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 may remove organisations from the register if they subsequently fail to meet the requirements of EMAS regulation. Registration fees
1. Fee for the registration
| a) registration fee for organisations operating at one site, at most 50 employees, (8 h) |
650 e |
| b) registration fee for the organisation or for the first site of the organisation, more than 50 employees, (13h) |
1050 e |
| c) fee for each additional site included or incorporated into the organisation, (5h) |
400 e |
| d) fee for each additional hour when the workload exeeds the amount of hours mentioned in a-c |
75 e/h |
2. Fee for the update of the registration
| Annual fee for the first site |
400 |
| Annual fee for the each remaining sites |
225 |
| Annual fee for the each individually registered site or an entity smaller than a site |
400 |
3. Fees for the suspension, deletion or refusal of the registration
Fee for the suspension of the organisation from the register according to article 15.4 of the EMAS regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 is equivalent to the fee for registration.
Fee for the suspension or deletion of the organization is 600 euros if the organisation is suspended or deleted from the register according to the above mentioned regulation except article 15.4. However there is no fee for the suspension if it is based on article 15.2.
The fee for the refusal of registration according to article 13 is equivalent to the fee for registration. However, there is no fee for the refusal of the registration if it is based on article 13.5.
There is no fee for the lifting of the suspension.
If the organization or part of it is deleted from the register at its own request, the fee is 115 euros. EMAS certificate
Finnish Environment Institute provides a certificate to the EMAS registered organisations.
Certificate of registrationEMAS statistics
Total number of EMAS organisations and sites in Finland
| COUNTRY |
SITES |
ORGANISATIONS |
| Germany |
1877 |
1352 |
| Italy |
1700 |
1190 |
| Spain |
1546 |
1236 |
| Greece |
804 |
53 |
| Austria |
627 |
262 |
| Denmark |
455 |
72 |
| Belgium |
426 |
47 |
| United Kingdom |
289 |
59 |
| Sweden |
134 |
76 |
| Portugal |
102 |
67 |
| Czech Republic |
68 |
24 |
| Poland |
33 |
26 |
| Hungary |
23 |
20 |
| Finland |
23 |
9 |
| France |
21 |
21 |
| Norway |
21 |
21 |
| Lithuania |
10 |
10 |
| Ireland |
9 |
5 |
| Latvia |
7 |
5 |
| Slovenia |
7 |
3 |
| Romania |
6 |
4 |
| Cyprus |
5 |
5 |
| Estonia |
5 |
3 |
| Slovakia |
5 |
5 |
| Luxembourg |
4 |
2 |
| Netherlands |
4 |
4 |
| Bulgaria |
3 |
3 |
| Malta |
1 |
1 |
| Total number |
8215 |
4585 |
Number of registrations in EU and ETA countries, March 2012 (EU EMAS register)
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