Antifouling for leisure boats in the Baltic Sea. Mapping the legal situation - National Study: Finland

摘要

This report has been elaborated as part of the CHANGE research project(http://changeantifouling.com/) funded by the BONUS programme and national research fundinginstitutions, in this case the Academy of Finland. The overall objective of the interdisciplinary CHANGEproject is to reduce to a minimum the supply of toxic compounds from antifouling paints used onleisure boats in the Baltic Sea by changing antifouling practices on leisure boats into a sustainableconsumption of antifouling paints and practices. As part of the CHANGE project, a mapping of EUlegislation as well as national legislation in Sweden, Finland and Denmark has been carried out. Thisreport maps the Finnish legal framework regarding antifouling paints on leisure boats as well as forthe use of alternative techniques.The report starts with an introduction to the overall governance structure of the legislation and therelevant authorities. It then is divided into four areas of law relevant to antifouling paints andpractices, including regulation of environmental quality, products, waste management and otherenvironmental issues as well as contaminated land and sediments. Furthermore, the report includesa table containing an analysis from the actors’ perspective.The report is based on a legal-dogmatic research on applicable national legislation based on relevantsources of law as well as relevant reports, articles etc. Finnish legislation is accessible in both Finnishand Swedish languages at the national database http://www.finlex.fi.