Rules and legislation

The Danish Maritime Authority is responsible for issuing acts and executive orders on maritime safety, maritime employment and social law as well as ship registration.

Below, you can read more about the most recent rules and regulations issued within the area of responsibility of the Danish Maritime Authority.

Read about relevant legal preparatory measures in the technical area, inter alia about the sessions of the IMO Committees and Sub-Committees

Below, you will find English versions of the acts, executive orders, technical regulations and guidances issued by the Danish Maritime Authority that are currently in force. Please note that only the Danish versions have legal validity.

You will also find the sets of regulations issued as Notices A, B, D, E and F from the Danish Maritime Authority.

Acts

Here  you will find English versions of the acts issued by the Danish Maritime Authority that are currently in force.

Acts

Orders

Here you will find English versions of the executive orders issued by the Danish Maritime Authority that are currently in force.

Orders

Technical regulations

Here you will find English versions of the technical regulations issued by the Danish Maritime Authority that are currently in force.

Technical regulations

Circulars

On this page, you can find a list of the circulars in force. You can also subscribe to our updating service so that you receive an automatically generated message when a new circular is issued.

Circulars