Act on Environmental Protection in Maritime Transport (No. 1672 of 2009).

This Act seeks to prevent environmental pollution resulting from the normal operation of ships, by prohibiting discharges and emissions of noxious substances into water and air, or by setting limits on discharges and emissions into water and air. Furthermore, the purpose of this Act is to organise the reception of waste in ports resulting from the normal operation of ships. This Act lays down the provisions for the national implementation of international commitments binding on Finland (notably MARPOL and the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area) and European Community legal instruments pertaining to the prevention of environmental pollution resulting from the normal operation of ships, as well as other provisions pertaining to the prevention of environmental pollution resulting from the normal operation of ships. This Act shall apply to ships sailing in Finnish waters or within Finland’s exclusive economic zone. This Act shall also apply to Finnish ships when sailing outside Finnish waters or outside Finland’s exclusive economic zone. It is prohibited to discharge oil or oily mixtures from ships in Finnish waters or in Finland’s exclusive economic zone, as well as from Finnish ships outside Finnish waters or Finland’s exclusive economic zone, as set out in Annex I to the MARPOL and other international or Community legal instruments.