The type approval of construction products is a voluntary construction product approval procedure used in Finland for products that are included in the scope of a type approval decree by the Ministry of the Environment. A type approval pursuant to the Act on the Type Approval of Certain Construction Products can only be granted by a type approval body approved by the Ministry of the Environment.
In accordance with the EU’s mutual recognition principle, products that have been legally placed on the market in one Member State must be allowed on the markets of all the Member States. Type approvals and certificates from other countries may be used in construction site verification of, in which case the building control authority decides whether the information is sufficient to demonstrate that a product meets the requirements of the construction works.