6. What do I have to do to be registered?

You can be registered in the Nutrition Base in two ways:

• you can register yourself on the internet at www.virk.dk/naeringsbasen, or
• you can send a registration form to the Commerce and Companies Agency. The registration form can be found in www.virk.dk/naeringsbasen.

No matter how you register, you will receive a confirmation, once you have been registered. You will not receive a nutrition letter on paper – the proof that you are entitled to operate your food business is that you have been registered in the Nutrition Base. You can check your details at www.virk.dk/naeringsbasen.

Registration must be done no later than four weeks after proper notification to the Danish Commerce and Companies Agency, otherwise the notified matters will be considered as registered in the Nutrition Base. However, the four week limit may be extended once under special circumstances.

With a Digital Signature/NemID you can also change your details in the Nutrition Base yourself. If you want to notify changes by letter, you should use a different form from the application form - a changes form.

NB!
If you register via the internet, registration is immediate. Therefore, you can start your food outlet as soon as you have finished typing in your details.

The internet solution

You will have to use your Digital Signature/NemID to register information about your food wholesale business. Anyone can use their own Digital Signature/NemID and make registrations for you. This may be, for example your accountant or lawyer.

Digital Signature/NemID
The Digital Signature/NemID is free of charge and you can order it through the link "Digital Signature/NemID" at www.virk.dk.

Internet registration only takes a few minutes. You must start at www.virk.dk/naeringsbasen. Here you click on the field "Bliv optaget i Næringsbasen" and follow the instructions on the page.

If in doubt, click on the field "Guide" to learn more.

NB!
If you can’t find the address of your undertaking, even though you have entered your CVR no. (business registration number), this may be because the CVR register has not received the address of your business.

You can check your details at www.cvr.dk. The address of your outlet should be linked to a production unit. You must update information about your production unit at www.virk.dk/p-enhedsloesningen.

Registration form on paper

You can also have your outlet registered in the Nutrition Base by sending a registration form to the Commerce and Companies Agency.

You can download the form from www.virk.dk/naeringsbasen or by contacting the Commerce and Companies Agency. See information about address, email and telephone number at the back of this booklet.

NB!
If you send a form to the Commerce and Companies Agency, it may take up to four weeks before you are registered in the Nutrition Base. You may not start your food outlet before it has been registered in the Nutrition Base.

NB! Do you serve alcohol?
Registration in the Nutrition Base allows you to servefood, coffee, soft drinks etc., but not beer, wine or alcohol!

If you want to serve beer, wine and alcohol, you will also need a liquor license which you can apply for through the local authority authorised to issue liquor licenses.

The Act on Restaurants lays down further requirements on obtaining a liquor license.