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Legislation

Legislative information in FINLEX is organized in six databases. The database of translations of Finnish acts and decrees contains translations of Finnish Acts of Parliament (mostly in English). The consolidated texts of acts and decrees in (Finnish and in Swedish) and the original texts of acts and decrees are in separate databases. The reference database of legislation includes a list of changes made on any act or decree. All Sámi language acts and decrees are also available. The most recent acts are found daily in the Electronic Statutes of Finland.

Translations of Finnish acts and decrees ›

The database of translations of Finnish acts and decrees into other languages contains appr. 600 full-text translations of Finnish Acts of Parliament (mostly in English), for the rest of translations it provides reference information on the availability of a translated text.

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Consolidated legislation ›

The database of consolidated legislation includes updated texts of approximately 1,900 acts and decrees. The database is available in Finnish and Swedish, and it is updated weekly.

Original texts of acts and decrees ›

The database is based on the material in the Statutes of Finland. The texts are in the same form as they were published in the Statutes of Finland. The database includes the original texts of all acts and decrees published in the Statutes of Finland since 1987 and a compilation of acts and decrees published before 1987 (in Finnish and Swedish).

Reference database of legislation ›

The reference database of legislation includes a list of amendments made to acts and decrees, entry into force, and information on the new acts and decrees that have repealed the old ones. The database in updated weekly (in Finnish and Swedish).

Electronic Statutes of Finland ›

The most recent acts are found in the Electronic Statutes of Finland, with all acts and decrees published in the Statutes of Finland since 1995, with the same lay-out as in the printed version, in PDF.

A database in Sámi language ›

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