General notification under the Environmental Protection Act

Submit the notification using the Finnish Environment Institute’s form. The information required is roughly the same as the information required in the environmental permit application.

If your notification concerns a larger chemical warehouse, submit the notification to the the Finnish Supervisory Agency.

If you do not receive a decision within the time limit, you can start your business operations at your own risk. However, you must comply with the decision that is issued later, even if you apply for an appeal.

You can submit a notification if

• your company is not located in important groundwater areas or other areas suitable for water supply
• your company’s activities do not burden the neighbourhood unreasonably
• your company’s activities do not pollute the water system, and the project is not subject to a permit under the Water Act
• your company’s activities do not contaminate any streams, springs or rills by channelling wastewater
• your company’s activities are not part of the activities of an installation covered by the directive
• the environmental impact assessment procedure does not apply to your company’s activities.

If the entrepreneur has established itself in another country in the European Economic Area and temporarily offers services in Finland, the same permits are required as from entrepreneurs established in Finland.