Registration under the Environmental Protection Act
- Permit or other obligation
- 6 municipalities
- Public service
Environmental protection requirements for certain activities posing a risk of environmental pollution are laid down in sector-specific Government decrees. These activities must, instead of the permit procedure, comply with the regulation on their sector and submit a registration notification of their activities to the municipal environmental protection authority.
The registration procedure inclu ...
Do the following
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.
To whom and on what terms
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.
Deadline
The notification concerning an energy production plant must be submitted no later than 30 days before the start of the operations. For other activities, submit the notification no later than 60 days before the start of the activity.
Processing time
Energy production plants shall be registered within 30 days and other plants within 60 days of receipt of the notification. Complete the notification form carefully. In the case of a notification that has not been properly filled in, the counting of the time limit starts when all the necessary information has been presented to the authority.
Period of validity
The registration is valid until further notice.
Background information
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.