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Section 20
Leasing of the right to use frequencies
A licence holder with a licence granted by auction referred to in section 8(2) may lease out
the right to use the frequencies referred to in the licence to another enterprise, organisation or
association. However, the licence holder continues to be responsible for the obligations
referred to in section 39 regarding a radio licence and the frequency reservation referred to in
section 44.
Leasing out the right to use the frequencies is subject to Government approval. Upon the
licence holder’s application, the Government may approve the leasing of access rights,
provided that it has no especially weighty reasons to suspect that the leasing would apparently
risk national security. The Government shall make a decision on the approval within two
months of the arrival of the application.
Section 21
Relinquishing the licence
A licence holder may relinquish a licence by informing the licencing authority about it before
the end of the licence period.
No licence fee referred to in section 287 for the remaining licence period shall be collected
from a licence holder that has fully relinquished its licence. The licence fee of a licence holder
that has partially relinquished its licence shall be reduced accordingly for the remaining
licence period. Licence fees paid prior to relinquishing a licence will not be reimbursed.
Chapter 4
Programming Licence for Digital Television or Radio Broadcasting Operations
Section 22
Digital television and radio broadcasting subject to a licence
A programming licence is required for television and radio broadcasting in a digital
terrestrial mass communications network excluding operations in which:
1) audiovisual content services or radio broadcasts can only be received in an educational
institution, hospital, hotel or similar institution, or
2) considering the number of programmes or the recurrence of broadcasts the provision of
audiovisual contents is not regular and not the main purpose of the service.
Pursuant to section 7 of the Act on the Yleisradio Oy (Finnish Broadcasting Company)
(1380/1993), the Finnish Broadcasting Company Ltd has the right to carry out digital public
service television and radio broadcasting without a licence.
Section 23
Programming licence application procedure