The most effective way to avoid the placing of unsafe or not conforming products imported from third countries on the EU market is to carry out adequate checks during the import control process. This requires involvement of customs and proper cooperation between Customs and Market Surveillance authorities.
Therefore, Guidelines for import controls (pdf 282 Kb)(282 Kb)  in the area of product safety and compliance have been developed in 22 languages as a tool to help Customs to facilitate this task and to ensure a common approach at EU level. See the positive list (pdf 49 Kb)(49 Kb)  and negative list (pdf 36 Kb)(36 Kb)  of specific pieces of legislation. The Finnish version will be available later.

Maintaining the autonomous custom duty suspension of 3% currently applicable on unwrought not alloyed aluminium, under Regulation 501/2007, is the most appropriate response to the current and very specific situation in the aluminium market. See the Information Note (pdf 13 Kb)(13 Kb) .