THE MINISTER
Bundesminister für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Alexander Dobrindt
Date
Our ref.
15. januar 2016
2015-7367
Ministry of Transport and Building
Frederiksholms Kanal 27 F
DK-1220 Copenhagen K
Phone
+45 41 71 27 00
Dear colleague, dear Mr. Dobrindt
On 4 January 2016, the Danish Government decided to implement temporary
border controls at the Danish-German border as a direct response to the im-
plementation by Sweden of border control and transporter’s liability. The tem-
porary border control between Denmark and Germany has since been extended
until 3 February 2016.
The Danish Government has not yet decided whether to implement trans-
porter’s liability regarding the German-Danish border. However, such a deci-
sion may be taken with a short notice.
The Danish Embassy in Berlin has informed me that your Ministry has been in
contact with Deutsche Bahn. I would like to express my gratitude for this. Also,
I can confirm that there is now an on-going dialogue between Deutsche Bahn
and DSB with the aim of finding suitable transport solutions should the imple-
mentation of transporter’s liability prove unavoidable.
At the same time, I wish to emphasise that your support for undisrupted cross-
border transport by Deutsche Bahn and DSB in the event of the implementa-
tion of transporter’s liability is very important. Continued cross-border public
transport will be of great significance to passengers crossing the German-
Danish border.
I look forward to our meeting on 22 January 2016 where we will have the op-
portunity to continue our discussions on the matter in hand and other im-
portant subjects of mutual interest.
Yours sincerely,
Hans Chr. Schmidt