How the current measures are targeted to descriptors of the state of marine environment:

Contaminants

  • Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 519/2012
  • Directive 2013/39/EU amending the Directive on environmental quality standards, which has been implemented in Finland by decree 1308/2015
  • Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (the REACH Regulation)
  • Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (the CLP Regulation)
  • Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
  • BORIS, a common situation awareness system for Finnish authorities participating in oil spill response maintained by the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
  • Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP; Treaty Series of the Statute Book of Finland 15/1983)
  • Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-Level Ozone (Gothenburg Protocol; Treaty Series of the Statute Book of Finland 40/2005)
  • Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants (CLRTAP POPs Protocol; Treaty Series of the Statute Book of Finland 68/2003)
  • Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP Convention; Treaty Series of the Statute Book of Finland 34/2004)
  • National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
  • Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Dumping Convention; Treaty Series of the Statute Book of Finland 34/1979)
  • International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78; Treaty Series of the Statute Book of Finland 51/1983)
  • Provisions of the Land Use and Building Act (132/1999), the Water Services Act (119/2001) and Flood Risk Management Act (620/2010) in the management of stormwater and meltwater
  • Government Decree on Substances Dangerous and Harmful to the Aquatic Environment (1022/2006) implementing the EU Directive on environmental quality standards (the Priority Substances Directive)
  • Act (92/2010) and decree (93/2010) on the implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships (AFS-Convention) (Laki
  • (92/2010)/Asetus (93/2010) alusten haitallisten kiinnittymisenestojärjestelmien rajoittamisesta tehdyn kansainvälisen yleissopimuksen lainsäädännön alaan kuuluvien määräysten voimaansaattamisesta)
  • Chemicals Act (599/2013) and Decree (675/1993) implementing EU chemicals regulations
  • Environmental Protection Act (527/2014) and Decree (713/2014) implementing Directive 75/2010/EU on industrial emissions (the Industrial Emissions Directive)
  • Environmental Protection Act (527/2014) and Decree (713/2014)
  • Act on the protection of the sea (Merensuojelulaki 1415/1994)
  • Government decree (2/2000) implementing the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area
  • Act on the exclusive economic zone of Finland (Laki Suomen talousvyöhykkeestä 1058/2004)
  • Act on Environmental Protection in Maritime Transport (1672/2009)
  • Act (1673/2009) and Decree (249/2014) on Oil Pollution Response
  • Waste Act (646/2011)
  • National Air Pollution Control Programme 2010 implementing the EU Directive on national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants
  • National Programme on Hazardous Chemicals (2012)
  • National Action Plan (NAP) on measures to reduce the emissions of unintentionally produced POPs