Health protection
Sector-specific notifications and applications
Environmental health care encompasses the city’s mandatory submission of notifications and applications. Notifications must be submitted in good time before commencing commercial activities or making significant changes. The operator shall also inform the environmental health care authority about any substantial changes in commercial activities or in the case of a change in operator. A fee is charge for the processing of announcements and applications. This notification obligation concerns, e.g. accommodation apartments, social housing units, kindergartens, educational establishments, swimming halls, spas, public saunas, and beauty salons.
Food control
Sector-specific notifications and applications
A notification or application for approval must be made for food premises and submitted to the food control authority of the municipality where the premises are located. This notification or application shall be done before commencement of activities or making significant changes to operations. Food premises are classed as being any buildings or rooms, or parts of such, or other indoor or outdoor spaces that are used for storing, transporting, selling, serving, preparing for sale or handover of foodstuffs. If foodstuffs sought from animals are processed in the food premises prior to retail sale, as a rule, approval must be sought for the food premises (facility).
Tobacco and nicotine
Retail and wholesale sales of tobacco products and nicotine products
Tobacco products and nicotine-containing liquids may only be sold or otherwise supplied under a retail licence that is specific to the sales outlet and licence holder and granted by the municipality where the sales outlet is located. This permit is specific to the sales outlet and permit holder. In the municipal regions of Rovaniemi, Ranua, Pello, Ylitornio and Kolari, permit applications are processed by Rovakaaren ympäristöterveydenhuolto (Rovakaari Environmental Health Service). A written notification of wholesale sales of tobacco products and nicotine-containing liquids must be submitted to the environmental health service. The application and notification is primarily done electronically by filling out the Valvira form.
Retail sales permit for nicotine products (authorisation for sale of nicotine products as intended by Section 54a of the Medicines Act)
The permit for the retail sale of nicotine replacement therapy products from other than pharmacies must be sought from the environmental health service. In the municipal regions of Rovaniemi, Ranua, Pello, Ylitornio and Kolari, permits shall be sought from Rovakaaren ympäristöterveydenhuolto (Rovakaari Environmental Health Service). Retail sales shall not commence before a permit has been granted. In accordance with the Medicines Act, as nicotine products may be sold only by tobacco-selling retail stores, kiosks and service stations as well as bars and restaurants, the sales outlet must hold a permit for the retail sales of tobacco products. The Rovakaaren ympäristöterveydenhuolto (Rovakaari Environmental Health Service) will inform Finnish Medicines Agency Fimea of all retail sales permits it has granted.