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Process safety system What does process safety mean? Process safety concerns hazards presented by chemicals and processes. Process safety incidents and accidents are sudden and unplanned, and they involve the release or a potential release of a ha...https://tukes.fi/en/process-safety-system
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Process risk assessment and management ’Process risk assessment and management’ is an area of the process safety system consisting of two elements: process safety information; and process risk assessment and management. The goal set for the area i...https://tukes.fi/en/process-safety-system/process-risk-assessment-and-management
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Mercury Mercury is a toxic substance that adversely affects human health and the environment around the world. Mercury finds its way to consumers at the top of the food chain through different ecosystems, and also to the environment through long-r...https://tukes.fi/en/chemicals/mercury
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Fees The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has a central role as the coordinator of approval and authorisation processes under BPR. Among other things, ECHA assesses the technical equivalence of active substances from different sources, maintains t...https://tukes.fi/en/chemicals/biocides/fees
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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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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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Responsibility for product safety Economic operators are responsible for ensuring the safety of general consumer goods and making sure that their products include all necessary instructions and warnings. Roles and obligations of economic operators...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/general-consumer-goods/responsibility-for-product-safety
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Report serious accidents at plants or mines Report any initial information on serious accidents at plants or mines under monitoring to Tukes: Kirsi Levä, Director, Industrial Department, kirsi.leva (at) tukes.fi, tel. +358 29 5052 162 Kati Hietamä...https://tukes.fi/en/online-services/report-serious-accidents-at-plants-or-mines
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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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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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Data protection at Tukes Table of Contents Table of Contents Close Processing of personal data at Tukes Tukes only collects personal data that is necessary for its operations and processes them for predefined specific purposes. Personal data is pr...https://tukes.fi/en/about-us/data-protection-at-tukes
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Accidents Learning from accidents is important in order to avoid similar accidents in the future. Tukes publishes information on accidents occurred in Finland so that companies, employees and consumers could identify and manage the risks associate...https://tukes.fi/en/do-this/accidents
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User categories Biocidal products are always authorised for a specific use. The authorised use includes information on the user category the product is intended for. The risk assessment of the product takes into account who will use the product, t...https://tukes.fi/en/chemicals/biocides/safe-and-sustainable-use-of-biocides/user-categories
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How to apply for a locality mark Municipalities can apply for a right to use a locality mark or marks by submitting a free-form application to the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes). Individuals or companies cannot apply for a locality ma...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-locality-mark
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Termination of responsibility mark registration You can terminate the registration of a responsibility mark with the form for confirming or terminating responsibility mark registration . After termination, the responsibility mark must not be used ...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/termination-of-responsibility-mark-registration
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Addressing the requirements at new production plants and in the permit process Economic operators must also take into account the requirements of the process safety system at the different stages of planning new production plants and during the pe...https://tukes.fi/en/process-safety-system/addressing-the-requirements-at-new-production-plants-and-in-the-permit-process
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Organisation and personnel ’Organisation and personnel’ is an area of the process safety system consisting of three elements: tasks and responsibilities; competence management; and contractor management. The goal of the area is to identify persons...https://tukes.fi/en/process-safety-system/organisation-and-personnel
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Conflict minerals Conflict minerals include tin (Sn), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W) and gold (Au). These minerals are found in large volumes in the African Great Lakes Region and especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Although they hold...https://tukes.fi/en/industry/conflict-minerals
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Biogas The same legislation and requirements that regulate the use of natural gas also apply to processed biogas, primarily biogas that contains methane. Processed biogas is delivered to natural gas pipework, filling stations or usage sites. If th...https://tukes.fi/en/industry/natural-gas-and-biogas/biogas
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Reporting accidents and near misses This page contains a general description of leisure service providers' obligations under the Consumer Services Act 185/2025. For more detailed instructions, see Tukes instructions Safety in Consumer Services . T...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/safety-in-leisure-services/service-provider-obligations/reporting-accidents-and-near-misses