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Danish law is adopted in the Danish parliament called Folketinget.
Each year, around 200 legislative proposals and 200 resolution proposals are presented in Folketinget.
More on the Danish legislative process here: https://www.ft.dk/da/folkestyret/folketinget/lovgivningsprocessen-i-folketinget (In Danish)
An EU law is called a legal act. The most common forms of legal acts are called regulations and directives.
A regulation is a binding legal act that applies directly in the member states. This means that the EU has decided how the Danish courts and authorities must apply the regulation.
Directives are legal acts that establish a common goal to be achieved in all EU member states. The countries decide themselves how they want to implement the directive and achieve the goal. The countries usually have to implement the directive within two to three years.
When the EU has adopted a directive, it therefore only applies in Denmark when the Danish Parliament has implemented it in Danish legislation.
Retsinformation.dk is the entrance to the Danish legal information system. It provides access to all applicable laws, executive orders, and circulars.
You can also find Parliamentary documents and reports from the Parliamentary Ombudsman in the system.
Please note that Danish laws can only be found in Danish.
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A more thorough description of the various entries to different law databases etc. can be found at the Library's Law portal: https://libguides.sdu.dk/law
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