Permits

Pollution prevention controls include the environmental permits required by law for certain activities. Different kinds of permits are granted by various environmental authorities, including Finland's Regional State Administrative Agency.

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) issues permits for the following activities

• Trade in endangered species – CITES (environment.fi)
• Transfrontier shipments of waste (environment.fi)
• Import and export of banned or severely restricted chemicals (environment.fi)

Syke also reports nationally on the effectiveness of the environmental permits system, and provides expert advice for Finland's Regional State Administrative Agency on issues related to permits.