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Safety requirements for industrial tanks, site tanks and domestic heating oil tanks Chemical tanks must comply with the applicable safety requirements. Chemicals are stored in both pressurised and non-pressurised tanks. The non-pressurised tanks, ...https://tukes.fi/en/industry/chemical-tanks
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Land-use planning When drafting a plan, planning authorities must take into account establishments involving accident hazards . For the planning of areas in the vicinity of establishments involving major accident hazards, an opinion must be obtain...https://tukes.fi/en/industry/land-use-planning
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Requirements for soothers and soother holders The aim of the requirements set for the construction of soother holders and chemicals in them is to ensure that soother holders are durable, small parts that pose a choking hazard do not detach from th...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/general-consumer-goods/safety-of-child-care-articles/soother-holders-and-soothers
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The role of standards in demonstrating conformity to requirements Standards play an important role in the design and manufacture of products, testing products, ensuring their safety, and assessing their conformity to requirements. Standards are no...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/products-compliance-with-requirements/the-role-of-standards-in-demonstrating-conformity-to-requirements
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LPG plants If your company stores and uses LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), it usually needs a permit granted by Tukes, or, as a minimum requirement in some cases, you must submit a notification to the rescue authorities . The scope of operations an...https://tukes.fi/en/industry/lpg-plants
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Inspections With inspections conducted at chemical facilities, Tukes ensures that the facility complies with the terms of the permit as well as the legislation . You can only start handling and storing dangerous chemicals after passing the commiss...https://tukes.fi/en/industry/chemical-establishments/inspections
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Requirements for machinery Machinery must comply with the requirements of the EU's Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC . The requirements are the same throughout the European Union. The aim of harmonising the requirements is to ensure the free movement...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/machinery
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Services In this section you can find Tukes’s services, such as forms, registers and enrolment for examinations or courses. More detailed instructions can be found on the page for each service. Services Applications and notifications Report a haza...https://tukes.fi/en/online-services
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Frequently asked questions In the menu you will find frequently asked questions by topic. KemiDigi Construction products Cosmetics Single-use plastics Articles of precious metals Hiddenhttps://tukes.fi/en/frequently-asked-questions
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Prefabricated fireplaces Prefabricated fireplaces (solid fuel space heaters) within the scope of the Construction Products Regulation, and their conformity with requirements shall be shown with a harmonised product standard and CE marking. In addi...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/rescue-service-equipment/prefabricated-fireplaces
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Products and services Safe products and services that are compliant with regulations help ensure the competitiveness of your company. Characteristics and markings that are important for safety vary according to product group. In this section you c...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services
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Electrical works in Finland In Finland electrical works are for safety reasons regulated by law and law-related regulations. These regulations lay down binding requirements, which cover e.g.: what kind of qualifications are needed to do electrical...https://tukes.fi/en/electricity/electrical-works-in-finland
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Do-it-yourself electrical work Electrical work proper may only be carried out by registered professionals. You may also carry out certain minor electrical work as an ordinary electricity user, provided that you are certain you can perform these co...https://tukes.fi/en/do-it-yourself-electrical-work
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News and press releases Please enter one or more search word Select topic All Articles of precious metals Biocides Chemicals: CLP, REACH, detergents, POP, VOC Construction products Consumer products Cosmetics Electrical installations and electrica...https://tukes.fi/en/about-us/what-s-new
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Traceability of products Products must include information that makes it possible to identify the product and trace it and remove it from the market, if necessary. Companies are responsible for the safety of the products they manufacture, import a...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/products-compliance-with-requirements/traceability-of-products
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How to apply for a gold panning permit To apply for a gold panning permit, you must find out different information about the area that your application concerns. You must also present a plan for the implementation of gold panning in your applicati...https://tukes.fi/en/mining-ore-prospecting-and-gold-panning/gold-panning/how-to-apply-for-a-gold-panning-permit
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Requirements for lighters Important factors related to the safety of lighters (i.e. common cigarette lighters, cigar lighters and pipe lighters) include lighting mechanisms and design that are safe for children, height of the flame, ease of puttin...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/general-consumer-goods/lighters
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Ask questions or provide feedback On this page you may ask Tukes’s expert questions or provide feedback. Please include your contact details so we can send you a reply. Please use the appropriate fields for contact details. Make sure that you do n...https://tukes.fi/en/online-services/ask-questions-or-provide-feedback
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Surveillance Surveillance is a way for Tukes to ensure that companies comply with legislation and that the companies, equipment, chemicals, products, services and other activities monitored by Tukes are safe and comply with the requirements. The o...https://tukes.fi/en/about-us/surveillance