Notification for keeping animals
- Permit or other obligation
- Turku
- Public service
In order to keep certain terrestrial animal species, the operator must submit a notification of their animal keeping activities to the register of animal keepers (pursuit of activities).
Such animals are
- bovine
- pigs
- sheep
- goats
- poultry and birds
- bees
- bumble bees
- fur animals
- farmed rabbits
- camels and cervidae (except reindeer of herding cooperatives in the reindeer m ...
Do the following
Submit the notification in the e-service of the animal keeper and location register. Alternatively, you can submit the notification on a form to the Rural Livelihood Authority of your municipality or federation of municipalities who will enter your animal keeping in the animal keeper register.
- Submit an animal keeping notification in the Finnish Food Authority's e-service.
- Alternatively, you can complete the notification form "Notification of animal keeping activities" on the Finnish Food Authority's website. * Send the completed form to Lieto's rural services by post or by email.
If you keep porcine, bovine, caprine or ovine animals, you must make entries for each species in separate animal registers in addition to submitting the animal keeping notification. See the Finnish Food Authority's website for instructions on making the entries and using the animal registers.
To whom and on what terms
Prior to making a notification for keeping animals, you need to make a notification of the location of animal keeping.
The registration in the register of animal keepers can be made if the animal keeper has provided all the required information with the registration form and there are no impediments for animal keeping.
When interrupting or terminating animal keeping, the animal keeper has to inform the rural development official of the municipality.
If you keep bovine, pigs, sheep or goats, their numbers must be notified to the animal register and updated when necessary.
A trader established in another European Economic Area that provides its services in Finland on a temporary basis is required to submit the same notifications as a trader established in Finland.
Before submitting an animal keeping notification, you must first submit a notification of the location of animal keeping.
Deadline
The notification must be given both prior to starting the operations and within 30 days of interrupting or terminating animal keeping.
Period of validity
The registry will remain in effect until the animal keeping is notified to have been terminated.