Government bills9
- HE 185/2025 vpPassed
Reforming precious metal hallmarking and supervision
Fineness and hallmarking requirements for precious metal products will be updated to comply with an international convention. The precious metal content of products will become clearer for consumers, and the inspection powers of the supervisory authority will be clarified.
6 Mar 2026 · passed without a vote - HE 103/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Limiting municipal waste management responsibility
Statutory municipal waste management responsibility will be limited to ordinary homes and holiday homes, leaving care homes and other housing units for health and social services to manage their waste themselves. At the same time, Tukes (the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency) will be tasked with supervising compliance with EU battery requirements.
17 Dec 2024 · 4 votes114 jaa56 ei - HE 154/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Centralising product market surveillance in Tukes
Liaison and advisory duties regarding product market surveillance, as well as the surveillance of textile and footwear labelling, will be centralised in Tukes (the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency). The change implements EU regulation and enhances cooperation between authorities.
19 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 124/2020 vpPassed
Risk indicators for plant protection products
Tukes (the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency) will begin calculating and publishing EU-wide risk indicators on the use of plant protection products. The reform will improve the monitoring of adverse health and environmental impacts of pesticides.
26 Oct 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 115/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming chemical notifications and poison information
The notification procedure for hazardous chemical mixtures will be transferred to a common EU information system, and the Poison Information Centre's right of access to information will be improved. At the same time, national chemical notifications will be centralised in an electronic service.
7 Oct 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 273/2016 vpPassed
Publishing refrigeration sector qualifications online
Qualification details for refrigeration sector professionals and companies will be officially made available in an online service open to everyone. In addition, qualification requirements in the sector will be extended to the handling of refrigerated transport equipment and electrical switchgear.
22 Mar 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 117/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming and clarifying pressure equipment regulation
The act governing pressure equipment will be reformed in Finland to align with European Union product regulation. The reform will clarify equipment safety requirements as well as the obligations of manufacturers and importers.
2 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 41/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining agricultural support administration
Guidance on the supervision of cross-compliance requirements for plant protection products will be transferred to Tukes (the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency), and support tasks granted by the ELY Centres (Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) can be centralised. In addition, the duration of national support for young farmers will be capped at a maximum of five years.
18 Dec 2015 · passed without a vote - HE 46/2015 vpPassed
Centralising consumer service safety supervision
Safety supervision of consumer services will be transferred from municipalities and the Regional State Administrative Agencies to central government as a task of Tukes (the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency). At the same time, the obligation of service providers to notify the authority when commencing operations will be abolished.
2 Dec 2015 · passed without a vote