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The municipality may issue local environmental protection regulations needed to implement the law, but they cannot cover certain listed activities. The municipal environmental authority may grant an exception in an individual case on stated grounds.

A licensed activity may not be started or changed before the permit decision becomes final; an appeal about compensation does not stop the activity from starting.

A municipality may issue local environmental protection regulations for what is needed to implement the law, but they cannot cover certain listed activities; the municipal environmental authority may grant exemptions in individual cases on stated grounds.

The decision-making authority may order that certain decisions or orders must be complied with even if a rectification request or appeal is pending.

The municipality may issue local environmental protection regulations for this law’s implementation, but they cannot cover certain licensed, notified, or registered activities, test operations, exceptional situations, certain pollution-cleanup notice procedures, or Defence Forces/Border Guard activities. The municipal environmental protection authority may grant case-specific exemptions on stated grounds.

Valitusviranomainen voi muuttaa, kumota tai kieltää lupapäätöksen täytäntöönpanon, ja tietyissä ympäristölupa-asioissa hallinto-oikeus voi määrätä päätöksen noudatettavaksi muutoksenhausta huolimatta.

A municipality may issue local environmental regulations needed to implement the Act, but they cannot cover certain listed activities; a municipal environmental authority may grant exceptions in individual cases.

The municipality may issue local environmental protection regulations, but they cannot cover certain listed activities and situations. The municipal environmental authority may grant a case-specific exemption on stated grounds.

Kunnan on kuultava viranomaisia ja tiedotettava ympäristönsuojelumääräysten valmistelusta ja antamisesta sekä pidettävä määräykset saatavilla verkkosivulla.

Lupaviranomainen voi tietyin edellytyksin sallia toiminnan aloittamisen muutoksenhausta huolimatta, jos hakija antaa hyväksyttävän vakuuden.

Kunnan must give the relevant state supervisory authority, and if needed other authorities, a chance to comment before issuing municipal environmental protection regulations, publish preparation information on its website, make the regulations available online, and notify the named authorities.

The review court may reverse or change certain orders and may prohibit implementation of a permit decision; in one case, the Vaasa Administrative Court may require compliance despite appeal.

Kunnan on ennen ympäristönsuojelumääräysten antamista varattava lausuntomahdollisuus viranomaisille, tiedotettava valmistelusta verkkosivulla, julkaistava määräykset yleisesti, pidettävä ne saatavilla verkkosivulla ja toimitettava ne tietyille valtion viranomaisille tiedoksi.

Kunta may issue necessary local environmental regulations for implementing the law, but those rules cannot cover certain listed activities and situations; the municipal environmental authority may grant case-specific exemptions.

Kunnan must give the relevant state supervisory authority, and if needed other authorities, a chance to comment before issuing municipal environmental protection rules, notify preparation on its website, make the rules available online, and send them for information to the relevant state supervisory authority and the state environmental permit authority.

The municipality must let the relevant state supervisory authority comment before issuing local environmental protection regulations, publish preparation information on its website, publicly announce the regulations, keep them available online, and notify the relevant state supervisory and environmental permit authorities.

Valtioneuvosto must approve certain national environmental plans and programmes, and draft plans must be sent for opinions, published for public comment, and kept open for comments for at least 30 days.

The authority that made the decision may order that certain specified orders or decisions must be followed even if they are appealed.

The Government Council must approve certain nationwide environmental plans and programmes, ask for opinions from relevant authorities, allow others to review and comment, and publish information about the approved plan and how comments were handled.

A municipality may issue local environmental protection regulations needed to implement the law, but those rules cannot cover certain listed activities; the municipal environmental authority may grant an exception in an individual case on stated grounds.

Valtioneuvoston on hyväksyttävä tietyt ympäristönsuojelua koskevat valtakunnalliset suunnitelmat ja ohjelmat, pyydettävä niistä lausunnot, järjestettävä muille mahdollisuus tutustua ja kommentoida, sekä tiedotettava hyväksymisestä ja huomioon ottamisesta.

Kunnan must ask the relevant state supervisory authority, and if needed other authorities, for an opportunity to give an opinion before adopting environmental protection regulations, publish preparation information on its website, publicly announce the regulations, keep them available online, and send them to the relevant state authorities.

Valtioneuvosto hyväksyy tietyt EU-säädöksissä tarkoitetut ympäristönsuojelua koskevat valtakunnalliset suunnitelmat ja ohjelmat, ja luonnoksista on pyydettävä lausunnot, järjestettävä yleisölle mahdollisuus esittää mielipiteitä sekä tiedotettava hyväksymisestä.

The Government must approve certain national environmental protection plans and programmes, consult relevant authorities, give others a chance to comment, and publish the approved plan with reasons and feedback handling.

The state supervisory authority and the municipal environmental protection authority may charge fees for certain inspections, monitoring, and permit-related processing, but municipal fees are capped at the authority’s actual total costs.

The appeal court may annul, change, or stop enforcement of certain permit-related orders. An environmental permit appellant may ask the administrative court to overturn or change a related decision without filing a separate appeal. In ongoing-operations permit cases, the Vaasa Administrative Court may require the decision to be followed despite appeal unless the Supreme Administrative Court orders otherwise.

Valtion and municipal environmental authorities may charge fees for specified inspections, supervision, permit handling, and related monitoring tasks, subject to listed exceptions and cost limits.

Kunnan on ennen ympäristönsuojelumääräysten antamista kuultava asianomaista valtion valvontaviranomaista ja tarvittaessa muita viranomaisia sekä tiedotettava valmistelusta ja määräyksistä verkkosivuilla ja muulla kunnallisella tavalla.

Viranomainen voi periä maksuja tietyistä tarkastuksista, valvontatoimista ja lupien tai asioiden käsittelystä, mutta maksu ei saa ylittää kunnalle aiheutuvia kokonaiskustannuksia.

The Government must approve certain national environmental protection plans and programs, consult relevant authorities and the public, and give at least 30 days for comments.

Valvontaviranomaiset may charge fees for specified inspections, supervision, and permit-processing tasks.

Authorities may charge fees for specified inspections, supervision, permit processing, and related compliance work.

Microenterprise fees under section 205 must be reasonable, and operators must provide requested employee, turnover, and balance-sheet information for fee assessment.

Municipal environmental protection regulations may be issued by a municipality for necessary local implementation of the law, but they cannot cover certain listed activities; the municipal environmental authority may grant exemptions in individual cases.

Microenterprise fees must be reasonable, and operators must provide requested workforce, turnover, and balance-sheet information to the supervisory authority for fee setting.

The Government must approve certain national environmental protection plans and programmes, consult relevant authorities on drafts, give others a chance to comment, and provide at least 30 days for comments.

Microenterprise-related supervision fees must be reasonable, and operators must give the supervisory authority requested size data for fee setting.

Valtion valvontaviranomainen ja kunnan ympäristönsuojeluviranomainen voivat periä maksuja tietyistä tarkastuksista, valvonnasta ja lupien tai ilmoitusten käsittelystä.

Microenterprise fees for supervision must be reasonable, and the operator must provide employee, turnover, and balance-sheet information on request for fee setting.

Microenterprises must be charged reasonable fees, and the fee should also be reasonable for a non-business natural person acting as operator.

The state environmental permit authority may hear a witness under oath and orally hear a party if especially necessary, and parties must be allowed to attend and question the witness or party.

The municipality must let the relevant state supervisory authority, and if needed other authorities, give an opinion before issuing municipal environmental protection regulations, and it must publish and keep the regulations available on its website and notify the relevant state authorities.

The state environmental permit authority may hear a witness or a party if special reasons require it, and parties must be allowed to attend, ask questions, and state their view.

The state supervisory authority and the municipal environmental protection authority may charge fees for certain inspections, permit/notice handling, and related monitoring tasks, subject to listed exceptions.

Valtion ympäristölupaviranomainen voi erityisestä syystä kuulla todistajaa tai asianosaista, ja asianosaisille on annettava tilaisuus olla läsnä, esittää kysymyksiä ja lausua käsityksensä.

Microenterprise-related fees must be reasonable, and operators must provide employee, turnover, and balance-sheet information on request for fee setting.

The environmental permitting authority may hear a witness, and even a party orally, if there is a special reason. Parties must be allowed to attend and may ask questions and comment on the account.

Valtion ympäristölupaviranomainen voi erityisestä syystä kuulla todistajaa tai asianosaista; asianosaisille on annettava tilaisuus olla läsnä ja esittää kysymyksiä.

This section says cost compensation in certain compensation cases follows the rules in the Administrative Judicial Procedure Act; if a party has been granted general legal aid, the other party’s liability for compensation follows section 22 of the Legal Aid Act.

The Government must approve national environmental protection plans and programmes, consult relevant authorities, let others review and comment, publish notice in a nationwide newspaper and online, allow at least 30 days for comments, and notify the approved plan with reasons and how comments were considered.

This section says cost compensation in certain compensation cases follows the rules on litigation costs in the Administrative Judicial Procedure Act, and if a party has been granted general legal aid, the opponent’s compensation liability is governed by section 22 of the Legal Aid Act.

Microenterprise-related fees must be reasonable, and operators must provide employee, turnover, and balance-sheet data on request.

In compensation cases under Chapter 13, cost reimbursement follows the rules on court costs in the Administrative Judicial Procedure Act. If a party has been granted general legal aid, the legal-aid recipient’s opposing party’s liability for compensation is governed by section 22 of the Legal Aid Act.

The state environmental permit authority may hear a witness and a party, if specially needed; parties must be allowed to be present and may ask questions and comment on the statement.

In compensation cases under Chapter 13, cost reimbursement follows the rules on litigation costs in the Act on Administrative Judicial Procedure. If a party has general legal aid, the opposing party’s reimbursement liability is governed by section 22 of the Legal Aid Act.

This section says how costs are handled in compensation cases, by referring to rules in other acts.

Air quality measurement and research required for this Act must be carried out competently, reliably, and with appropriate methods.

The state supervisory authority and the municipal environmental protection authority may charge fees for specified inspections, processing, and supervision tasks.

Ilmatieteen laitoksen on huolehdittava ilmanlaadun mittausjärjestelmien vaatimuksenmukaisuudesta ja mittaustulosten tarkastamisesta, laadittava siitä vuosittain kirjallinen arvio ja toimitettava se ympäristöministeriölle viimeistään 31. heinäkuuta.

Valtion ympäristölupaviranomainen voi erityisestä syystä kuulla todistajaa vakuutuksen nojalla ja kuulla asianosaista suullisesti. Asianosaisille on varattava tilaisuus olla paikalla, ja he voivat esittää kysymyksiä ja lausua näkemyksensä.

Measurements, tests, surveys, and research needed to implement the law must be done competently, reliably, and using appropriate methods.

Tässä pykälässä säädetään, että tietyssä korvausasiassa kulujen korvaamiseen sovelletaan hallintoasioiden oikeudenkäyntikuluja koskevia säännöksiä. Jos asianosaiselle on myönnetty yleistä oikeusapua, vastapuolen korvausvelvollisuuteen sovelletaan oikeusapulain 22 §:ää.

Ilmatieteen laitos must ensure certain air-quality measurement compliance checks and submit a yearly written assessment to the environment ministry by 31 July.

Ilmatieteen laitoksen on huolehdittava ilmanlaadun mittausjärjestelmien vaatimustenmukaisuuden ja mittaustulosten tarkastamisesta, laadittava siitä vuosittainen kirjallinen arvio ja toimitettava se ympäristöministeriölle viimeistään 31. heinäkuuta.

This provision applies secrecy rules to persons performing tasks under the law, but says emissions, monitoring, and environmental quality data are not confidential. It also allows certain information to be disclosed to specified authorities for official tasks, crime investigation, or where an international agreement requires it.

Fees charged from microenterprises must be reasonable, and the operator must provide requested employee, turnover, and balance-sheet information to the supervisory authority for fee determination.

This section applies general confidentiality rules to persons performing tasks under the Act, but allows certain information disclosures to specified authorities and for treaty-required disclosure.

Kulujen korvaamiseen tässä korvausasiassa sovelletaan hallintoasioiden oikeudenkäyntikuluja koskevia säännöksiä; jos asianosaiselle on myönnetty yleinen oikeusapu, vastapuolen korvausvelvollisuuteen sovelletaan oikeusapulain 22 §:ää.

This section makes confidentiality rules apply to people carrying out tasks under the law, but it also allows certain disclosures and says some emissions/monitoring and environmental quality data are not confidential.

Air quality measurement and related studies must be carried out competently, reliably, and using appropriate methods; the Finnish Meteorological Institute must also review compliance and submit a yearly written assessment to the Ministry of the Environment by 31 July.

This section says secrecy rules apply to people performing tasks under this Act, but emissions, monitoring, and environmental quality data are not confidential. It also allows certain information to be disclosed to specified authorities for the Act’s tasks, investigating offences, or when an international agreement requires it.

This section sets confidentiality rules for people carrying out tasks under the Act, allows certain disclosures to named authorities, and exempts emissions, monitoring, and environmental quality data from secrecy.

Cross-border environmental impacts are treated like comparable impacts in Finland, unless an agreement with the other state says otherwise; certain prohibitions also apply in another state’s waters or economic zone.

The state environmental permit authority may, when specially necessary, hear a witness under oath and hear a party orally. Parties must be allowed to attend and may ask questions and comment on the testimony.

Ympäristöministeriön on tehtävä yhteistyötä ja tiedotettava yleisölle rajat ylittävän ilman pilaantumisen tilanteissa.

Ilmatieteen laitoksen on tehtävä ja raportoitava tietyt ilmanlaadun tarkastukset, ja valtioneuvosto voi antaa tarkempia säännöksiä niiden toteuttamisesta.

Ympäristöministeriön on tehtävä yhteistyötä EU-viranomaisten ja komission kanssa, pyrittävä yhteistyöhön muiden valtioiden kanssa ja huolehdittava yleisölle tiedottamisesta Suomessa; lisäksi ministeriöiden on tehtävä tieteellistä ja teknistä yhteistyötä päästövähennysten edistämiseksi.

Tässä pykälässä säädetään salassapitovelvollisuudesta ja tietyistä tietojen luovutuksista.

This provision says cross-border environmental impacts are to be taken into account, and sets duties for municipalities and the environmental ministry on cross-border air pollution cooperation and public notice.

Cross-border environmental impacts must be considered like similar impacts in Finland, and certain air-pollution and cooperation duties apply to municipalities and the Environment Ministry.

If a permit activity may cause significant harmful environmental effects in another EU member state, the state environmental permit authority must notify that state and share the application and required annex information; the ministry may also need to consult the other state’s authority.

In certain compensation cases, the rules on litigation-cost compensation in the Administrative Judicial Procedure Act apply. If legal aid has been granted, the legal-aid recipient’s opponent’s cost liability is governed by section 22 of the Legal Aid Act.

Environmental permit authorities must notify the relevant other EU member state about certain permit applications and related information, consider consultation comments, and inform the consulted state of the final decision.

This section limits confidentiality and allows certain information to be disclosed to specified authorities.

If a project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental impacts in another EU member state, the state environmental permit authority must notify that state and share the permit application and required Annex IV information; the Environment Ministry may also need to consult the other state’s authority, and the permit authority must consider comments and notify the decision.

The section requires the Environment Ministry to cooperate on cross-border air pollution matters and to provide public information in Finland, and it assigns related cooperation duties to the ministries in charge of the subject areas.

If a project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects in another EU member state, the Finnish environmental permit authority must notify that state and share the permit application and required annex information at the same time as domestic notice and hearing.

If a project is likely to cause significant cross-border environmental harm in another EU Member State, the state environmental permit authority must share the permit application and Annex IV information with that state and later notify it of the decision.

Ympäristöministeriö voi hakemuksesta myöntää poikkeuksen tietyistä päästöjä koskevista säännöksistä, jos yhteistoteutuksen ehdot täyttyvät.

Ilmatieteen laitos must carry out required air-quality measurements, tests, surveys, and research competently, reliably, and with appropriate methods, and it must prepare a yearly written assessment for the Environment Ministry by 31 July.

Ympäristöministeriö voi hakemuksesta myöntää poikkeuksen päästöjä koskevista säännöksistä tietyn toiminnan osalta, jos laissa säädetyt yhteistoteutuksen edellytykset täyttyvät.

Cross-border environmental impacts must be treated like equivalent impacts in Finland when this law is applied, unless an agreement with the other state provides otherwise.

Ympäristöministeriö voi hakemuksesta myöntää poikkeuksen päästöjä koskevista säännöksistä tietyssä toiminnassa, jos tietyt ympäristönsuojeluun liittyvät edellytykset täyttyvät.

If a project is likely to cause significant cross-border environmental harm in another EU member state, the state permitting authority must notify that state and share the permit application and related Annex IV information.

Ympäristöministeriö voi hakemuksesta myöntää poikkeuksen tietyn toiminnan päästösäännöksistä, jos yhteistoteutuksen edellytykset täyttyvät.

Ympäristöministeriö voi hakemuksesta myöntää poikkeuksen tietyn toiminnan päästösäännöksistä, jos yhteistoteutuksen edellytykset täyttyvät.

The Ministry of the Environment must seek opinions, provide a hearing opportunity, and issue/publicize notice about the application before the section 213 decision is made.

People performing tasks under this law must follow the secrecy rules in the public-access-to-information law, but emissions, monitoring, and environmental quality data are not confidential. Certain information may still be shared with supervisory authorities, the Ministry of the Environment, or criminal investigation authorities in specified cases.

Before the decision under section 213, the Environment Ministry must request opinions, give certain registered associations or foundations a chance to be heard, and announce the application publicly.

If a permit-related activity is likely to cause significant cross-border environmental harm, the state permitting authority must notify the affected EU member state and share the permit application and required Annex IV information at the same time as domestic notice and hearing.

The Environment Ministry must ask for statements, give the applicant a chance to be heard, and notify the application publicly before the decision under Section 213.

Ympäristöministeriö voi hakemuksesta myöntää poikkeuksen tietyn toiminnan päästösäännöksistä, jos yhteistoteutuksen ehdot täyttyvät.

Ympäristöministeriön on ennen päätöstä pyydettävä lausuntoja, varattava kuulemistilaisuus tietyille yhdistyksille tai säätiöille sekä annettava hakemus tiedoksi julkisella kuulutuksella ja julkaistava kuulutustieto vaikutusalueen kunnissa.

Before deciding under section 213, the Environment Ministry must request opinions, give certain registered associations or foundations a chance to be heard, and publish notice of the application.

Ympäristöministeriön on kuultava 213 §:ssä tarkoitettua toiminnanharjoittajaa ennen päätöksen tekemistä. Yhteistoteutuspäätöstä voidaan muuttaa tai peruuttaa tietyillä laissa mainituilla perusteilla.

The Ministry of the Environment must cooperate and provide public information on cross-border air pollution matters.

Ympäristöministeriö voi muuttaa tai peruuttaa yhteistoteutuspäätöksen tietyillä perusteilla, ja sen on ennen päätöstä varattava asianomaiselle toiminnanharjoittajalle tilaisuus tulla kuulluksi.

The Environment Ministry may grant an exemption for certain activities if joint implementation conditions are met.

Ympäristöministeriö voi muuttaa tai peruuttaa yhteistoteutuspäätöksen tietyissä tilanteissa, ja sen on ennen päätöstä kuultava toiminnanharjoittajaa.

Ympäristöministeriön on ennen tiettyä päätöstä pyydettävä lausunnot, varattava kuulemistilaisuus tietyille rekisteröidyille yhdistyksille tai säätiöille sekä annettava hakemus ja kuulutustieto julkisesti tiedoksi.

Ympäristöministeriö voi muuttaa tai peruuttaa yhteistoteutuspäätöksen tietyissä tilanteissa, ja ennen päätöstä toiminnanharjoittajalle on varattava tilaisuus tulla kuulluksi.

Ympäristöministeriö voi muuttaa tai peruuttaa yhteistoteutuspäätöksen tietyissä tilanteissa, ja ennen päätöstä toiminnanharjoittajalle on varattava tilaisuus tulla kuulluksi.

Government may issue detailed rules on restricting or banning certain fuels, chemicals, and products when their emissions may cause health harm or another listed adverse effect.

Rajat ylittävissä ympäristölupa-asioissa viranomaisen on toimitettava hakemus ja tietyt tiedot toiselle jäsenvaltiolle, kuultava huomautukset huomioon ottaen ja ilmoitettava päätöksestä sekä lisätiedoista kuullulle valtiolle.

If emissions from certain fuels, solvent-containing products, or harmful chemicals/products may reasonably be expected to cause health harm or another listed consequence, their manufacture, market placement, export, or use may be restricted, prohibited, conditioned, or made subject to information duties; the Government may issue more detailed rules.

The Ministry of the Environment must ask for statements, hear a registered association or foundation, and publicly notify the application before making the decision.

Certain fuels, solvent-containing products, and environmentally harmful chemicals or products may be banned, restricted, conditioned, or required to provide information if their emissions are reasonably assessed to cause health harm or another listed consequence.

Ympäristöministeriö voi muuttaa tai peruuttaa yhteistoteutuspäätöksen tietyissä tilanteissa, ja ennen päätöstä toiminnanharjoittajalle on varattava tilaisuus tulla kuulluksi.

The Government may issue more detailed rules on restricting or banning certain fuels, chemicals, and products, and on product composition, marking, and information duties.

Tiettyjen polttoaineiden, liuottimia sisältävien tuotteiden ja haitallisia päästöjä aiheuttavien kemikaalien tai tuotteiden valmistus, markkinoille saattaminen, vienti tai käyttö voidaan kieltää, rajoittaa, asettaa ehdolliseksi tai velvoittaa ilmoittamaan niistä viranomaiselle.

Tarpeeton joutokäynti muualla kuin tieliikennelainsäädännössä tarkoitetulla tiellä on kielletty, ja työkoneet sekä laitteet on pidettävä ja käytettävä niin, että ympäristöhaitat jäävät mahdollisimman vähäisiksi.

Ympäristöministeriö voi hakemuksesta myöntää poikkeuksen tietyn toiminnan päästösäännöksistä, jos yhteistoteutuksen ehdot täyttyvät.

Unnecessary idling off roads is prohibited, and the Government may issue more detailed rules and restrictions for machinery and equipment where their use may harm health or the environment.

Environmental Ministry must give the relevant operator a chance to be heard before making the decision.

The Council of State may ban or limit the manufacture, sale, export, or use of work machines and equipment, and set conditions or require type approval, if their use is found or reasonably assessed to cause harm to health or the environment.

Certain fuel, solvent-containing products, and atmosphere-harming chemicals or products may be banned, restricted, or subject to conditions and information duties if their emissions are reasonably assessed to cause health harm or another listed consequence.

Tarpeeton joutokäynti muualla kuin tieliikennelainsäädännön tarkoittamalla tiellä on kielletty; työkoneet ja laitteet on myös suunniteltava, huollettava ja käytettävä niin, että ympäristöhaitat jäävät mahdollisimman vähäisiksi.

Tarpeeton joutokäynti muualla kuin tieliikennelainsäädännön tarkoittamalla tiellä on kielletty, ja työkoneet sekä laitteet on hoidettava ja käytettävä niin, että ympäristöhaitat jäävät mahdollisimman vähäisiksi.

The Ministry of the Environment may grant an exemption from a fuel-quality decree in limited cases, and Tukes may grant an exemption to buy or sell certain higher-VOC products for specific restoration uses.

Ympäristöministeriön on ennen tiettyä päätöstä pyydettävä lausuntoja, varattava tilaisuus kuulemiseen sekä kuulutettava ja tiedotettava hakemuksesta.

Ympäristöministeriö ja Turvallisuus- ja kemikaalivirasto voivat myöntää hakemuksesta poikkeuksia tietyistä asetuksista tietyin edellytyksin.

The Government may issue more detailed rules on banning, restricting, or setting conditions for certain fuels, chemicals, and products, and on information that must be given to authorities.

The Ministry of the Environment and the Safety and Chemicals Agency may grant exemptions in specified cases, on application, and the Government may issue more detailed rules about the application and time limit.

Tarpeeton joutokäynti muualla kuin tieliikennelainsäädännössä tarkoitetulla tiellä on kielletty, ja työkoneet ja laitteet on pidettävä ja käytettävä niin, että ympäristölle aiheutuu mahdollisimman vähän haittaa.

The Environment Ministry may grant a temporary exemption from certain fuel-quality requirements in limited circumstances, and the Safety and Chemicals Agency may grant an exemption for specified high-VOC products used for restoring or maintaining historically and culturally valuable buildings or old vehicles.

Ympäristöministeriö ja Turvallisuus- ja kemikaalivirasto voivat hake­muksesta myöntää poikkeuksia tietyistä asetuksista määräajaksi, jos laissa kuvatut edellytykset täyttyvät.

Kun valmistellaan tiettyjä valtioneuvoston asetuksia, asian erityisesti koskettaville viranomaisille ja muille tahoille on varattava mahdollisuus antaa lausunto.

Before a decision is made, the Environment Ministry must give the relevant operator a chance to be heard.

When preparing certain government decrees, authorities must give the authorities and parties especially affected by the matter an opportunity to submit comments.

Needless idling is prohibited off roads covered by road traffic legislation, and the Government may issue more detailed rules and restrictions for machinery and equipment.

When preparing certain government decrees, the authorities and bodies especially concerned must be given an opportunity to comment.

Ympäristöministeriö voi myöntää määräaikaisen poikkeuksen polttoaineiden laatuvaatimuksia koskevan asetuksen noudattamisesta tietyissä tilanteissa. Turvallisuus- ja kemikaalivirasto voi hakemuksesta myöntää poikkeuksen tuotteiden ostamiseen tai myymiseen, kun tuotteita käytetään erityistä historiallista ja kulttuurista arvoa omaavien rakennusten tai vanhojen ajoneuvojen entistämiseen ja ylläpitoon.

When preparing certain government decrees, the authorities and bodies especially affected by the matter must be given a chance to submit an opinion.

When preparing certain government decrees, authorities and other bodies especially concerned by the matter must be given an opportunity to submit a statement.

Permit and notification matters under this law must follow specified provisions of EU Regulation 850/2004.

The Government may issue more detailed rules on restricting or banning certain fuels, chemicals, and products, and on their composition, labelling, and information duties to authorities.

When handling permit or notification matters under this Act, the rules in Article 6(3) and Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 must be followed.

The Environment Ministry may grant temporary exemptions from fuel-quality rules in limited cases, and Tukes may grant exemptions for selling or buying limited quantities of high-VOC products for restoration or maintenance of culturally important buildings and old vehicles.

Permit and notification matters under this law must comply with Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 Article 6(3) and Article 7.

When preparing certain government decrees, the authorities and other bodies especially concerned must be given an opportunity to comment.

When handling a permit or notification matter under this Act, the authority must follow Article 6(3) and Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021.

When handling a permit or notification matter under this Act, the rules in Article 6(3) and Article 7 of EU Regulation 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants must be followed.

When handling certain permit or notification matters under this Act, the listed rules in the mercury export ban regulation must be followed; for permit matters about ship-dismantling facilities, the environmental requirements in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 must be taken into account.

Tarpeeton joutokäynti muualla kuin tieliikennelaissa tarkoitetulla tiellä on kielletty. Työkoneet ja laitteet on myös suunniteltava, huollettava, pidettävä kunnossa ja käytettävä niin, että ympäristölle aiheutuu mahdollisimman vähän haittaa.

Certain permit, notification, ship dismantling, mercury, and type-approval matters must follow specified rules from cited EU regulations, and the labor safety authority supervises ship-dismantling workplaces.

When preparing certain government decrees, authorities and other parties especially concerned must be given an opportunity to provide a statement.

This section requires compliance with specified mercury-regulation articles in permit and notification matters, sets extra rules for ship-dismantling permits, and assigns supervision to occupational-safety and municipal environmental authorities in some cases.

When handling permit or notification matters under this Act, the rules in Article 6(3) and Article 7 of the EU POPs Regulation must be followed.

Permit and notification matters under this law must follow specified mercury-regulation articles; ship-dismantling permits need labor-safety review, and certain waste-fuel energy units must meet emissions and monitoring rules.

This section requires compliance with specified mercury-regulation articles in permit/notification matters, and sets special rules for ship-recycling permits and monitoring.

The environmental protection information system is used to manage and process environmental information, monitor environmental conditions, support environmental enforcement, and assist research and planning.

The Environment Ministry may grant temporary exemptions from a government decree on fuel quality requirements if strict conditions are met. Tukes may also grant exemptions to buy or sell limited quantities of certain higher-VOC products for restoring or maintaining historically and culturally valuable buildings or old vehicles.

The environmental protection information system exists for managing environmental information and monitoring, research, planning, and enforcement purposes.

When handling permit or notification matters under this Act, the rules in Article 6(3) and Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 must be followed.

Environment ministry and certain public authorities may use and receive information in the environmental protection information system for official tasks.

This section requires certain permit and notification matters to follow specified EU mercury rules, adds environmental and work-safety requirements for ship-dismantling permits, and sets special requirements and exceptions for using manure or meat-and-bone meal as fuel.

This section establishes an environmental protection information system, says what it is used for, identifies its data sources and maintainers, and gives certain authorities a right to obtain needed data free of charge.

The environmental protection information system exists for managing and using environmental data, and certain authorities may receive needed information from it free of charge despite secrecy rules.

Several environmental authorities must store specified decisions, reports, plans, monitoring data, and related court decisions in an information system.

When preparing certain government decrees, the authorities and other bodies specially affected by the matter must be given an opportunity to give their opinion.

Several environmental authorities must store specified decisions, plans, reports, monitoring data, and related court decisions in an information system.

This provision says certain permit/notification matters must follow mercury-regulation rules, special ship-dismantling permit conditions, and manure-fuel burning requirements, with specific oversight by environmental and occupational-safety authorities.

Several environmental authorities must store specified decisions, reports, monitoring data, and related information in the information system.

The environmental protection information system is used for managing and processing environmental protection data, monitoring environmental status, supporting environmental supervision, and research and planning. Some data may be entered via machine-readable transfer through a technical interface.

Several authorities must enter specified environmental permit, supervision, registration, monitoring, and related court-decision information into the information system.

Several environmental authorities must enter specified decisions, plans, reports, monitoring data, and related appellate decisions into the information system.

This section says that the punishment for environmental harm is set out in the Criminal Code, chapter 48, sections 1–4.

When handling permit or notification matters under this law, the rules in Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 Article 6(3) and Article 7 must be followed.

This section says the penalty for environmental damage is set out in sections 1–4 of Chapter 48 of the Criminal Code.

This section establishes an environmental protection information system for environmental data and allows specified authorities to use, receive, store, and disclose data under set conditions.

This section says the penalty for environmental pollution is set out in Criminal Code chapter 48, sections 1–4.

Several environmental authorities must enter specified decisions, reports, plans, monitoring data, and related appeal decisions into the information system; municipalities may instead submit the data to the state supervisory authority if they cannot store it themselves.

This section says the punishment for environmental damage is provided in Criminal Code Chapter 48, sections 1–4.

This section says the penalty for environmental pollution is laid down in Criminal Code Chapter 48, sections 1–4.

This section makes environmental-law violations punishable by a fine and also covers certain confidentiality breaches and an idle-running parking offence.

Permit and notification matters under this law must follow specified mercury-export ban rules, and certain ship-dismantling permit matters must take account of environmental requirements in the referenced EU regulation.

Whoever intentionally or negligently breaches the listed environmental law duties, prohibitions, conditions, or orders may be fined.

Several environmental authorities must enter specified decisions, reports, monitoring data, and related court decisions into the information system.

Violating listed environmental duties or rules can lead to a fine; some motor-vehicle idling violations can also trigger a parking violation fee.

This section says that penalties for environmental damage are set out in Chapter 48, Sections 1–4 of the Criminal Code.

This section criminalizes certain environmental law violations and lets a parking fine apply for idling-vehicle ban breaches.

This section makes environmental-law violations punishable by a fine, and also covers related secrecy and vehicle-idling sanctions.

This section sets the law’s commencement date, delays one subsection, repeals two named laws, and replaces certain old-law references with this law.

Environmental data are managed in an environmental protection information system, and some authorities have a free right to obtain needed information from it.

This section sets the law’s start date, delays one subsection until 1 January 2015, repeals two prior laws, and says older references to the repealed Environmental Protection Act should be read as references to this law.

This section says the penalty for environmental pollution is provided in the Criminal Code, chapter 48, sections 1–4.

This section sets the law’s commencement date, delays one subsection’s commencement, repeals two named laws, and says older references to the repealed environmental protection act are to be read as references to this law.

Whoever intentionally or negligently breaches the listed environmental obligations or rules may be fined.

This section sets the law’s commencement date, delays one subsection and one repeal until later, repeals two earlier laws, and replaces certain older-law references with this law.

The law enters into force on 1 September 2014, but section 23(2) only enters into force on 1 January 2015.