Finnish Consumer Protection Act

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. The Consumer Ombudsman supervises compliance.

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Reference

Reference: 38/1978
Area: Contract, sale and consumer
Supervision: Kuluttaja-asiamies, Kilpailu- ja kuluttajavirasto
Publisher: Finlex
Checked: 2026-09-10

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Open the official text ↗Kuluttajanoikeusdirektiivi 2011/83/EU ↗

Supervision

Kuluttaja-asiamies1 · Acts supervised Kilpailu- ja kuluttajavirasto4 · Acts supervised

Questions

How long is the right of withdrawal for an online purchase in Finland?Consumer Protection Act, chapter 6 How long is the seller liable for a defect in a Finnish consumer sale?Consumer Protection Act, chapter 5

Related acts

Finnish Contracts Act228/1929
Finnish Sale of Goods Act355/1987
Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act624/2006
Finnish Accounting Act1336/1997
Finnish Auditing Act1141/2015

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