Chemicals legislation
One of the primary goals of chemicals legislation is to prevent the environmental impacts of chemicals before they can cause problems.
The majority of the chemicals legislation consists of EU regulations directly applicable in the member countries.
- EUR-Lex: Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and Council Concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
- EUR-Lex: Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP)
- EUR-Lex Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants
- EUR-Lex: Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and Council on Persistent Organic Pollutants and Amending Directive 79/117/EEC
- EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals
- EUR-Lex: Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and Council on Detergents
- EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and Council Concerning the Making Available on the Market and Use of Biocidal Products
- EUR-Lex: Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and Council Concerning the Placing of Plant Protection Products on the Market
- EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2024/590 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009
- EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2024/573 of the European Parliament and of the Council on fluorinated greenhouse gases, amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 517/2014
- EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2017/852Link to an external website of the European Parliament and of the Council on mercury, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008
The national legislation complements community level regulations.
- Finlex: Chemicals Act 599/2013
- Finlex: Decree on the Retail Sale of Hazardous Chemicals 573/2011, in Finnish
- Finlex: Environmental Protection Act 527/2014, in Finnish
- Finlex: Environmental Protection Decree 713/2014, in Finnish
- Finlex: Act on Plant Protection Products 1563/2011, in Finnish
- Finlex: Waste Act 646/2011
- Finlex: Waste Decree 978/2021, in Finnish
- Finlex: Health Protection Act 763/1994, in Finnish
- Finlex: Act on the Safe Handling and Storage of Dangerous Chemicals and Explosives, Chemicals Safety Act 390/2005, in Finnish
- Finlex: Act on Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment 387/2013, in Finnish
Government Decrees and Decisions
- Finlex: Government Decree on Biocide Products 418/2014, in Finnish
- Finlex: Government Decree on the limitation of emissions into the air from certain activities and installations that use organic solvents 64/2015
- Finlex: Government Decree on the Use of Organic Solvents in Certain Paints and Lacquers and on the Limitation of Emissions of Evaporating Organic Compounds Generated by Repair Painting Products for Vehicles 189/2022, in Finnish
- Finlex: Government Decree on Substances Dangerous and Harmful to the Aquatic Environment 1022/2006
- Finlex: Government Decree on Urban Waste Water Treatment 888/2006
- Finlex: Government Decree on the Certification Requirements of the Personnel and Undertakings Handling Devices Containing Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases or Ozone Depleting Substances 766/2016, in Finnish
- Finlex: Government Decree on restriction of use of equipment containing PCBs and the disposal of PCB waste 958/2016, in Finnish
- Finlex: Government Decree on the Monitoring of the Handling and Storage of Dangerous Chemicals 685/2015, in Finnish
- Finlex: Government Decision on Making Pesticides Containing Certain Active Substances Available on the Market and the Prohibition of Their Use 1361/1996, in Finnish
- Finlex: Government Decree on Air Quality 38/2011, in Finnish
- Finlex: Government Decree on Batteries and Accumulators 520/2014, in Finnish
- Finlex: Government Decree on the Exceptions to Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation on Restriction on the Manufacture, Placing on the Market and Use of Certain Hazardous Substances, Mixtures and Articles 647/2009
Ministry Decrees and Decisions
- Finlex: Ministry of the Environment Decree on the Applications and Notifications Concerning Biocidal Products and Their Active Substances 419/2014, in Finnish
- Finlex: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Decree on Submitting Information Concerning Chemicals 1118/2020, in Finnish
- Finlex: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Decree on the Chemicals Referred to in Annex VI of the CLP Regulation 1119/2020, in Finnish