Act on Managing the Risks Caused by Alien Species (1709/2015) Pays/Territoire Finlande Type du document Législation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Unofficial translation from Finnish by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland. Sujet Bétail, Pêche, Plantes cultivées, Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes Mot clé Aquaculture Espèces exotiques Santé des animaux Protection des végétaux Biosécurité Biodiversité Préservation de l'écosystème Aire géographique Arctique, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pays de l'Union Européenne, Atlantique du Nord-Est, Europe du Nord Entry into force notes This Act enters into force on 1 January 2016. However, sections 4 and 5 of the Act enter into force on 1 January 2017. Résumé This Act makes provisions with respect to certain other measures to prevent and mitigate the adverse impacts of alien species. It lays down the supplementary provisions on the application of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species (IAS Regulation). Alien species, invasive alien species, biodiversity, eradication and containment are defined by Article 3 of the IAS Regulation. An alien species shall not be kept, bred, planted or sown or otherwise handled in a way that they may be released into the environment. The Act defines duties of authorities and operators, i.e. person who on a professional basis produces, stores, places on the market, transports, passes on or sells or otherwise conveys a product or material in which on the basis of generally available knowledge an invasive alien species included in the Union list or an invasive alien species of national concern specified by Government Decree. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.finlex.fi Références - Législation Implementé par Government Decree on Managing the Risk Caused by Alien Species (704/2019). Législation | Finlande | 2019 Mot clé: Biodiversité, Préservation de l'écosystème, Espèces exotiques, Chasse/capture, Équipement de chasse/méthodes de chasse Source: FAO, FAOLEX