Act on transport of dangerous substances (719/1994).

The purpose of this Act is to prevent and avert any damage or hazard which the transport of dangerous goods may cause to people, the environment or property. This Act shall apply to the transport of dangerous goods: 1) by road; 2) by railroad or in other rail traffic; 3) by aircraft over Finnish territory and by Finnish aircraft outside Finnish territory; 4) by Finnish vessel in Finnish waters and outside Finnish waters as well as by foreign vessel in Finnish waters. “Dangerous goods” shall mean a substance, which by hazard of explosion, inflammation or radiation, toxicity, corrosiveness or other such property may cause damage to people, the environment or property. The Ministry shall act as supreme supervisory authority. Compliance with this Act shall be controlled by Authorities listed in section 6. Section 8 to 12o set out obligations and requirements with respect to transport of dangerous goods of the driver in road transport, and the passenger. Section 13C and following concerns inspection bodies and their tasks. Other provisions deal with packing and labelling of dangerous goods, enforcement and matters of miscellaneous character