevant stakeholders. Every relevant document can be found on the Danish Parliament's website throughout the process, discussion and voting. (http://www.ft.dk) |
| Do ministries or regulatory agencies have the legal obligation to publish the text of proposed regulations before their enactment? | No | |
| Is the entire text of the proposed draft published? | Yes, throughout government | |
| Is there a period of time set by law for the text of the proposed regulations to be publicly available? | No |
| Question | Answer | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Do ministries or regulatory agencies solicit comments on proposed (not yet adopted) regulations from the general public? | Yes, throughout government | |
| How are the comments received? | On a unified website for all proposed regulations; through targeted outreach to stakeholders, such as business associations or other groups. |
http://www.hoeringsportalen.dk
In addition to soliciting comments from the public on http://www.hoeringsportalen.dk, the Ministry of Business and Growth specifically requests comments from relevant business associations, public authorities, private organizations, and other relevant groups who will be affected by the proposed bill. A stakeholder is involved if the stakeholder will be affected by the proposed regulation. |
| Are received comments publicly accessible? | Yes, throughout government |
Every comment is usually made public on http://www.hoeringsportalen.dk, but definitely made available on http://www.ft.dk.
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| Is the rulemaking body required by law to solicit these comments on proposed regulations? | No | |
| Is there a specialized government body or department tasked with soliciting and receiving these comments? | No | |
| Do ministries or regulatory agencies report on the results of the consultation on proposed regulations? | Yes, throughout government |
The government produces a consolidated response concerning the received comments in which there are customized responses to every relevant comment.
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| How does the government report on the results of the consultation? |
Prepares one consolidated response. Provides customized responses. |
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| Where does the government report on the results of the consultation? | On a unified website for all proposed regulations. | |
| Is reporting on the results of the consultation required by law? | No |
| Question | Answer | Note |
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| Do ministries or regulatory agencies conduct an impact assessment of proposed (not yet adopted) regulations? | Yes, throughout government | |
| Are there criteria used for determining which proposed regulations are subjected to an impact assessment? | Yes |
If a regulation is determined by the Danish Business Authority (Erhvervsstyrelsen), an agency under the Ministry of Business and Growth, to impose administrative costs of 4 million DKK per annum or more for businesses, then the regulation will be subject to additional assessment.
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| Are there any specific regulatory impact assessment guidelines? | Yes | |
| Are impact assessments required by law? | No |
Ministries are required to conduct an impact assessment according to a circular letter send to all ministries and agencies (https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=20940).
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| Are impact assessment made publicly available? | Yes | |
| How is this assessment distributed? | Through a unified website for all proposed regulations; through targeted outreach to stakeholders, such as business associations or other groups. |
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| When is this assessment distributed? | Together with the draft proposed legislation. | |
| Is there an obligation for regulators to consider alternatives to proposed regulation? | No | |
| Is there a specialized government body tasked with reviewing and monitoring regulatory impact assessments conducted by other individual agencies or government bodies? | No | |
| Please provide the name of this government body, and explain its functions. | n/a |