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Document ID (ISN)42501
CIS number 84-1507
ISSN - Serial title Suomen asetuskokoelma - Finlands författningssamling
Year 1984
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
(Handels- och industriministeriet)
Title Ordinance on ammonium nitrate
Original title Förordning om ammoniumnitrat [in Swedish]
Bibliographic information 10 Feb. 1984, No.171, p.351-357.
Abstract This ordinance (effective: 1 Jan. 1985) concerns the manufacture, importation into Finland, transportation, storage and sale of ammonium nitrate. Contents: definitions; authorisation to manufacture; trade; storage (authorisation needed for quantities over 1000kg); inspection. Details on storage areas, safe distances, electrical installations, fire safety and handling in harbours are given in the order published in the same official journal (Finlands författningssamling, No.172, p.358-362).
Descriptors (primary) Finland; ammonium nitrate; explosive substances
Descriptors (secondary) storage; safe distances; law; explosion prevention; warning notices
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceFinland
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Fires, explosions and major hazards
Browse category(ies) Inorganic substances