Fees resulting from the neglect of extended producer responsibility
Meeting extended producer responsibility obligations is not voluntary.
If a company which has responsibility as a producer neglects its registering responsibility, the Finnish Supervisory Agency may impose a negligence fine:
- the fine is 1% of the company's turnover in the previous year
- However, the fine must be a minimum of EUR 500 and a maximum of EUR 500,000.
A fee may also be imposed for failure to report monitoring data, which is at least EUR 500 and at most EUR 10,000.
Before the fine is imposed, the negligent party is requested, in writing, to rectify its negligence.
Joint supervision by the authorities
The Finnish Supervisory Agency oversees and supervises the implementation of extended producer responsibility nationwide, with the exception of Åland. Monitoring ensures that all companies under extended producer responsibility participate in the organising and costs of waste management. The Finnish Supervisory Agency cooperates with other authorities such as the Tax Administration, Customs and the Finnish Environment Institute.
Producers and producer organisations included in the producer register must report the quantities of products placed on the market as well as the quantities collected and recycled The Finnish Supervisory Agency annually. Companies belonging to a sector-specific producer organisation report their data to the organisation. Producers must meet recycling and recovery requirements. Based on the reported data, the Finnish Supervisory Agency compiles national statistics on extended producer responsibility and reports them to the European Commission for most sectors.
Supervision ensures that there is a sufficiently large and frequent collection network for waste covered by extended producer responsibility, to which consumers can return discarded products free of charge. Producers and producer organisations are obliged to provide information on collection and recycling. This will also be supervised.
Extended producer responsibility is considered in environmental permits
Extended producer responsibility in the waste management sector also applies indirectly to professional waste handlers. Therefore, extended producer responsibility is considered when granting and monitoring the environmental permits of waste handlers.
The extended producer responsibility authority has drafted instructions for the parties granting environmental permits and authorities supervising waste management activities in order to account for extended producer responsibility.
Fees resulting from the neglect of extended producer responsibility
Meeting extended producer responsibility obligations is not voluntary.
If a company which has responsibility as a producer neglects its registering responsibility, the Finnish Supervisory Agency may impose a negligence fine:
- the fine is 1% of the company's turnover in the previous year
- However, the fine must be a minimum of EUR 500 and a maximum of EUR 500,000.
A fee may also be imposed for failure to report monitoring data, which is at least EUR 500 and at most EUR 10,000.
Before the fine is imposed, the negligent party is requested, in writing, to rectify its negligence.
Joint supervision by the authorities
The Finnish Supervisory Agency oversees and supervises the implementation of extended producer responsibility nationwide, with the exception of Åland. Monitoring ensures that all companies under extended producer responsibility participate in the organising and costs of waste management. The Finnish Supervisory Agency cooperates with other authorities such as the Tax Administration, Customs and the Finnish Environment Institute.
Producers and producer organisations included in the producer register must report the quantities of products placed on the market as well as the quantities collected and recycled The Finnish Supervisory Agency annually. Companies belonging to a sector-specific producer organisation report their data to the organisation. Producers must meet recycling and recovery requirements. Based on the reported data, the Finnish Supervisory Agency compiles national statistics on extended producer responsibility and reports them to the European Commission for most sectors.
Supervision ensures that there is a sufficiently large and frequent collection network for waste covered by extended producer responsibility, to which consumers can return discarded products free of charge. Producers and producer organisations are obliged to provide information on collection and recycling. This will also be supervised.
Extended producer responsibility is considered in environmental permits
Extended producer responsibility in the waste management sector also applies indirectly to professional waste handlers. Therefore, extended producer responsibility is considered when granting and monitoring the environmental permits of waste handlers.
The extended producer responsibility authority has drafted instructions for the parties granting environmental permits and authorities supervising waste management activities in order to account for extended producer responsibility.
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