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Country data: Denmark

Transposition of Single Market directives (Denmark)

Single Market infringement cases (Denmark)

Internal Market Information System (Denmark)

Technical regulations information system (Denmark)

On these, the Commission issued 3 comments, while other Member States issued 1 detailed opinion and 1 comment.

SOLVIT (Denmark)

Responsive administration and burden of regulation (Denmark)

IndicatorYearDKEU average
Burden of government regulation (survey replies: 1 = Overly complex, 7 = Extremely easy)2025 3.89 
Digitalisation of cross-border business procedures2025 21% 
Payment delays by public authorities2024 16.76 days
Impact of regulation on long-term investment decisions (share of respondents considering business regulation an obstacle.)2024 66%

Access to public procurement (Denmark)

Indicator2024EU average
Single bidder

23%

28%

No calls for bids

10%

5%

Publication rate (value advertised on Tenders Electronic Daily, in % of GDP)

4.7%

5.8%

Award criteria (proportion of procedures awarded to cheapest bid)

40%

54%

Decision speed (days)

125

74 

SME contractors

65%

71%

SME bids

52%

72%

Procedures divided into lots

27%

32%

Note: A typical (mid-ranking) EU country is used for the EU average for all indicators.

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