Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency
| Finnish: Turvallisuus- ja kemikaalivirasto Swedish: Säkerhets- och kemikalieverket | |
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| Parent department | Ministry of Employment and the Economy |
| Website | www |
The Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency, or Tukes (Finnish: Turvallisuus- ja kemikaalivirasto, previously Turvatekniikan keskus, Swedish: Säkerhets- och kemikalieverket) is an agency within the Ministry of Employment and the Economy of Finland. Its task is to monitor and enforce safety and regulations compliance in technology, chemicals and hazardous materials, workplace safety and consumer and product safety. It is the Member State Competent Authority (MSCA) for the European Union REACH, CLP, BPD and SEVESO III regulations in Finland. However, food, medications and medical safety are governed by different agencies (Evira, Fimea and Valvira, respectively).
Its main divisions are:
- Facilities and mines monitoring
- Products and equipment monitoring
- Support and development services
- Chemical products monitoring
External links
- Official website
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Government agencies and public bodies of Finland
- Parliamentary Office
- Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman
- Institute of International Affairs
- National Audit Office
- Office of the Chancellor of Justice
- National Land Survey
- Natural Resources Institute
- Food Authority [fi]
- Construction Establishment of Defence Administration [fi]
- Defence Forces
- Governing Body of Suomenlinna
- National Archives
- Academy of Finland
- Heritage Agency
- Institute for the Languages of Finland
- Arts Promotion Centre [fi]
- National Audiovisual Institute
- Library for the Print Disabled [fi]
- National Repository Library
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- Development and Administration Centre for the ELY Centres and TE Offices
- Energy Authority [fi]
- Geological Survey
- Patent and Registration Office [fi]
- Business Finland
- Safety and Chemicals Agency
- Competition and Consumer Authority
- Population Register Centre
- State Treasury [fi]
- Finnish Customs
- Finnish Tax Administration
- VATT Institute for Economic Research
- Government Shared Services Centre for Finance and HR [fi]
- Financial Stability Authority [fi]
- Government ICT Centre Valtori [fi]
- Statistics Finland
- Immigration Service [fi]
- Border Guard
- Security Intelligence Service
- Emergency Services Academy [fi]
- Emergency Response Centre Agency [fi]
- Crisis Management Centre [fi]
| National Police Board |
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- Prosecution Service
- Legal Register Centre [fi]
- Criminal Sanctions Agency
- European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control [fi]
- Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman [fi]
- Safety Investigation Authority
- Office of the Ombudsman for Children [fi]
- Office of the Ombudsman for Equality [fi]
- Office of the Non-Discrimination Ombudsman [fi]
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- Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority
- Medicines Agency Fimea [fi]
- National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health
- Social Security Appeal Board
| Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare |
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