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Below is a listing of the most commonly required authorisations and their authorising bodies:

• The Municipality’s Technical Administration
  Provides information on which buildings and premises can be used for business purposes. Not all premises can be used for business purposes – e.g. if they are located in a housing area.
  
  You are, however, allowed to run business from home as long as the activity does not disturb the surroundings. If you run a translation agency alone it will not be a problem running it from home.
  However, you would soon get into trouble if you were to sell used cars from your house in a housing estate area.
  
  
• The Municipality’s Environmental Control
  Approves and supervises companies subject to environmental provisions prior to starting business (noise, waste, stench, wastewater, etc.).
  In particular, such provisions apply to restaurants and polluting companies such as auto garages.
  
  
• The local Food Inspection
  Administrates registration and supervision of all trade of food products as well as registration, approval and supervision of all retailing and handling of food products.
  Among other things, they inspect the hygiene level in bakeries, restaurants and other food product outlets. They carry out random unannounced checks. The webaddress is: www.foedevarestyrelsen.dk
  
  
• Food and the Nutrition Database
  All businesses dealing with food must be included in Næringsbasen (Nutrition Database). To be listed in the Nutrition Database, the proprietor of the store / restaurant must pass the nutrition test. Read more about the nutrition test in www.naeringsbasen.dk
  
  
• Chief of Police
  Issues trade licenses to companies selling food products and additional alcohol license in case beer, wine and/or spirits are to be served.
  
  You must beware that various authorisations and licenses apply to different trades: admission, authorisation, license, certification, etc.
  
  Signing up for membership of an industry association within your trade can be useful as they will assist you concerning which licenses are required within a specific area.
  
  Updated:

  - Link til Fødevarestyrelsens hjemmeside
  - Nutrition test A self-study
  - Næringsprøven, se selv-studie materiale
  

Sidst opdateret: 15-08-2011

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