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Section 13
Participation in the auction
An enterprise, organisation or association wishing to participate in the auction shall inform
Ficora in advance of its participation and pay a participation fee laid down in section 286.
Only one enterprise of a corporate group referred to in Chapter 1(6) of the Accounting Act
(1336/1997) is allowed to participate in the auction.
No cooperation concerning the auction is allowed between parties participating in the
auction. Prohibited collusion is considered to include:
1) agreements concerning the contents of the bids;
2) exchange of information concerning the contents of the bids during the auction process;
and
3) any other contact between the applicants with the aim to affect the process and result of
the auction.
Section 14
Openness of information in the auction process
The name and other information of the enterprise, organisation or association provided in
the auction registration are not public before the conclusion of the auction process.
The winning bids are disclosed after the auction process has been concluded. Other bids
made by an enterprise, organisation or association are confidential. During the auction Ficora
may issue the total amount in EUR of the bids placed on each round. The bidders are also
provided with the information on the number of bids made for the frequencies and the amount
of the highest bid in EUR.
Other provisions on the openness of information are issued in the Act on the Openness of
Government Activities (621/1999).
Notwithstanding secrecy provisions, Ficora shall, at request, disclose information referred to
in subsections 1 and 2 necessary for supervision and control to the Ministry of Transport and
Communications it has obtained while carrying out duties under this Chapter.
Section 15
Rejection of auction bids
If the effective control in the enterprise, organisation or association changes before the
licence is granted so that the enterprise, organisation or association no longer meets the
requirements for entering the auction laid down in section 13, Ficora shall reject the bid made
by the enterprise, organisation or association.
Ficora may decide to reject a bid made by an enterprise, organisation or association, if the
enterprise, organisation or association has provided fundamentally incorrect information of
matters significant to the auction or if it otherwise violates the provisions of Chapter 3 or
Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority regulations and, despite being requested to do
so, fails to immediately rectify its actions.
The Government may decide to reject a bid made by an enterprise, organisation or
association, if it has especially weighty reasons to suspect that granting a licence to the
applicant would apparently risk national security.
Section 16