G/TBT/N/DNK/130  
27 June 2022  
(22-4959) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  DENMARK  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
The Ministry of Environment of Denmark  
Slotsholmsgade 12  
1216 Copenhagen K  
Denmark  
Phone: +45 38 14 21 42  
E-mail: mim@mim.dk  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email  and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Danish Business Authority  
Langelinie Allé 17  
2100 Copenhagen O  
Denmark  
Phone: +45 35 29 10 00 
E-mail: notifikationer@erst.dk  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Traps for 
hunting  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Bekendtgørelse 
om vildtskader (executive order on damage caused by game); (13 page(s), in Dan ish) 
6. Description of content:  The Danish executive order on damage caused by game  
stipulates under which circumstances game that causes damage may or may not be 
hunted. Hunting with traps are allowed provided that the requirements are met. The 
executive  order prescribes rules for the application of the traps as well as the traps' 
physical specifications. The rules have been determined on the grounds of a range of 
different rationales.  
The relevant rules are marked with yellow in the attached document ti tled "DRAFT".  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Professional/academic/technical justification for determining the specific 
requirements for traps used in regulation of damage causing game  
Use of traps is  prohibited under the Birds Directive (article 8, cf. appendix IV, litra a) and 
the Habitats Directive (article 13, no. 2a, cf. appendix VI, litra a). However, in certain G/TBT/N/DNK/130  
 
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  instances, the EU member states may make exceptions from the prohibition, cf. article  9 
in the Birds Directive and article 16 in the Habitats Directive. The exceptions presuppose 
that the permitted traps and methods are mentioned in the exemption provision. In the 
Danish case, the exemption provisions are found in chapter 7 of the executiv e order on 
damaged caused by game.  
There are concrete requirements and specifications for the traps, which may be used. 
Those requirements and specifications are based on considerations of protection and 
animal welfare. In order to  protect the species and avoid trapping of other species than 
the targeted ones, only traps, which catches animals and birds alive, are allowed to be 
used. Thus, it is possible to re -release captured animals of protected status. Moreover, 
there are rules, which hinder the capture of other species, especially protected species, 
e.g. birds of prey. Those rules relate to the requirements of design and application of the 
traps. Because of reasons related to animal welfare, there are specific requirements for 
surveillance of the traps and requirements for the design of the traps so that the captured 
animals cannot hurt themselves and/or other animals. Protection of animal or plant life 
or health  
8. Relevant documents:  DRAFT: Bekendtgørelse om vildtskader (executive order on 
damage caused by game)  
Official reference (BASIC): Lovbekendtgørelse nr. 265 af 21. marts 2019 om jagt og 
vildtforvaltning ( thttps://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/ lta/2019/265.dk)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2023  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Danish Standards  
Göteborg Plads 1  
Nordhavn  
Tel: + (45) 39 96 61 40  
Fax: + (45) 39 96 61 01  
Email: wto@ds.dk  
Website: http://www.ds.dk  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/T BT/DNK/22_4333_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/DNK/22_4333_01_x.pdf