The legal basis for DANAK accreditation is stated in the Act on Promotion of Trade and Industry and in statutory orders. DANAK's assessment activities are based on standards in the DS/EN 45000 series, the DS/EN ISO/IEC 17000 series and DS/EN ISO 15189.

For these standards guidelines have been worked out by the European accreditation organization European co-operation for Accreditation (EA), International Accreditation Forum, Inc. (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).

Specific sets of rules and regulations for accreditation

Accreditation of laboratories to calibration

Accreditation of laboratories to testing

Accreditation of laboratories to medical examination

Accreditation of providers of proficiency testing

Accreditation of laboratories to certification of reference materials

Accreditation to certification of quality management systems

Accreditation to certification of environmental management systems

Accreditation to certification of energy management systems

Accreditation to certification of occupational health management systems

Accreditation to certification of products

Accreditation to certification of persons

Accreditation to certification of information security management systems

Accreditation to certification of management systems for food security

Accreditation to CO₂-Verification

Accreditation to environmental verification (the EMAS regulation)

Accreditation to inspection

Rules and regulations for other schemes of approval

Inspection in accordance with the OECD's rules for God Laboratory Practice (GLP)

Appointment and notification in accordance with the council directive on construction products based on accreditation (rules for this are issued by the Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority)

Sets of rules that were valid before 1 October 2009