On 15 December 2025, most of the Danish Working Environment Authority's guidelines lapsed, including those on forklift and telehandler certificates and on lifting persons with forklifts. The rules are still in the executive orders. Here is the overview — and two pieces of news from 2026: new editions of the guidelines on ergonomics and workplace design, and new rules for reporting occupational accidents.
Introduction
On 15 December 2025, most of the Danish Working Environment Authority's guidelines lapsed (SKR no. 10233 of 12/12/2025). The Authority had approx. 180 guidelines, and now there are 25. The new ones are purely legal guidelines that supplement the executive orders. For forklifts and warehouses, a whole series of well-known guidelines disappeared.
These disappeared
| Old guideline | Subject |
|---|---|
| Former At-vejledning 1.9.1 | Pallet stacker certificate |
| Former At-vejledning 1.9.2 | Forklift certificate |
| Former At-vejledning 1.9.3-1 | Telehandler certificate |
| Former At-meddelelse B.2.3.1-1 (VEJ 9924 of 8 November 2018) | Lifting persons with a forklift |
| Former At-vejledning 1.7.1-2 | Training, instruction and supervision |
| Former At-vejledning D.3.1 | Lift, pull and push |
| Former AT guideline D.6.1-6 | Noise |
| Former At-vejledning D.6.7 | Whole body vibrations |
| Former At-vejledning A.1.5-1 | Artificial lighting |
| Former AT guideline 2.3.1 | Use of lifts |
| Former AT guideline 2.3.2 | Use of lifting equipment |
Where the rules are now
| Subject | Where it is now |
|---|---|
| Certificate for forklift trucks, pallet stackers and telehandlers | BEK 1978/2021 §§ 7-8 and annex 2 |
| Inspection of trucks and other technical equipment | BEK 428/2022 §§ 23-27 and 40-41 |
| Lifting persons with a forklift | BEK 428/2022 § 59 and annex 2 |
| Forklift trucks with a driver: protection in case of overturning | Danish Executive Order BEK 595/2026 § 39 |
| Lifting, carrying, pulling and pushing | AT guideline on the ergonomic working environment, VEJ no. 10133 of 01/10/2026 |
| Traffic and traffic routes in the warehouse | AT guideline on the design of workplaces, VEJ no. 10132 of 01/10/2026 |
| Young people under 18 | Danish Executive Order BEK 1713/2025 |
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