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Notification of a pleasure boat harbour

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The managing body of the harbour shall draw up a plan for the management of waste from ships in the harbour.

The waste management plan for pleasure boat harbours and small fishing ports must be submitted to the municipal environmental protection authority for approval and for registration to the environmental protection information system.

A waste management plan shall be drawn up for a pleasu ...

Do the following

Submit a notification of the pleasure boat harbour using the Finnish Environment Institute’s form. The notification must contain a waste management plan.

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

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To whom and on what terms

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.


Deadline

Submit the notification well in advance before commencing the harbour operations.

Period of validity

In principle, the notification is valid until further notice.

The waste management plan shall be updated and submitted to the authority for approval, every five years. If the quality, quantity or management of waste to be left in the harbour changes significantly, the plan must also then be updated.

Background information

If a pleasure boat harbour does not need an environmental permit, the municipal environmental authority must be notified of it.

An environmental permit is mainly required for harbours and loading or unloading docks intended for merchant shipping and suitable for vessels with a deadweight of more than 1,350 tonnes.

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Text edited by: City of Rovaniemi
Updated: 17/11/2023