Tobacco products, registration form for retailers via cross-border distance sales

The Danish Safety Technology Authority will maintain the short average time of 14 days for processing the registration.

In case of rejection

If the Danish Safety Technology Authority decides to reject your registration, you will receive a reasoned notification. You cannot appeal this decision to other authorities.

The Danish Safety Technology Authority would like to point out, that when distance selling products towards Denmark your website or app is required to have an effective age control system. The age control system must be an IT-system, which unambiguously verifies the consumers age to be compliant with the required age limit.

According to Section 2, No. 32, and Section 24, No. 1, in Consolidated Act No. 1161 of 4 November 2024 on tobacco products etc., as amended by Act No. 738 of 13 June and Act No. 651 of 11 June 2024.

When implementing the verification solution, there is a freedom of method. An effective electronical age verification could for example be done by user creation with passport or another valid identity document or by using a national EID-solution, for example MITID. As a retail dealer, it is your responsibility to document and account the effectivity of your age control system. If you don’t use an effective age control system, you risk being given a fine.

The Danish Safety Technology Authority will regularly publish and update a list of registered retailers on its website. In case of changes of the registered information, the registered party is obliged to inform the Danish Safety Technology Authority hereof.

List of cross-border distance sales of tobacco products into Denmark

List of cross-border distance sales of tobacco products out of Denmark

Obligation to register via cross-border distance sales, cf. §23 of Act no. 1489 of 18 June 2021 on tobacco products etc. Furthermore the registration is a legal requirement under the EU Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU).

Marketing is making tobacco products or herbal smoking products available to consumers with or without payment. In case of cross-border distance sales, the goods or products are considered to have been marketed in the country where the consumer is located. This appears in section 2, no. 21 in Act no. 1489 of 18 June 2021 on tobacco products etc.