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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:
In order to ensure security of supply of land, import fuels are to be stored in accordance with the provisions of this Law ( Obligation storage ). The warehousing warehouse refers to a commodity stock which, under this law, is subject to a storage obligation.
Oil products and oil refining raw materials are also stored in accordance with this law with a view to implementing internationally binding international obligations on energy crisis preparedness.
The storage obligation shall apply to:
1) coal, with the exception of anthracite and coal briquettes and similar solid fuels;
(2) crude oil and other raw materials used in oil refining; (24.7.1992)
(3) oil products for diesel and light fuel oil, heavy fuel oil, motor gasoline for internal combustion engines and aviation fuel and kerosene; and
4) natural gas.
Coal is required to store the coal-using plant (coal plant) And the coal importer. For the purpose of this facility, a coal plant uses coal to produce heat or electricity. The importer of coal is considered to be the importer for whom imports are made.
From 1 July each year, the commitment stock of the coal plant shall be equivalent to the three-month average consumption.
The obligation to store the coal importer is confirmed on the basis of the imports. The purpose of the obligation is based on the average monthly income of coal based on imports from the preceding calendar year. Import volumes shall be deducted when fixing the amount of coal which the importer has exported during the preceding calendar year to the security stocks of the State or for use in the storage obligation under Article 4. Or supplied as an actual or raw material for industrial production.
From 1 July each year, the importer's obligation stock shall correspond to the three-month average imports. (24.7.1992)
If the importer is less than 20 000 tonnes for the purposes of paragraph 1 of the importer, the importer shall not be required to store it under this law.
The compulsory storage facility for the coal plant must be located in the place of use or imported. For specific reasons, the Maintenance Safety Centre may allow the storage of the storage facility elsewhere.
The binding stock of the coal importer must be located in Finland.
Crude oil and petroleum products are required to store the importer of these products. The importer is considered to be the importer for which imports are imported.
The storage obligation for the importer of crude oil and petroleum products shall be established on the basis of the imports of each product. The purpose of the debt target shall be the average monthly income on the basis of imports from the preceding calendar year. Import volumes shall be deducted from the obligation to fix the quantity of oil which the importer has exported from the country during the preceding calendar year or supplied to the security stocks of the State, or which has been used or processed as a raw material for industry.
From 1 July each year, the importer's obligation stock shall correspond to the two-month average imports. (24.7.1992)
If the importer (s) referred to in paragraph 1 is less than 5 000 tonnes in the case of aviation gasoline or kerosene, less than 10 000 tonnes for motor gasoline, or other petroleum products or crude oil covered by the obligation For less than 20 000 tonnes, the importer is not required to hold a storage obligation under this law.
The maintenance safety centre shall determine the location of the oil reserve storage facility on the basis of the notification referred to in Article 15. The Maintenance Safety Centre may order a storage facility to be located in Finland or in the maintenance emergency situation in another country with which Finland has an agreement on cooperation in the field of security of supply.
The Maintenance Safety Centre may order the domestic oil reserve storage facility to be released for discharge in the event of a change in the security situation or any other pressure.
Natural gas shall be required to store or resale natural gas (natural gas facility) And the natural gas importer.
For the purposes of this law, the natural gas plant means an entity which purchases natural gas from the importer or distributor for the production or resale of heat or electricity. The importer of natural gas shall be considered to be the importer for which the importation takes place.
The obligation to store natural gas storage shall be established as a substitute fuel for the purposes of the Regulation.
The storage obligation for the natural gas installation shall be established on the basis of actual procurement. In the preceding calendar year, the obligation to measure the obligation shall be based on the average number of monthly purchases by the natural gas importer or the distributor. The amount of the supply shall be deducted from the obligation to fix the quantity of natural gas which has been exported from the country to the security stocks of the State, sold under this law to a natural gas installation, used for industrial production or sold For industrial production.
From 1 July each year, the NG shall be responsible for the average natural gas supply of three months.
If the annual supply volume referred to in paragraph 1 of the natural gas installation is less than 15 million cubic metres, the institution shall not be required to store the storage obligation under this Act.
The obligation to store the natural gas importer shall be established on the basis of actual imports. The purpose of the obligation is the average monthly amount of natural gas based on imports from the preceding calendar year. Import volumes shall be deducted when establishing the quantity of natural gas which the importer has exported from the country, supplied to the security stocks of the State or for use under Article 11 in a storage duty in a natural gas establishment, used for industrial purposes Production or sale for industrial production.
From 1 July each year, the importer's obligation stock shall correspond to the three-month average imports.
Part of the natural gas obligation established annually by the Maintenance Safety Centre shall be a gas reserve fuel.
If the importer referred to in paragraph 1 is less than 15 million cubic metres, the importer shall not be required to hold a storage obligation under this law.
The maintenance safety centre shall determine the location of the gas reserve storage facility on the basis of the declaration referred to in Article 15. The Maintenance Safety Centre may order a storage facility to be located in Finland or in the maintenance emergency situation in another country with which Finland has an agreement on cooperation in the field of security of supply.
The Maintenance Safety Centre may order the discharge of the obligation of natural gas placed abroad to be repatriated in the event of a change in the security situation or any other weighty reason.
The responsibility of the Maintenance Centre shall be to ensure the implementation of this law and annually to establish the quantities of storage obligations and to control the reserve stocks and their use.
For the purposes of the application and enforcement of this law, those holding, importing, supplying and resellers of products subject to an obligation for storage, and the other account shall be given to the Maintenance Centre for the purposes of this Law Information.
The persons designated by the Maintenance Centre shall be entitled to carry out inspections at the location of the reserve storage facilities in order to determine the size of the inventory.
The stock of the asset subject to the obligation of storage shall not be subject to the obligation laid down by the Maintenance Centre.
In view of the fact that the production or commercial activity of a stockholding company is in danger of being interrupted or substantially reduced without the imposition of a reserve base, the Maintenance Centre may, upon application, The storage obligation shall be subject to the amount of the storage obligation laid down, subject to the obligations of Finland, which are bound by the international agreements on crisis preparedness for energy supply. When issuing an initial authorisation, the Maintenance Safety Centre shall confirm the amount of the permissible underpayment and specify the time limit for the storage obligation to be completed at the level of the obligation imposed on its inventory.
Where an international contractual obligation or a decision under European Union law requires the participation of Finland in the issuing of security stocks to stabilise the oil market, the Ministry of Employment and the Economy may issue: For the undercutting of a fixed storage obligation. (30.11.2012/686)
When the importer is a parent or subsidiary of a Finnish group, a storage obligation is established for the parent undertaking of the group. The amounts imported by undertakings belonging to the group shall be calculated on the basis of a storage obligation.
For the first time, the obligation to provide for a new storage obligation is fixed at 50 % of the obligation to hold a storage obligation.
The maintenance safety centre may decide on the application that the storage obligation may partially or partially compensate for its storage obligation through an obligation to transfer the obligation, which guarantees equivalent certainty. The transfer of the obligation should take into account the European Union legislation on the transfer of security storage obligations for crude oil and petroleum products within the European Union. (30.11.2012/686)
The Regulation lays down more detailed provisions on the conditions and conditions for compensation for the storage obligation.
For specific reasons, the Maintenance Safety Centre may exempt from the obligation to store the storage obligation in part or in whole.
When granting the exemption referred to in paragraph 1, the Maintenance Safety Centre may lay down more detailed provisions on the terms and conditions of the obligation to use the reserve.
The authorities responsible for the enforcement of this law shall have the right to obtain information from customs services on importers and exporters, as well as on imported and exported commodities, which the authorities need in their supervisory role.
§ 22 has been repealed by L 21.5.1999/623 .
Anyone who fails to comply with a stockholding obligation under this law, or an obligation to provide information under this law, or to use its obligation to store his obligations in breach of this law, must be condemned: On the obligation to store the reserve In the case of a fine, unless a heavier penalty is imposed in the rest of the law.
Paragraph 2 has been repealed by L 26.10.2001/893 .
The Ministry of Employment and the Economy may not take measures to prosecute the suspect, when the act is harmful and, taking into account the guilt of the offender as a whole, to be considered to be of minor importance and not: The general interest requires prosecution. (30.11.2012/686)
More detailed provisions on the implementation of this law will be adopted by the Regulation.
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 1995.
This law repeals the duty storage device for imported fuels of 25 March 1983. (303/83) With its subsequent modifications. However, until the entry into force of the first obligations under the new law, the obligations established under the repealed Act shall remain in force until 30 November 1995 at the latest.
Before the law enters into force, measures may be taken to implement it.
By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 18, the obligation for a storage obligation for natural gas for the first time after the entry into force of this Act shall be fixed at 30 % of the full obligation under this Act. In the second year, the obligation shall be fixed at 50 % and, for the third year, 80 % of the obligation to hold a storage obligation. In the fourth year following the entry into force of the law, a compulsory storage obligation shall be established in full.
THEY 81/94 , TaVM 29/94This Act shall enter into force on 31 December 1997.
The first commitment period of obligations under this law shall be from 1 January to 30 June 1998. In the case of coal, the average monthly consumption of coal for coal and coal and the importer of coal and petroleum products, on the basis of the imports of coal and petroleum products from 1996, on the basis of the 1996 average Monthly payments.
Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement the law.
THEY 36/1997 TaVM 7/1997, EV 56/1997
This Act shall enter into force on 1 December 1999.
30/1998 , Case 31/1998, EV 303/1998
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2002.
THEY 80/2000 , LaVM 14/2001, EV 94/2001
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2013.
Before the law enters into force, action can be taken to enforce the law.
THEY 60/2012 , TaVM 5/2012, EV 73/2012, Council Directive 2009 /119/EC (32009L0119); OJ L 265, 9.10.2009, p. 9
