NB: Translation from Finnish. Legally binding only in Finnish and Swedish.
Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland
Information Society Code
(917/2014)
PART I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 1
Objectives of the Act and Definitions
Section 1
Objectives of the Act
The objective of the Act is to foster the supply and use of electronic communications
services and to ensure that everyone across Finland has access to communications networks
and services at reasonable conditions. A further objective of the Act is to secure the efficient
and interference-free use of radio frequencies, to foster competition, and to ensure that
communications networks and services are technologically advanced, of high quality, reliable,
safe, and inexpensive. This Act also aims to ensure the confidentiality of electronic
communication and the protection of privacy.
Section 2
Application of specific provisions
Sections 136–145 and 247 of this Act apply to operators referred to in these provisions in
situations where:
1) the operator is established in the territory of Finland or otherwise subject to Finnish law;
2) the operator is not established in a Member State of the European Union but the
operator’s main equipment to be used in providing communications are located or maintained
in Finland;
3) the operator is not established in a Member State of the European Union but the service
user is in Finland and it is obvious from the contents of the service or its marketing that the
service is targeted at Finland.
This section does not limit the application of provisions in the Finnish private international
law.