The International Health Regulations require ships to have a valid sanitation control certificate or a ship sanitation control exemption certificate.
The inspection shall examine the sanitary measures in the ship in order to ensure the hygiene and appropriateness of the operations and to prevent the spread of various diseases. After the inspection, the ship is issued with a ship sanitation contro ...
Book a ship inspection if the ship does not have a ship sanitation control certificate or a ship sanitation control exemption certificate, or if the certificate is about to expire.
If the trader is established in another EEA state and provides services in Finland on a temporary basis, they are required to have the same permits as the traders established in Finland.
A ship sanitation control certificate or a ship sanitation control exemption certificate shall be valid for six months. However, a certificate on exemption from sanitation control can be granted an additional extended period of one month in an authorized harbour.