Tukes monitors the safety and compliance of various chemicals, products and services and industrial operations on a large scale. Safety and compliance is also monitored by several other authorities; an overview of these authorities is provided in the tables below.
You can see the areas of operation of the market surveillance authorities, i.e. the authorities monitoring the compliance of products, in Annexes 3 and 4 of the Market Surveillance Strategy.
| Authority | Matter |
| Finnish Food Authority | Foodstuffs, food contact materials and equipment, animal feed including pet food, fertilisers and seeds, residues of plant protection products in foodstuffs |
| Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom | Aviation: parachutes, hang-gliders Maritime: recreational crafts, jet skis, marine equipment Road traffic: Vehicles registered for use in road traffic, bicycles, children’s car seats, motorcycling safety helmets |
| Finnish Medicines Agency Fimea | Medicines, medical devices, such as Zimmer frames and assistive devices carrying a CE marking, pregnancy tests, condoms, prostheses, contact lenses, dermal fillers |
| National Police Board | Firearms, licences to purchase explosives precursors |
| Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) | Electromagnetic fields, ultraviolet radiation, laser, radiation and radioactivity in consumer goods |
| Finnish Supervisory Agency | Products used in work, such as machinery and personal protection equipment intended for professional use Alcohol and tobacco products Monitoring of producer responsibility |
| Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom | Radio and telecommunications terminal equipment, such as telephones, modems, radio telephones |
| Finnish Environment Institute | Arctic cooperation, environmental monitoring of harmful substances, waste, fluorinated greenhouse gases (F gases), ozone-depleting substances, chemicals export notification procedure (PIC) |
| Finnish Customs | Monitoring the import of products such as chemicals, cosmetic products |
| Authority | Matter |
| Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (FCCA) | Defects in services excluding safety-related defects, package holidays and assisted travel arrangements |
| Rescue departments | Fire safety |
| Police | Public order and safety |
| Radiation and Nuclear Safety authority (STUK) | Solarium, use of radiation |
| Finnish Supervisory Agency | Occupational safety in services The safety of social and healthcare services |
| Municipality | Health protection, the quality of water by beaches and in swimming pools |
| Authority | Matter |
| Finnish Supervisory Agency | Resolving licensing matters under the Environmental Protection Act and the Water Act. Nature conservation Surveillance of the use of chemicals Occupational safety in Seveso establishments Surveillance of sites that carry a dust explosion risk but house no chemicals, to which the Act on Chemical Safety refers (ATEX) |
| Municipal environmental control authorities | Environmental permits and control, smaller sites |
| Municipal health protection authority | Monitoring the health of the living environment of residents |
| Rescue departments | Monitoring of small-scale handling and storage of hazardous chemicals, notifications and inspection visits External rescue plans for sites that require a safety report Monitoring sites under the Rescue Act |
| Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) | Licences for the use of radiation and inspections in industry, monitoring the radiation safety of the environment |
| Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom | Safety adviser on the transport of dangerous goods |
| The Finnish Heritage Agency | Stationary relics are a central part of our archaeological cultural heritage and are protected under the Antiquities Act as a reminder of our county’s previous inhabitants. Together with provincial museums, the Finnish Heritage Agency is responsible for protecting the cultural heritage in Finland. |
| Municipality | Land use planning, building permits |
| National Land Survey of Finland | Resolving issues related to the rights of use of real estate, rights of use related to mining operations are executed in the proceedings to establish a mining area |
