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12.6.2026 | The Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) has published a new web page on record-keeping for plant protection products. The page contains instructions for meeting the record-keeping requirements that entered into force at the beginning of 2026, such as recording EPPO codes and BBCH growth stages.

19.5.2026 | New requirements have been introduced for the record-keeping of the use of plant protection products. Professional users of plant protection products shall include in their records the registration number of the product, the name of the target crop according to the EPPO code, the spatial data of the area to be treated and the type of use.

Plant protection products Plant protection products are preparations used for protecting plants or plant products against harmful organisms in agriculture, forestry and horticulture. In Finland, only products authorised by Tukes can be sold or use...

Plant protection products In home gardens, the best way of controlling pests is by monitoring the condition of the plants. Remove any deteriorated or sick plants. Plants will remain healthy when you alternate the species of plants you cultivate in...

Plant protection products Authorisation of plant protection products The form is used to apply for an approval for a plant protection product. Application form for the authorisation of plant protection products (doc, 396 kb) Appendix 1 Completenes...

Plant Protection Products Register Click here for access to the Plant Protection Products Register . The Plant Protection Products Register contains key information on products that have been approved for plant protection purposes in Finland. The ...

Plant protection training and certification The purpose of the plant protection certification is to ensure the safe and professional use of plant protection products in Finland. In Finland, plant protection training and certification is organised ...

Record-keeping for plant protection products Do you use plant protection products professionally? Remember to keep a record of all the plant protection products you use. Provide information about: the name and registration number of the plant prot...

Safe use of plant protection products The sales packages and labels of plant protection products provide instructions on how to use of the products safely and prevent damage to health and the environment. Ensure safe use of plant protection produc...

Inspection of plant protection application equipment Application equipment to be inspected Horizontal boom sprayers with a boom of > 3 m Sprayers for bush and tree crops (foggers) Pesticide application equipment in greenhouses with a tank of ≥ 25 ...

Application to become a plant protection training and certification provider Tukes authorises the plant protection training and certification providers. Tukes does not provide plant protection certification. You will find instructions on how to ap...

National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products The objective of the National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products is to reduce health and environmental risks caused by the use of plant protect...

The Finnish National Action Plan on Sustainable Plant Protection III 2023–2027 The objective of the National Action Plan on Sustainable Plant Protection is to reduce the risks to human health and the environment arising from the use of plant prote...

Changes to the production plant In order to manage process safety, the operator must have a systematic and effective change management procedure to identify, assess and commission changes to the production plant. Tukes’ change management requireme...

Sales volumes of plant protection products Data on the sales volumes of plant protection products are published annually in January–February. Statistics on the sales volumes in Finland have been collected since 1953. Tukes has been responsible for...

Protection of pollinators, beneficial organisms and mammals Tukes conducts a risk assessment to evaluate whether the product’s proposed use will pose a risk to pollinators, beneficial arthropods, mammals or birds. The organism warning is product-s...

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Operators placing on the market or distributing plant protection products are required to submit a chemical notification to the KemiDigi system maintained by Tukes for those products for which a chemical notification is required, as specified below. In addition, for plant protection products for which a chemical notification has been submitted, the notifier must report quantitative information through the KemiDigi system by the end of February each year.

How to reduce health risks Plant protection products have been developed for controlling weeds and vermin. The use of plant protection products may be hazardous to human health. The safe use of plant protection products is ensured in the EU Member...