Amendments to Danish Environmental Legislation

Søren Stenderup Jensen, Attorney-at-Law, Partner is the author of an article in the latest issue of International Law Office (ILO) - Environmental & Climate Change. The article is about new legislation, the purpose of which is to make processing simpler for companies and authorities. 

In January 2015 Kirsten Brosbøl, Danish Minister for the Environment, introduced a bill amending the Danish Environmental Protection Act and the Danish Spatial Planning Act. The bill follows a political agreement on a growth plan from June 2014 and can be seen as an important part of the Danish Government's efforts to reduce processing times for environmental permits and ease the administrative burden for companies and authorities. 

The bill was passed by the Danish Parliament at the end of April and came into force on 1 May 2015.

In the article Søren Stenderup Jensen looks at the individual amendments to the legislation and the consequences to the affected companies. The amendments are expected to simplify and reduce the procedure for obtaining environmental permits for many companies.

Read the article "Amendments to the Danish Environmental Protection Act and the Danish Spatial Planning Act".


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