The transmitting agencies are the district courts (käräjäoikeudet), the Market Court (markkinaoikeus), the courts of appeal (hovioikeudet), the Supreme Court (korkein oikeus) and the Ministry of Justice.
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List of competent authorities
Means of receipt of documents available to them: documents may be delivered by post, fax or e-mail.
Languages that may be used for completion of the standard form: Finnish, Swedish and English.
The central body is the Ministry of Justice.
Oikeusministeriö [Ministry of Justice]
PL 25
FIN-00023 Valtioneuvosto [Government]
Tel. (358-9) 16 06 76 28
Fax: (358-9) 16 06 75 24
E-mail: central.authority@om.fi
Documents may be delivered by post, fax or e-mail.
Languages: Finnish, Swedish, English.
The application form may be completed in Finnish, Swedish or English.
Pursuant to Article 9(3), Finland informs the Commission that it will not apply the provisions of Article 9(1) and (2). In their current form the provisions of the article have no conceivable significance from the point of view of the country's legal system and therefore cannot be applied in Finland in practice.
The certificate form may be completed in Finnish, Swedish or English.
No charge is made to the foreign transmitting agency for the service of documents.
Finland does not object to this means of service.
Finland does not object to this means of service.
As Finland does not give the notification referred to in Article 19(2), the Finnish courts may not give judgments in cases pursuant to Article 19(2). Consequently, there is no need for the notification referred to in Article 19(4).
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