4. Who and what places of business (production units) must be registered in the Nutrition Base?

• 4.1 Who must be registered?
• 4.2 Which address must be registered?
• 4.3 What are the rules if I have more than one place of business?
• 4.4 What are the rules if I move to new premises or expand my business?

4.1 Who must be registered?

"Anyone" who operates a food business must be registered in the Nutrition Base.

Who is "anyone":

• If the business is owner-operated, then it is the owner of the business
• If the business is a company, e.g. limited by shares, the company itself must be registered with a person responsible for the nutrition letter, see chapter 5.
• If the business is operated as a partnership (interessentskab (I/S) or kommanditselskab (K/S)), then it is all the fully liable partners (i.e. "interessenter" and "komplementarer").

NB!
If a food business is operated by a lessee, the lessee must be registered in the Nutrition Base.

4.2 Which address must be registered?

You must register with the address of your place of business (production unit).

What is a place of business (production unit)?
Your place of business is the geographical address where you operate your business.

Information about your undertaking, including your places of business can be seen in the CVR register at www.cvr.dk. A place of business is a production unit in CVR.

If you carry out activities from several geographical addresses, places of business correspond to the production units in CVR.

If you sell goods from a vehicle, bike or similar your place of business is the address where your business is registered. This may be, for example your own home address.

As a general rule, itinerant sale (door-to-door) also requires an itinerant sale approval which can be attained through registration once a year with the itinerant sale register: www.omfoersel.dk. You can register yourself if you have a CVR no.

Business units
If you have several physically separated activities at your place of business you may choose to acquire a nutrition letter for each activity (business unit) by registering in the Nutrition Base.

A large supermarket with a separate café and a separate bakery will e.g. be enabled to acquire a nutrition letter for each of these three business units.

You are not required to register business units in the Nutrition Base but it is an option.

You must pay an annual fee for each nutrition letter, i.e. for each business unit.

If you have a nutrition letter for each business unit, reported violations on each business unit will be registered under the relevant business unit. This means that it will be possible to differentiate them, also in relation to the authorities.

NB!
It is important to notify the Commerce and Companies Agency if you are VAT (moms) registered at an address other than the location of your place of business.

If your place(s) of business is/are not in the CVR register as production units, it/they cannot be registered in the Nutrition Base!

You should update your production units yourself at www.virk.dk/p-enhedsloesningen. For this you need a Digital Signature/NemID. It is free of charge and can be ordered at www.virk.dk.

4.3 What are the rules if I have more than one place of business?

All places of business must be registered in the Nutrition Base.

This means that a person or an undertaking operating a food business from more than one place of business must ensure that all places of business are registered in the Nutrition Base.

Examples:

1. A person owns two businesses from where food/drinks are sold/served. The person must register two places of business in the Nutrition Base, i.e. have two nutrition letters.
2. A company operates a chain of businesses. The company must register each of these places of business in the Nutrition Base, i.e. have a nutrition letter for each place of business.
3. An I/S (limited partnership) operates its business and restaurant at different places of business. All the partners in the I/S must each be registered in the Nutrition Base with the two places of business.

4.4 What are the rules if I move to new premises or expand my business?

If you move to new premises or buy a new business, you must register the new place of business in the Nutrition Base.

NB!
Your registration in the Nutrition Base will always only apply to the places of business which are currently registered!