Legislation and guidelines

National legislation

  • Competition Act (948/2011), Cf. press release of Ministry of Employment and the Economy.
  • Government Decree on the calculation of turnover of a party to a concentration (1011/2011)
  • Government Decree on the obligation to notify a concentration (1012/2011)

FCA’s Guidelines on the application of the Competition Act 2011

  • Merger Control (pdf)
  • Leniency (pdf)
  • Act on the Finnish Competition Authority (711/1988), amended by (482/1992)
  • Decree on the Finnish Competition Authority (66/1993), amended by (1426/1994) and (175/1999)
  • Market Court Act (1527/2001)

EU competition legislation

  • Articles 101 and 102 on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) (pdf)
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (pdf)
  • Read more from the homepage of DGIV Competition.
  • Expired legislation
Last modified 2/29/2012