Fertilizer Product Act (No. 539 of 2006). Country/Territory Finland Document type Legislation Date 2006 (2011) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Cultivated plants Keyword Animal by-products Fertilizers/nutrients International trade Packaging/labelling Authorization/permit Inspection Data collection/reporting Registration Offences/penalties Basic legislation Plant production Geographical area Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Act provides rules for the manufacture for placing on the market of fertilizer products and, as appropriate, their raw materials, and placing on the market, use, transport, import and export of such products. This Act also applies in part to the manufacture of fertilizer products for own use. It implements Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilizers and Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption as far as it applies to fertilizer products. Operators that manufacture, technically process or store organic fertilizer products or their raw materials and new products must be approved by the Finnish Food Safety Authority. The principal authority for purposes of this Act shall be the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The provisions on the inspection right and right of access to information of Finnish authorities in sections 24 and 25 also apply to EC inspectors. The Finnish Food Safety Authority must collaborate with the EC inspectors in such inspections. Full text English/Swedish Website www.finlex.fi References - Legislation Repeals Fertilizer Act (Act No. 232 of 1993). Legislation | Finland | 1993 (2001) Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Basic legislation, International trade, Packaging/labelling, Inspection, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on Fertilizer Products (No. 24 of 2011). Legislation | Finland | 2011 Keyword: Animal by-products, Fertilizers/nutrients, Packaging/labelling, Authorization/permit, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Inspection, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Toxicity/poisoning, Biotechnology, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on the exercise and supervision of activities regarding fertilizer products (No. 11 of 2012). Legislation | Finland | 2012 Keyword: Animal by-products, Fertilizers/nutrients, International trade, Authorization/permit, Inspection, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Offences/penalties, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Fertilizers Act (No. 711 of 2022). Legislation | Finland | 2022 Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Food quality control/food safety, Animal by-products, Basic legislation, Plant production, International trade, Biosafety, Packaging/labelling, Authorization/permit, Inspection, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Offences/penalties, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX