Who may permit aerial application of plant protection products in Finland

In plain language

Only the Food Authority (plant pest emergencies) or the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (major forest damage) can allow aerial spraying, case by case.

Requirement as structured

Two statutory derogations from the prohibition exist. The Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto; named Elintarviketurvallisuusvirasto in the Act) may decide on aerial application of a plant protection product to combat a plant pest, together with its decision on pest control measures under the Plant Health Act (702/2003), where the pest poses an immediate threat to plant health and cannot reasonably be controlled effectively by other means. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry may, on the proposal of a regional unit of the Finnish Forest Centre, decide on aerial application against extensive forest damage to trees growing in a forest, together with its decision on measures under the Act on the Prevention of Forest Damage (1087/2013), where the damage cannot reasonably be prevented effectively by other means.

Original regulatory text

maa- ja metsätalousministeriö päättää Suomen metsäkeskuksen alueyksikön esityksestä kasvinsuojeluaineen lentolevityksestä metsässä kasvaviin puihin kohdistuvien laajojen metsätuhojen torjumiseksi samalla, kun se päättää toimenpiteistä metsätuhon leviämisen tai syntymisen estämiseksi siten kuin metsätuhojen torjunnasta annetussa laissa

Applies when

regime

non_aviation

country

FI

activity

pesticide_application