Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) in Finland
EMAS institutions in Finland
The Competent Body responsible for EMAS registrations in Finland is the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE). The Ministry of the Environment holds the main responsibility for promoting EMAS in Finland.
The Centre for Metrology and Accreditation (MIKES) accredits EMAS verifiers in Finland.
The accredited verifiers in Finland are Inspecta Certification and DNV Certification Oy / Ab. Verifiers accredited in other EU countries can also operate in Finland. Verifiers must both ensure that environmental management systems comply with EMAS regulations, and validate environmental statements.
 
EMAS registration in Finland
Organisations wishing to register for EMAS must fill in the application form and send it with its appendices to the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE). The Finnish Environment Institute then asks the Regional Environment Centre and other environmental authorities whether the organisation fully complies with the relevant environmental legislation. If there are no obstacles, the Finnish Environment Institute will register the organisation, which then has the right to use the EMAS logo and a registration number. The Finnish Environment Institute had registered 42 organisations in Finland by March 2006. The Finnish Environment Institute may remove organisations from the register if they subsequently fail to meet the requirements of EMAS regulation.
| Number of employees |
=50 |
10 - 49 |
max. 9 |
| Registration fee (Euros) for organisations operating on one site |
2 000 |
1 200 |
650 |
| Number of employees |
=100 |
20-99 |
max. 19 |
| Registration fee (Euros) for organisations operating on 2-4 sites |
2 400 |
1 900 |
1 100 |
| Number of employees |
=250 |
50-249 |
max. 49 |
| Registration fee (Euros) for organisations operating on minimum 5 sites |
2 700 |
2 200 |
1 650 |
Registration fee for EMAS registration in Finland
Fee for maintaining the registration
| Annual fee for the first site |
350 |
| Annual fee for the each remaining sites |
175 |
| Annual fee for the each individually registered site or an entity smaller than a site |
350 |
Certificate of registrationEMAS statistics
Total number of EMAS organisations in Finland
EMAS registered organisations by operating area (NACE code) in Finland
| COUNTRY |
ISO 14001 |
EMAS |
| SPAIN |
11 205 |
843 |
| ITALY |
9 825 |
761 |
| GERMANY |
5 800 |
1 979 |
| THE UK |
5 400 |
364 |
| SWEDEN |
4 865 |
85 |
| FRANCE |
3 629 |
17 |
| ROMANIA |
1 454 |
0 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC |
1 315 |
27 |
| HUNGARY |
1 140 |
11 |
| NETHERLANDS |
1 132 |
17 |
| FINLAND |
991 |
50 |
| DENMARK |
810 |
278 |
| POLAND |
597 |
6 |
| PORTUGAL |
564 |
59 |
| AUSTRIA |
550 |
451 |
| BELGIUM |
530 |
334 |
| NORWAY |
475 |
27 |
| SLOVENIA |
351 |
1 |
| SLOVAKIA |
340 |
3 |
| GREECE |
300 |
54 |
| IRELAND |
294 |
8 |
| LITHUANIA |
267 |
0 |
| ESTONIA |
182 |
2 |
| LATVIA |
101 |
0 |
| BULGARIA |
97 |
0 |
| LUXEMBOURG |
53 |
1 |
| CYPRUS |
47 |
0 |
| LIECHTENSTEIN |
22 |
0 |
| ISLAND |
9 |
0 |
| MALTA |
5 |
1 |
| TOTAL |
52 350 |
5 379 |
Numbers of organisations/sites certified and registered for ISO 14001 and EMAS in EU and ETA countries, January 2007
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