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23.10.2018 | IoT (Internet-of-Things) - teknologian hyödyntäminen rakennuksien paloturvallisuuden kehityksessä ja integroidussa älykkäässä ympäristössä Diplomityö, Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto Palotarkastusinsinööri Tuomas Pylkkänen Etelä-Karjalan pelas...

8.7.2026 | The Finnish Supervisory Agency (LVV), the Finnish Medicines Agency (Fimea), the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) and the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) urge providers of aesthetic treatments to ensure that their services comply with applicable legislation. Based on supervisory findings, many operators in the beauty sector are not sufficiently familiar with the legislation governing their activities or do not comply with it.

26.5.2026 | Last summer saw an exceptional number of fatal accidents and serious incidents on Finnish beaches. The Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) and the Finnish Swimming Teaching and Lifesaving Federation (FSL) explain that you can prevent drowning by strengthening swimming and water safety skills and by making sure the beaches are safe and sufficiently guarded.

Electricity Electricity makes many things possible, but if used incorrectly it can endanger lives and destroy property. In this section you can find information on competency, installation work and electrical installation requirements. Electricity...

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...

The history of Tukes Finland has a long history of technical safety and reliability inspection and supervision. For example, the official supervision of gold dates back to the 16th century, and the regulation of pressure vessel safety to the 19th ...

Requirements on cords and drawstrings on children’s clothing The standard SFS-EN 14682 sets requirements on all cords and drawstrings on children’s clothing. It aims to prevent choking and other hazards in situations, in which a cord or drawstring...

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...

Hallmarking An assay office mark verifies that an assay office has analysed the precious metal fineness of the article and assessed its conformity. The image shows a Finnish assay office mark An assay office mark can only be granted by a Tukes-app...

Maintenance The condition of electrical installations must be monitored continuously and possible defects must be removed. Like the other parts of a building, electrical systems do not remain safe and in working order by themselves. Electrical ins...

7.10.2022 | Turvallisuus- ja kemikaalivirasto (Tukes) Tukes / Mittauslaitteet 4.5.2021 Sähköajoneuvojen lataus ja energiamittaus III Sähköajoneuvojen lataus ja energiamittaus III Tämä ammattilaisille suunnattu webinaari on jatkoa 12.3.2019 pidetylle seminaari...

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...

Inspection activities Verification inspections and periodic inspections required by the Electrical Safety Act are carried out by authorised inspectors and inspection bodies. The inspectors and inspection bodies who perform the inspections are impa...

Home technology and electricity The consumer or end user bears the responsibility of the safe and purposeful use of household appliances and equipment, but it is the responsibility of the manufacturer, importer or distributor to provide sufficient...

Requirements on textiles Textile products include: bedding curtains rugs babies’ nappies clothing, such as shirts, trousers, headwear and gloves. The most typical safety issues in textiles are related to chemicals, cords and drawstrings in childre...

Treated articles A treated article means any substance, mixture or article which has been treated with one or more biocidal products, or which intentionally contains one or more biocidal products. For example, a sheet of plywood may be treated wit...

International cooperation Table of Contents Table of Contents Close The aim is to harmonise global requirements concerning measuring instruments to the best possible extent, as the market for measuring instruments is large and the trade based on t...

Pelastusviranomaisten ajankohtaispäivät Pelastusviranomaisten ajankohtaispäivien materiaalia pdf-muodossa Sisällysluettelo Sisällysluettelo Sulje 2024 Uusi paloturvallisuuslaitelaki 7.11.2024 Uusi paloturvallisuuslaitelaki Jaana Rajakko ja Kirsi R...