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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:
General radio Oy is a public limited liability company under Article 7 of the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The company may also carry out other activities in accordance with its statutes.
The company's right to carry out television and radio activities is regulated separately. The technical radio equipment necessary for the exercise of the activity shall apply in the case of radio (1015/2001) And the communications market (186/1997) Provides.
The company shall be subject to the (14/04/1978) With the exceptions provided for in this Act.
Communication market L 396/1997 Has been repealed by the Communications Market L 393/2003 . Sharehold company L 734/1978 Has been repealed by the shareholder L 624/2006 .
The share of the company's shares is owned and controlled by the State, which represents at least 70 % of the company's total shares and the voting rights generated by all shares.
The Ministry of Transport and Communications should take into account the public service framework provided for in Article 7 when developing other television and radio activities with associated and ancillary services.
The management bodies of the company are the Management Board, the Board of Directors and the Executive Director-General.
The company shall have a Management Board, the number of which is 21.
The members of the Management Board shall elect a parliament in the first parliament of the parliamentary term. Their actions shall begin as soon as the election has taken place and will last for the election of the members of the following Board of Directors. The members of the Management Board shall be elected representatives of science, art, culture and business and economic life, as well as persons representing different social and language groups. (21.1.2000)
The Management Board shall elect a Chairperson and a Vice-President from among its members.
Paragraph 4 has been repealed by L 9.10.1998/746 .
The Management Board shall:
1) select and release the Board of Directors and the Chairperson of the Board of Directors and appoint the members of the Board of Directors;
(2) decide on matters relating to a substantial reduction or extension of activity or an essential modification of the company's organisation;
(3) ensure and ensure that the tasks of the public service programme are carried out;
4. Draw up a prior assessment of the services and activities referred to in Article 6a in relation to the public service and the overall communication market, and in relation to the democratic, social and cultural needs of society; , and on the basis of the assessment, to decide whether to initiate or not to initiate or to initiate the service or activity, and to publish the decision and the reasons therefor; (10/08/98)
(5) decide on economic and operational guidelines;
(6) review and approve the Management Report of the Government; (10/08/98)
(7) supervise the management of the company and give its opinion on the annual accounts and the audit report to the Annual General Meeting.
In addition, the Management Board shall, by the end of April, submit to the Parliament a report on the implementation of the public service provided for in Article 7 and on the implementation of its supervisory and control tasks during the preceding calendar year. Before the report is submitted, the Sami trial should be heard. (10/08/98)
The Management Board shall also address the other issues raised by the Board of Directors.
The Chairperson shall convene a meeting of the Governing Board if at least one third of the members request it in writing to deal with the case. The call for meetings shall be submitted within one month of the submission of the request.
The ex ante evaluation shall be carried out on new services and activities which have a limited impact on the overall content of the content services available and which are of relevance, duration and cost material. Such an assessment may be carried out at the discretion of the Governing Board if it is necessary for a justified reason.
An ex ante evaluation shall be carried out at the request of General Radio Oy or any other legal person or natural person, or on the Board's own initiative.
The assessment shall include an assessment of the impact on the market, competition and other effects of the planned service or function.
When drawing up the assessment, the opinions of the competition authority, the consumer authority and key actors in the sector shall be sought or orally consulted. Other experts deemed necessary may also be consulted.
The company shall have a government comprising at least five and a maximum of eight members, who shall not be members of the Management Board or belong to the other senior management of the company.
The Board of Directors must represent a sufficiently diverse range of expertise and both language groups.
The Board of Directors shall:
1) select and release the ceo of the company and confirm his/her salary and other conditions relating to the operation; the Executive Director shall not be a member of the Management Board or of the Board of Directors;
(2) select the company's other senior management and lay down the conditions attached to their remuneration and other activities;
(3) decide on the budget for the following year;
(4) convene a general meeting and prepare the items to be discussed;
(5) to report annually on the activities of the company to the Communications Office.
The company's role is to provide a versatile and comprehensive public service television and radio programme with associated ancillary and ancillary services on equal terms. These and other public service content services can be provided in public communications networks at national and regional level. (10/08/98)
The public service programme shall in particular:
(1) to support democracy and the opportunities for participation by providing a wide range of information, opinions and discussions and opportunities for interaction;
(2) produce, create, develop and maintain domestic culture, art and stimulating entertainment; (10/08/98)
(3) to take into account the educational and gender aspects of the software, to provide access to learning and self-development, to focus on software for children and young people, and to provide harlot programmes; (10/08/98)
(4) to treat, on equal grounds, the Finnish and Swedish people on equal terms, provide services in the language of the Sami, the Roma and the sign language and, where applicable, in the language of the other language groups in the country;
(5) to support tolerance and multiculturalism and to provide support to minority and special groups as well;
(6) to promote intercultural dialogue and to maintain programme provision abroad;
(7) transmit regulatory information to the public authorities and prepare for the performance of television and radio activities in exceptional circumstances.
Where the company provides material produced in the production of television and radio programmes for public service purposes other than television and radio, it shall differentiate between public service television and radio and other public services. Formation from one another.
Differentiation means, in this article, that a statement of accounts and a balance sheet for the operation of the public service are to be drawn up for the separate operations. The profit and loss account and the balance sheet, which shall be deductible from the company's accounts, shall be drawn up by (136/1997) In accordance with the provisions (23.5.2003/396)
If the company takes on its own public service television and radio-based material to provide it outside the television and radio activities, it must take place on the same terms as the company's handing over material outside the company. Use.
Paragraph 4 has been repealed by L 10.8.2012/474 .
The General Meeting may decide to change the articles of association in such a way that the company also carries out activities other than the public service provided for in Article 7. Such activities shall be differentiated in the accounts of the public service activities.
If the company provides the communications market (393/2003) , it shall differentiate between activities related to the supply of the network service in the accounts of other activities.
Paragraph 2 has been repealed by L 10.8.2012/474 .
Chapter 4 is repealed by L. 9.10.1998/746.
The company shall not broadcast advertising in connection with its television or radio software or other public service content services provided by different telecommunications networks.
The company must not produce a sponsored programme.
The fcc monitors compliance with Articles 7a, 8, 8a and 12, and the fact that there is no undercutting or cross-subsidisation.
The company shall submit to the Communications Agency, by the end of April each year, its annual accounts, the profit and loss accounts of the differentiated activities and the balance sheets, together with the opinion of the company's auditors. Without prejudice to the confidentiality rules, the company shall also provide the other information required under the supervision of the Office.
If the company is in breach of Articles 7a, 8, 8a, 12 or 12a, the Office may oblige the company to rectify its errors or omissions. A periodic penalty payment or a threat to the effect that the proposed action is to be carried out at the company's expense may be imposed as a result of the obligation.
The penalty payment and the threat of commission are laid down in the (1113/1990) .
By the end of April, the company shall submit to the Communications Agency a report on the service provided during the previous calendar year. The report shall contain the information necessary for the monitoring of the television and radio activities of the Communication Agency.
By the end of September, the Communication Office shall deliver its opinion on the report and on the basis of the financial statements referred to in Article 12a (2). The opinion shall be communicated to the committee of the parliamentary committee on matters relating to General Radio Oy.
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 1994.
Measures to implement this law may be adopted before it enters into force.
This law will repeal:
(1) the Law of the Government of 18 May 1934 on the right of the Government to surrender to the public limited liability to a public broadcaster (216/34) With subsequent amendments, and
2) Article 6 (1) of the Telecommunications Act of 20 February 1987.
The broadcasting licence granted by the Government to the Public Radio Ab shall cease to be valid at the time of entry into force of this Act.
Upon the entry into force of this Act, the Board of Supervisors, which was elected to the General Radio Ab on 16 April 1991, shall continue its activities under this Act until the end of its term of office. The Management Board shall decide on a transitional period on 1 January 1990 for a five-year term of office in respect of the designated leadership. The transitional period shall be deemed to be completed by the end of 1994.
THEY 124/93 , LiVM 14/93This Act shall enter into force on 20 March 1995.
LA 110/94, PVM 19/94
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.
Measures to implement this law may be adopted before it enters into force.
THEY 34/1998 , SuVM 3/1998, LVM 6/1998, EV 87/1998
This Act shall enter into force on 1 July 2002.
Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement the law.
THEY 241/2001 , No 8/2002, No 5/2002, EV 66/2002
This Act shall enter into force on 25 July 2003.
Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement the law.
THEY 112/2002 , LiVM 26/2002, EV 272/2002, Framework Directive 2002 /21/EC; OJ L 108, Authorisation Directive 2002 /20/EC; OJ L 108, Access Directive 2002 /19/EC; OJ L 108, Universal Service Directive 2002 /22/EC; OJ L 108
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2006.
Article 6 (1) (4) shall apply for the first time in the case of the 2005 and 2006 report.
Measures necessary for the implementation of the law may be adopted before the law enters into force.
THEY 43/2005 , LVM 16/2005 EV 80/2005
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2013.
Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement the law.
THEY 29/2012 , LiVM 8/2012, EV 64/2012
