Finland: International Trade & Investment

Further to our earlier posts (here and here and here), the remaining two defendants prosecuted for exporting dual-use goods to Russia have been convicted in Finland.

There are two main pieces of national legislation regulating the award of contracts by the contracting authorities: the Act on Public Contracts (Laki julkisista hankinnoista 348/2007; "APC") and the Act on the Procurement Procedures of Entities Operating in the Water, Energy, Transport and Postal Services Sectors (Laki vesi- ja energiahuollon, liikenteen ja postipalvelujen alalla toimivien yksiköiden hankinnoista 349/2007; "Utilities Act") which entered into force on 1 June 2007.

The European Court of Justice (the "ECJ") handed out four closely linked judgments on 9 November 2004 concerning the exploitation of horse racing data and fixtures list data in betting coupons.