A source-led starting point
This index brings together selected sources used in the Finland guides. Some links lead to an individual law; others lead to an official collection, court or regulator. It is a research starting point, not an exhaustive or certified consolidation of every applicable rule.
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Legislation, courts & regulators
Act on the Financial Supervisory Authority: official translation
Sets out supervisory responsibilities, including customer protection across financial, credit, insurance and specified digital-asset services.
Open the legal source ↗Act on the Screening of Foreign Corporate Acquisitions
UNCTAD reproduces legislation governing foreign corporate-acquisition screening, including defence and security-related businesses and ministerial confirmation.
Open the legal source ↗Arbitration Act 967/1992: Ministry of Justice translation
Distinguishes Finnish-seated arbitration from foreign agreements and awards; the translation's amendment date requires a current-law check.
Open the legal source ↗Construction Act 751/2023
Current Finnish text regulates building design, construction and use; the act commenced in 2025 and has subsequent amendments.
Open the legal source ↗Contracts Act 228/1929: official enactment and updated-text link
Legislation addresses contract formation, authority and invalidity; the original enactment must be read through the linked current version.
Open the legal source ↗Data Protection Act 1050/2018
National legislation supplements GDPR and addresses supervisory responsibilities; the current Swedish and Finnish versions include subsequent amendments.
Open the legal source ↗Energy Authority: electricity and gas network supervision
Official service description explains licensed network activity and regulatory oversight of network pricing.
Open the legal source ↗FCCA: merger control under the Competition Act
Explains notification of qualifying mergers and the prohibition on implementation before approval under Finnish merger-control rules.
Open the legal source ↗FCCA: supervision of public procurement
Explains supervision under Finnish procurement and special-sector statutes, including unlawful direct awards and notices through Hilma.
Open the legal source ↗FCCA: termination of a residential lease
Explains distinctions between fixed-term and continuing residential leases, notice and the consequences of unjustified termination.
Open the legal source ↗FIN-FSA: Finnish requirements for EEA insurers
Identifies Finnish insurance requirements, including motor and patient insurance legislation and relevant institutional obligations.
Open the legal source ↗Finlex: Finnish legislation and amendments
Ministry of Justice database publishes current statutes, original enactments and amendment records; translation currency and authoritative languages require checking.
Open the legal source ↗Finnish Bar: complaints about legal counsel
Explains complaints to the Disciplinary Board concerning attorneys, public legal aid attorneys and licensed legal counsel.
Open the legal source ↗Finnish Consumer Advisory Service
Official service description explains advice and possible mediation of consumer disputes between purchasers and traders.
Open the legal source ↗Finnish courts: civil cases
Explains civil proceedings in district courts and distinguishes obtaining a judgment from the creditor's subsequent enforcement steps.
Open the legal source ↗Finnish courts: dispute mediation
Explains voluntary court mediation and confirmation of settlements as enforceable decisions in appropriate civil matters.
Open the legal source ↗Finnish courts: summary civil cases
Explains simplified civil claims, allocated judicial districts and transfer to ordinary procedure when a claim is contested.
Open the legal source ↗Finnish Foreign Ministry: Åland's special status
Explains Åland's autonomy, EU membership and exceptions affecting domicile, land acquisition and business activity.
Open the legal source ↗Finnish healthcare contact point: patient-injury legislation
Identifies the Patient Insurance Act and the Patient Insurance Centre route for qualifying treatment-related injury in Finland.
Open the legal source ↗Finnish Immigration Service: working in Finland
Identifies work-based residence routes and the need to match an application to the intended employment or business activity.
Open the legal source ↗Finnish justice portal: appeals against authorities
Explains administrative-court review and circumstances in which a request for rectification precedes a judicial appeal.
Open the legal source ↗Finnish justice portal: business financial distress
Distinguishes corporate restructuring, early restructuring, bankruptcy and debt adjustment available in business-related financial difficulty.
Open the legal source ↗Finnish justice portal: criminal judgments
Explains delivery of criminal judgments and distinguishes court decisions from enforcement of the resulting sanctions.
Open the legal source ↗Finnish justice portal: divorce
Explains district-court divorce petitions, joint or individual applications and the procedure for obtaining a final decree.
Open the legal source ↗Finnish justice portal: estates after death
Explains estate records, population-register extracts, inventory and administration following a death.
Open the legal source ↗Finnish Patent and Registration Office: responsibilities
PRH registers companies and industrial-property rights, while copyright matters have separate ministerial responsibility.
Open the legal source ↗Finnish Tax Administration: business guidance
Official guidance covers company taxation, VAT, prepayments, foreign businesses, financial difficulties and electronic tax correspondence.
Open the legal source ↗Foreign Ministry: export-control services
Explains Finland's national competent-authority role and control of dual-use exports within international and European arrangements.
Open the legal source ↗Land Use Act 132/1999, as renamed and amended
Current legislation addresses land-use planning separately from the Construction Act and records the amended statutory title.
Open the legal source ↗Limited Liability Companies Act 624/2006
Regulates Finnish private and public limited companies; the English translation identifies the amendments it incorporates.
Open the legal source ↗National Enforcement Authority Finland
Official service description identifies the state authority enforcing judgments and collecting specified directly enforceable public or statutory receivables.
Open the legal source ↗National Land Survey: registration of ownership
Explains registration of title after a property transfer and the relationship with transfer-tax compliance.
Open the legal source ↗Suomi.fi: collective agreements and local bargaining
Explains generally binding collective agreements and obligations affecting employers outside an employers' association.
Open the legal source ↗Traficom: disclosure of AI use
Explains AI transparency duties, provider and deployer roles and Finnish supervisory arrangements for relevant AI-generated or manipulated content.
Open the legal source ↗Traficom: ship registration
Explains merchant-ship registration and distinguishes Traficom's mainland responsibilities from the State Department of Åland's register.
Open the legal source ↗Using the sources
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