No. 169/2000 Issued in Helsinki 18 February 2000 Environmental Protection Decree By submission of the Minister of the Environment, the following is enacted on the basis of the Environmental Protection Act(86/2000) issued on 4 February 2000 and sections 5 and 6 of the Act implementing the Environmental Protection Legislation (13/2000) issued the same day: Chapter 1 Environmental permit requirements Section 1 Permit requirements An environmental permit shall be required in respect of the following activities referred to in section 28, paragraph 1 of the Environmental Protection Act (86/2000): 1) wood-processing: a) pulp, paper or board mills; b) plants producing particleboard, fibreboard, plywood or other wood-based boards or other glue-laminated or laminated wood-based products; c) sawmills with an annual production capacity of at least 10,000 m3 of sawn goods, veneer plants or floating basins for unbarked timber used to hold at least 20,000 m3 of timber at any one time; d) wood impreg...