Contract, sale and consumer
Formation and invalidity of contracts, business-to-business sales, consumer sales and the right of withdrawal.
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Acts
Finnish Contracts Act228/1929 · The Act governs offer and acceptance, agency and the invalidity of legal acts, including duress, fraudulent inducement and dishonourable conduct.Finnish Sale of Goods Act355/1987 · The Act governs the sale of goods between businesses: delivery, passing of risk, defects and their consequences, notice of complaint, and the rights of buyer and seller in cases of delay.Finnish Consumer Protection Act38/1978 · The Act governs marketing, the fairness of contract terms, defects and remedies in consumer sales, door-to-door and distance selling and the right of withdrawal, and consumer credit.
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