Fees on requests for information
- Responses to requests for information based on the Act on the Openness of Government Activities are free of charge in most cases.
- Responding to requests for information is free of charge for the person requesting the information, unless the scope of the request is subject to a decision on the fee-based performances of chargeable services provided by the National Enforcement Authority Finland. The decision can be found attached to this page.
- As a rule, information and views provided under the EU General Data Protection Regulation are free of charge. However, a reasonable fee may be charged for them on a case-by-case basis as outlined in the decision referred to below.
- The fee for other commercially priced services (e.g. training, consultancy and expert services) is EUR 147 per hour (+ VAT), and the fee for the production and compilation of datasets is EUR 77 per hour (+ VAT).
- The pricing of responses to request for information and commercially priced services is based on the decision on the services of National Enforcement Authority Finland subject to a fee (UOL/512/2025) and a Decree of the Ministry of Justice (646/2024). Ministry of Justice Decree 646/2024, acts and decrees on enforcement charges are applied in situations not covered above.
- The person requesting information will be informed of any fee charged for responding to a request for information or performing another service and provided with a cost estimate before provision of the response or other service.