Date

Decision

External Quality Assurance (EQA)

Reference

19 June 2007

Scandlines sold off

Berlingske Business (2007)

29 June 2007

Memorandum of understanding between Denmark and Germany

State Memorandum (2007)

2 September 2008

Binding political agreement to build fixed link

Danish Parliament (2008)

3 September 2008

Agreement between Denmark and Germany

State Treaty (2008)

29 January 2009

Binding political agreement: Green transport policy

Danish Parliament (2009a)

15 April 2009

Parliament passes Planning Act No. 285

Danish Parliament (2009b)

23 June 2011

Construction activities advanced, Act No. 149

Danish Parliament (2011)

26 April 2012

EQA of railroad constructions published

KPMG (2012)

8 June 2012

EQA of E47 South Motorway published

Deloitte (2012)

20 March 2013

Authorization of call for tenders, Act No. 97

Danish Parliament (2013)

20 April - 21 May 2015

Work program for EQA of Fehmarn traffic developed

COWI (2015a)

28 April 2015

Parliament passes Construction Act L141 conditionally

Danish Parliament (2015)

1 June 2015

EQA of competition by ferry services started

KPMG (2016)

1 October 2015

“Due diligence” of reserves and risk distribution

TRM (2015a)

21 October 2015

Commissioning of EQA of tunnel construction reserves and risks

Ernst & Young (2016)

10 November 2015

EQA of road traffic forecasts published

COWI (2015b)

12 November 2015

EQA of road traffic transfer from the Great Belt requested

TRM (2015d)

24 January 2016

EQA of competition by ferry services published

KPMG (2016)

28 January 2016

EQA of tunnel construction costs, reserves and German approval process published

Ernst & Young (2016)

4 March 2016

Binding political agreement about future development

Danish Parliament (2016)

4 March 2016

Upgrading of existing rail track begins

Ingeniøren (2016a)

30 May 2016

Conditional tunnel construction contracts signed

Femern A/S (2016d)

17 March 2017

Contracts signed with engineering consultants

Femern A/S (2017d)

17 March 2017

EQA of road traffic transfer from Great Belt not yet completed

S&B (2017b)