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Industry Plan, implement, assess – safety is the sum of several factors and a result of continuous work. In this section you can find information on safety requirements and monitoring of gases, flammable liquids and other chemicals used in industr...

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...

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...

EU Declaration of Conformity The EU Declaration of Conformity is a document, in which the manufacturer declares that the product conforms to the requirements. The EU Declaration of Conformity is a part of the conformity assessment procedure in acc...

TDG accidents The purpose of the legislation on the transport of dangerous goods (TDG) is to prevent and avert potential damage or risks to people, the environment or property caused by the transport of dangerous goods. Operators have not always r...

Boat hull paints Save the environment and avoid toxic paints! The toxic paints, or antifouling products, used on boat hulls are also very dangerous to other organisms than the algae, barnacles, Electra crustulenta and common mussels that attach to...

Buying and using products that constitute a fire hazard Table of Contents Table of Contents Close Consumer products that constitute a fire hazard are safe only when used for suitable purposes and in accordance with their operating instructions. Us...

Potentially explosive atmospheres Employers are obliged to ensure the health and safety of their employees in potentially explosive atmospheres. The employer must implement necessary measures to ensure that work can be safely carried out in potent...

Change management ‘Change management’ is an area of the process safety system consisting of a single element: change management. Change management is a systematic work process which covers identifying changes, assessing risks, verifying compliance...

Importer's obligations In the legislation concerning products, importer is a company in the EU who imports a product from outside the EU to the EU market. The importer is responsible for ensuring that the products comply with the European requirem...

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...

Establishment of a facility A production facility must take chemical safety into account at every stage of the facility’s life cycle from its establishment to when the facility is shut down. Table of Contents Table of Contents Close Establishing a...

Inspection bodies for the transport of dangerous goods The inspection bodies referred to in the Act on Transport of Dangerous Goods include inspection bodies for the transport of dangerous goods, periodic inspection bodies for the transport of dan...

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...

Biocidal antifouling products are hazardous to health and the environment. Each product’s instructions for use indicate how to use the product safely.

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, ...

Design and manufacture – Manufacturer’s obligations The applicable laws define a ‘manufacturer’ as a business based within the EU that manufactures or gets a third party to design or manufacture a product and markets the product with a view to pla...

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...

Lifecycle of lithium-ion batteries Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are a widely used and effective battery type. Li-ion batteries are used, for example, in mobile devices, power tools, electric bicycles, electric vehicles and industries. This, prim...

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