How quickly must a Finnish authority answer a document request?
Information from a public document must be provided as soon as possible and no later than two weeks from the request. If the matter requires special measures or a large number of documents are requested, the period is at most one month. On request, a refusal must be given as an appealable decision.
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Source
- Source
- Act on the Openness of Government Activities, section 14
- Acts
- Finnish Act on the Openness of Government Activities
- Area
- Administration, transparency and land use
- Checked
- 2026-09-10
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