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Submit the registration notification using the attached sector-specific form.

Submit the notification form and its appendices to an environmental control office or city registry office.

If a trader has established their business in another country within the European Economic Area and intends to provide their services temporarily in Finland, the trader is subject to the same obligations as all other traders established in Finland.

An activity cannot be registered if:

  • The activities are located in an important or other groundwater area suitable for water supply.
  • The activities may cause water pollution or it is a project subject to a permit under the Water Act.
  • The discharge of waste water may cause the pollution of ditch, spring or rill.
  • The activities in the environment may cause unreasonable strain in accordance with the act on certain neighbour relations.
  • The activities are part of the activities of a directive facility.

In such cases, apply for an environmental permit for the activity.

The fee is based on the rates of the environmental protection authority.

Operators undertaking activities that affect the environment have the obligation to register their activities in the environmental protection information system. The activity can begin when the municipal environmental authority has registered the activity, or a period of 30 or 60 days have passed since the notification was submitted.

The obligation to register also applies to dry cleaners and activities that use organic solvents, as well as to concrete batching plants and concrete product plants. At the time of registration, the authority ensures that the operator complies with the relevant environmental protection requirements.

https://finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/2012/846
https://finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/2020/314
https://finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/2017/1065
https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/2014/527
https://finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/2018/858
https://finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/2015/64

Environmental control office

Environmental protection and Rovakaari environmental health care office.

Mäntyvaarantie 2, 96100 ROVANIEMI,

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Mon - Fri: 08:00 - 16:00

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environmental control, environmental notifications, registration, environmental permits