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Batteries and accumulators Table of Contents Table of Contents Close Batteries and accumulators have to be safe, and the amount of heavy metals they contain must be within specified limits. Batteries and accumulators must be marked with a separate...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/electrical-products/batteries-and-accumulators
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Electric vehicle batteries and charging Electric vehicle batteries and weather conditions Do electric vehicle batteries need to be stored in warm conditions? Not necessarily. Electric vehicles have automated battery heating and cooling systems, wh...https://tukes.fi/en/home-and-leisure-time/home-technology-and-electricity/electric-vehicle-batteries-and-charging
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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...https://tukes.fi/en/lifecycle-of-lithium-ion-batteries
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Muista suojalasit myös ilotulitusta katsoville, tue padathttps://tukes.fi/en/-/muista-suojalasit-myos-ilotulitusta-katsoville-tue-pad-1
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Product-group-specific instructions and requirements Table of Contents Table of Contents Close Magnets in toys Requirements for magnets included in or detachable from toys: the strength of magnets must be less than 50 kG2/mm2; or magnets must be s...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/toys/product-group-specific-instructions-and-requirements
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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...https://tukes.fi/en/home-and-leisure-time/home-technology-and-electricity
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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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Hazardous Substances in Vehicles (ELV) The use of certain heavy metals in vehicles is restricted. The End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) legislation aims to reduce waste from vehicles and make the reuse, recycling, and other recovery of end-of-life vehicl...https://tukes.fi/en/hazardous-substances-in-vehicles-elv-
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Smoke alarm requirements, placement and Smoke alarms must meet the requirements of standard SFS-EN 14604 Smoke alarm devices. The standard includes requirements for smoke sensitivity, volume and labelling of the smoke alarm. The standard is sold b...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/rescue-service-equipment/smoke-alarms
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General requirements for pyrotechnic products Fireworks and other pyrotechnic products sold in Finland must be CE marked . In addition, they must come with appropriate product details and appropriate instructions on their correct use and storing i...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/explosives/general-requirements-for-pyrotechnic-products
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Electric personal transportation devices The legislation and requirements applied to electric personal transportation devices depend on the features of each device. The product itself may be covered by machine regulation and/or vehicle regulation....https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/machinery/electric-personal-transportation-devices
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Consumers and transporting dangerous goods This page provides more information regarding the TGD regulations applicable to consumers. For assistance with identifying dangerous goods, go to TDG classifications . All transport other than transport p...https://tukes.fi/en/industry/transport-of-dangerous-goods/consumers-and-transporting-dangerous-goods
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Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment – WEEE Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) must be marked with a separate collection label, and producer responsibility applies to them. The purpose of WEEE regulation is to reduce the amount of wast...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/electrical-products/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-weee
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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...https://tukes.fi/en/industry/transport-of-dangerous-goods/accident-reporting-in-case-of-on-accident-during-transport-of-dangerous-goods/tdg-accidents
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Surveillance Surveillance is a way for Tukes to ensure that companies comply with legislation and that the companies, equipment, chemicals, products, services and other activities monitored by Tukes are safe and comply with the requirements. The o...https://tukes.fi/en/do-this/surveillance
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Abnormal procedure approved by Tukes Legislation on the transport of dangerous goods takes into account the special characteristics of the different forms of transport, and the technical regulations originating from international agreements are up...https://tukes.fi/en/industry/transport-of-dangerous-goods/abnormal-procedure-approved-by-tukes
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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...https://tukes.fi/en/home-and-leisure-time/boat-hull-paints
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What goods are risky to transport? TDG classifications In terms of transport, dangerous goods include chemicals, substances, compounds, products, even items containing individual substances or compounds (= mixtures) the effect of which may be haza...https://tukes.fi/en/industry/transport-of-dangerous-goods/dangerous-goods-classes
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The requirements applied to electrical equipment are derived from EU directives, regulations, and decisions and also from national legislation.https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/electrical-products
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Technical documentation and risk assessment In order to demonstrate conformity of a toy the manufacturer must document all information related to the manufacturing of the toy, i.e. draw up technical documentation/a technical file. The manufacturer...https://tukes.fi/en/products-and-services/toys/technical-documentation-and-risk-assessment