Government Decision on Restricting the Use of Pcbs and Pcts (No. 1071). Country/Territory Finland Document type Regulation Date 1989 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Pollution control Hazardous substances Hazardous waste Waste management Geographical area Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Decree places restrictions on the production, importation and transfer of PCBs and PCTs. PCBs refers to polychlorinated biphenyls and preparations with more than 50 mg/kg of polychlorinated biphenyls and PCTs refers to polychlorinated terphenyls and preparations with more than 50 mg/kg of polychlorinated terphenyls. This Decision does not apply to the use of PCBs and PCTs for research purposes, the transport of PCBs, PCTs or products containing them through Finnish territory and PCB and PCT waste. PCBs, PCTs or products containing them may not be produced, imported, sold or transferred. It shall be prohibited to use transformers containing PCBs or PCTs. Full text English Website www.finlex.fi