Embassy of the United States Copenhagen, Denmark

U.S. Government Resources

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• CIA World Factbook
• Country Commercial Guide
• Federal Reserve System
• Investment Climate Statement 2011
• USA.govUS Census Bureau
• USTR
• USTR NEI Report (forthcoming) 
  

Other Resources

• EIU Democracy Index, Denmark ranks third (2011).           

• EIU Quality of Life Index, Denmark ranks ninth (2005)
• The Economist’s Intelligence Unit                            
• Gallup World Poll World’s Happiest Countries (2011), Denmark continues to top the poll (PDF).  
• Denmark’s National Bank (CB)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Contains Minister for Trade & Investment
• The Trade Council
• Ministry of Finance: Latest budget and economic outlook
• Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, Denmark ranks eleventh (2012)
• IMD World Competitiveness Scoreboard, Denmark ranks twelfth (2011)                  
• IMF’s GDP Income per capita in PPP = 39,234 Current international dollar (2012 estimate)
• TI Corruption Index, Denmark ranks second (2011)
• World Bank Doing Business survey, Denmark ranks fifth (2011)                          
• UNDP’s Human Development Index (HDI), Denmark ranks sixteenth (2011) 

Treaties & Agreements

Please find links to treaties, agreements and other legal texts with implications for Denmark.  Be advised that this serves only as informational assistance and should not be seen as an exhaustive list.

Denmark is a full member of the EU and the W.T.O.

• For a list of trade agreements with the EU and its Member States, as well as concise explanations, please see http://tcc.export.gov/Trade_Agreements/index.asp.
• Denmark has concluded investment protection agreements with the following 45 countries and Hong Kong: Algeria, Albania, Argentina, Belarus, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Chile, China, Croatia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Estonia, Ghana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe. Further, Denmark has signed investment protection agreements with Bangladesh, Bosnia Herzegovina, Brazil, Cuba, Laos, Montenegro, Morocco and Serbia, but these agreements await ratification. There has been no change to the status of the investment protection agreements since the enactment of the Lisbon Treaty.
• The U.S.-Danish Bilateral Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income was concluded in 1999 and came into force on March 31, 2000. In May 2006, a protocol was signed to amend the existing tax treaty between Denmark and the United States. The most important aspect of the protocol relates to the elimination of withholding tax on cross-border dividend payments.
• Property rights in Denmark are well protected by law and in practice. Intellectual property protections in Denmark are particularly well regarded. Denmark adheres to key international conventions and treaties concerning protection of property rights. Denmark has ratified the WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). The WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) internet treaties, the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT), have been signed and ratified and are in force.
• A significant part of Danish legislation is governed by EU legislation.  Please see below for information from the EU:
• Coordination of the laws of the member states relating to self-employed commercial agents (Council Directive 86/653/EEC)
• Agreements of Minor importance which do not appreciably restrict Competition under Article 81(1) of the Treaty establishing the European Community
• Directive on Late Payment
• European Ombudsman
• EU’s General Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC)
• Safe Harbor
• Information on contracts for transferring data outside the EU
• EU Data Protection Homepage
• Distance Selling Rules
• Distance Selling of Financial Services
• E-commerce Directive (2000/31/EC)
• VAT on Electronic Service
• The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive
• Information to Patients - Major developments
• Nutrition and health claims made on foods: Regulation 1924/2006 3/14/2012 (pending)
• Provisions of Nutritional Labeling: Nutritional Labeling Directive 90/496/EC
• EU-27 FAIRS EU Country Report on Food and Labeling requirements
• Guidance document on how companies can apply for health claim authorizations:
  • Summary document from EFSA
  • Full document from EFSA
• Health & Nutrition Claims
• Tobacco
• Product Liability
• Product Safety
• Legal Warranties and After-Sales Service
• Copyright
• Harmonization of certain aspects of Copyright and related rights in the Information Society - Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC)
• Industrial Property
• European Patent Office (EPO
• Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Madrid
• Directive on harmonizing trademark laws