- Enterprises
- Industrial policy
- Innovation policy
- Focus areas
- Regulation of business operations
- Internationalisation of enterprises
- Single market of the EU
- Business services
- Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
- MEE Business Sector Services
- Enterprise financing
- Working life
- Labour legislation
- Employment contract and employment relationship
- Working time and annual holiday
- Improving and maintaining employees’ competence
- Non-discrimination and equality in working life
- Protection of privacy at work and working with children
- Co-operation procedure and other personnel representation systems
- Key points of the Co-operation Act
- Negotiation obligation
- Content and timing of negotiation obligation
- Duty to inform representatives of personnel groups
- Undertaking’s general plans, principles and objectives
- Personnel and training plan
- Matters to be handled in the co-operation procedure
- Co-operation procedure when the use of personnel is reduced
- Confidentiality and sanctions
- Co-operation within a Finnish group of undertakings
- Co-operation within a community-wide group of undertakings and an undertaking
- Employee Involvement in European Companies (SE) and European Cooperative Societies (SCE)
- Personnel funds
- Key points of the Co-operation Act
- Collective agreements and mediation in labour disputes
- Contractor’s obligations and liability
- Employee’s position if employer becomes insolvent
- Working life development
- Integration of immigrants
- Employment
- Support and compensations
- Employment Bulletin and Employment Service Statistics
- Labour legislation
- Energy
- Energy and climate strategy
- Electricity market
- Natural gas market
- Emissions trading
- Renewable energy
- Energy efficiency
- Energy and Investment Aid
- Nuclear energy
- Security of energy supply
- International and EU cooperation in the energy sector
- Energy technologies
- Competition and consumers
- Regions
Supervision of space activities
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment supervises the space activities it has authorised. The means of supervision are the operator’s obligation to provide information, annual reporting, and the Ministry’s right of inspection. The Ministry may also request other information necessary for supervision.
Obligation to provide information
The operator must, without delay, inform the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of any changes relating to the space activities. The Ministry must be informed if:
- the date or place of launching the space object, the launch vehicle or the launching company changes;
- the launch of the space object fails;
- the space object, while in orbit, is no longer functional or the contact with the space object is otherwise permanently lost;
- the purpose of the space activity changes;
- the operator’s technical expertise or competence to carry on space activities changes or weakens essentially;
- the operator’s financial capacity to carry on space activities changes or weakens essentially;
- a radio licence granted by the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority is amended or withdrawn;
- there is a change of ownership of the space object;
- the operator plans to discontinue the space activities.
Annual report
Operators must provide the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment with an annual report of their space activities. The report must describe the activities in general and any changes and incidents relating to the activities. The report should, in particular, describe the functionality of the space object(s), any warnings and risks of collision, any environmental impacts and the plans concerning continuing, altering or discontinuing the tasks of the space object(s).
Right of inspection
Supervision may also require inspections of an operator’s physical premises, equipment or activities where these are relevant to the space activities. These may take place in situations where the operator has not provided the required information about its space activities or where there is a risk of personal injury or material damage. The Ministry may authorise an independent expert to conduct inspections.
The right of inspection covers the premises and areas possessed or used by the operator for space activities and the documents and information necessary for the supervisory task. The space object itself may also be inspected.
Further information:
Maija Lönnqvist
maija.lonnqvist(at)tem.fi