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Work at Tukes Tukes offices in Helsinki, Tampere and Rovaniemi employ around 270 people. Most of the personnel work in specialist tasks that include monitoring, communication, development and international cooperation. Tukes is an specialist organ...https://tukes.fi/en/about-us/work-at-tukes
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Forms The left-side menu takes you to our forms by branch in Word or Excel format. You may download them for electronic fill-in or print to be filled-in manually. Submit the completed forms together with all the required appendices to the address:...https://tukes.fi/en/online-services/forms
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Organisation Tukes has five units : Chemicals, Industry, Products, FINAS, and Information and Development. Approximately 250 Tukes employees work at our offices in Helsinki, Tampere and Rovaniemi. Tukes operates under the guidance of several minis...https://tukes.fi/en/about-us/organisation
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Procurement and invitations to tender Procurement refers to purchasing or hiring goods and services from outside Tukes, or activities comparable to these. The single largest procurement group at Tukes is the purchasing of expert services: testing ...https://tukes.fi/en/about-us/procurement-and-invitations-to-tender
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General requirements for products in Finland Products must not pose a danger to the health or property of anyone. General safety requirements for consumer products and services are laid down in the Consumer Safety Act. The Consumer Safety Act is a...https://tukes.fi/en/product-contact-point/general-requirements-for-products-in-finland
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Single liaison office for market surveillance (Fipoint) Each EU Member State has a Single Liaison Office for market surveillance, which is responsible for certain tasks related to market surveillance at national and EU-level. In Finland, the task ...https://tukes.fi/en/single-liaison-office-for-market-surveillance
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Articles of precious metals, jewellery and watches An entrepreneur in the precious metals industry can check this website for up-to-date requirements applicable to articles of precious metals and apply for a responsibility mark for their company. ...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/articles-of-precious-metals-jewellery-and-watches
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Legislation on toys Children are a vulnerable user group. Thus, special attention is paid to the safety of toys on an international level. The European Toy Directive 2009/48/EC applies to toys. Toys introduced to the Finnish market must meet the r...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/toys/legislation-on-toys
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How to apply for a responsibility mark The resposibility mark is a mark stamped onto an article of precious metal that indicates who has manufacturer the article, who it is manufactured for, who is selling it or who has imported it into Finland. T...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/articles-of-precious-metals-jewellery-and-watches/how-to-apply-for-a-responsibility-mark-and-a-locality-mark-from-tukes/how-to-apply-for-a-responsibility-mark
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Lifts are subject to various inspections in the course of their lifespan. A new lift is inspected during commissioning. After this, periodic inspections are carried out and lifts are also inspected following alteration works.https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/lifts/lift-inspections
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Plans for opening a mine near my neighbourhood are in the works. What can I do? I heard a reservation notification has been made in my area. What does it mean? Will a mine be opened in my neighbourhood? A company that makes a reservation notificat...https://tukes.fi/en/home-and-leisure-time/plans-for-opening-a-mine-near-my-neighbourhood-are-in-the-works.-what-can-i-do-
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Toys The legislation on toy safety has been reformed. The new EU Regulation 2025/2509 on toy safety has been adopted and published in the Official Journal of the EU in November 2025. The regulation will apply from 1 August 2030. Articles 28-44 and...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/toys
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Electrical work and contracting Either your business or you personally must be authorised to perform electrical work when you are constructing or repairing fixed electrical installations, i.e. electrical equipment you are repairing non-low voltage...https://tukes.fi/en/electricity/electrical-works-and-contracting
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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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Reporting serious undesirable effects (SUE) caused by cosmetics The responsible person and distributor of a cosmetic product are obliged to report serious undesirable effects caused by their products. The responsible person and distributor must re...https://tukes.fi/en/chemicals/cosmetics/reporting-serious-undesirable-effects-sue-caused-by-cosmetics
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Submitting information on chemicals Companies must use a chemical notification to submit information about the chemical they have placed on the Finnish market to the relevant authority. Information about the quantities of chemicals placed on the m...https://tukes.fi/en/chemicals/submitting-information-on-chemicals
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Possessor of the electrical installation and the operation manager Table of Contents Table of Contents Close The possessor of the electrical installation and the operation manager play an important role in ensuring the safety of the electrical ins...https://tukes.fi/en/electricity/electrical-installations/possessor-of-the-electrical-installation-and-the-operation-manager
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Personal data registers Table of Contents Table of Contents Close Supervision of products, services, institutions and equipment Tukes maintains registers on subjects of supervision falling within its remit, such as product importers, consumer serv...https://tukes.fi/en/personal-data-registers
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The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment press release: The amended Mining Act will enter into force on 1 June 2023. The amended law will increase the influence of local residents and put more emphasis on environmental considerations.https://tukes.fi/en/-/meae-new-mining-act-to-enter-into-force-on-1-june
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The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment press release: A report that evaluates the activities, services and implementation of digitalisation projects at the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) has been completed. The report includes recommendations for both Tukes and the ministries steering its activities to develop the agency's activities in the future.https://tukes.fi/en/-/meae-external-evaluation-of-the-finnish-safety-and-chemicals-agency-completed