Conducting special studies on mercury and, if necessary, other metals leaching from peat production areas, and imposing monitoring obligations and restrictions on the leaching of metals if necessary.
STATE OF IMPLEMENTATION
Completed. (All the elements of the measure have been completed both in terms of time and at all planned locations. If a measure consists of an unlimited continuum of measures, a measure can be regarded as having been completed once the first sub-measure has been completed.)
Guidelines for the monitoring of peat production were completed in 2017.
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (MEAE, as the first responsible party), Ministry of the Environment (YM)
Regional State Administrative Agencies (AVIs), ELY Centres, peat producers
