The activities of the Regional State Administrative Agencies will end at the end the year 2025. Most of our tasks will be transferred to the new Finnish Supervisory Agency, which will launch its operations on 1 January 2026. Tasks related to animal health and welfare and to food will be transferred to the Finnish Food Authority. Competition and consumer administration tasks will be transferred to the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority.
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The Regional State Administrative Agency may authorise an applicant to convene a general meeting of a housing company, a general meeting of a limited liability company, a meeting of a right-of-occupancy corporation or a meeting of a cooperative at the expense of the corporation in question.
We may authorise the convening of a meeting where a meeting should have been convened on the basis of the law, articles of association, statutes or a decision of a meeting.
You can find information on how to convene a general meeting of an association on our website.
The right of a Regional State Administrative Agency to convene an ordinary general meeting may be applied by:
The right of a Regional State Administrative Agency to convene an ordinary general meeting may be applied by:
The right of a Regional State Administrative Agency to convene an ordinary general meeting may be applied by:
The right of a Regional State Administrative Agency to convene an ordinary general meeting may be applied by:
You can apply for the right to convene an ordinary general meeting or a meeting when the meeting has not been convened at a time specified by law, articles of association or statutes.
The ordinary general meeting of a housing company must be held within six months of the end of the financial year, and no other time limit may be specified in the articles of association. Any previous statutes in the articles of association that may state differently are no longer valid.
Send a freeform written application to the Regional State Administrative Agency for the region where the company has a registered office. A link to the contact information of Regional State Administrative Agency registries is provided at the bottom of this page.
You must send the application in writing but it may be free in form. Include the following information and supporting documents:
First, we investigate the grounds for the application. If the requirements specified by law are not satisfied, we will dismiss the application.
If the matter as explained in the application is unclear, we will send a request for further information to the applicant, asking for additional clarification.
Once we have received a satisfactory explanation that the requirements specified by law are satisfied, we will consult the board of the corporation concerning the application.
Having received a written rejoinder from the board, we may consult the applicant concerning the rejoinder.
We will issue a decision once we have received the necessary rejoinders and clarifications.
A fee will be charged from the applicant for the processing of the application; the fee is EUR 260.
If the applicant withdraws the application, we will charge a portion of the fee equivalent to the work done in processing the application up until that time.
The applicant will be invoiced for the fee once we have issued a decision in the matter.
If a general meeting or meeting has been convened and held, and the applicant does not withdraw the application, we will reject the application.
If the applicant withdraws the application, we will charge a portion of the fee equivalent to the work done in processing the application up until that time.
Decisions made by the Regional State Administrative Agency may be appealed to the Administrative Court. Either the applicant or the board of the corporation may appeal the decision.
The decision includes directions for appeal.
Under the Limited Liability Housing Companies Act, the Limited Liability Companies Act and the Co-operatives Act, a decision may be enforced regardless of appeal.
The Act on Right-of-Occupancy Associations contains no provision allowing enforcement regardless of appeal.
The right of a Regional State Administrative Agency to convene an ordinary general meeting may be applied by:
The right of a Regional State Administrative Agency to convene an ordinary general meeting may be applied by:
The right of a Regional State Administrative Agency to convene an ordinary general meeting may be applied by:
The right of a Regional State Administrative Agency to convene an ordinary general meeting may be applied by:
You can apply for the right to convene an extraordinary general meeting or a meeting when an extraordinary general meeting or meeting has been demanded from the Board of Directors and notices of meetings have not been sent within two weeks of receipt of the demand.
You may also apply for the right to convene an extraordinary general meeting or a meeting when the general meeting or a meeting has decided to convene an extraordinary general meeting or a meeting but no such meeting has been convened.
An extraordinary general meeting must be held if it is demanded either by:
The demand must be in writing, and it must be made for the purpose of dealing with a specific matter.
The extraordinary general meeting must be held if it is demanded for the purpose of dealing with a specific matter either by:
The demand must be in writing, and
An extraordinary meeting must be held if it is demanded either by:
The demand must be made in writing to the board of the association, and it must be made for the purpose of dealing with a specific matter.
According to the Co-operatives Act, an extraordinary meeting of the cooperative must be held if it is demanded either by:
The demand must be made for the purpose of dealing with a specific matter.
Send a freeform written application to the Regional State Administrative Agency for the region where the company has a registered office. A link to the contact information of Regional State Administrative Agency registries is provided at the bottom of this page.
You must send the application in writing but it may be free in form. Include the following information and supporting documents:
First, we investigate the grounds for the application. If the requirements specified by law are not satisfied, we will dismiss the application.
If the matter as explained in the application is unclear, we will send a request for further information to the applicant, asking for additional clarification.
Once we have received a satisfactory explanation that the requirements specified by law are satisfied, we will consult the board of the corporation concerning the application.
Having received a written rejoinder from the board, we may consult the applicant concerning the rejoinder.
We will issue a decision once we have received the necessary rejoinders and clarifications.
A fee will be charged from the applicant for the processing of the application; the fee is EUR 260.
If the applicant withdraws the application, we will charge a portion of the fee equivalent to the work done in processing the application up until that time.
The applicant will be invoiced for the fee once we have issued a decision in the matter.
If a general meeting or meeting has been convened and held, and the applicant does not withdraw the application, we will reject the application.
If the applicant withdraws the application, we will charge a portion of the fee equivalent to the work done in processing the application up until that time.
Decisions made by the Regional State Administrative Agency may be appealed to the Administrative Court. Either the applicant or the board of the corporation may appeal the decision.
The decision includes directions for appeal.
Under the Limited Liability Housing Companies Act, the Limited Liability Companies Act and the Co-operatives Act, a decision may be enforced regardless of appeal.
The Act on Right-of-Occupancy Associations contains no provision allowing enforcement regardless of appeal.
You may submit your application without the supporting documents. You must note in the application that you will submit the supporting documents once you have received them.
We usually send the applicant a request for further information to ask for any missing supporting documents. If you mention in the application that you will submit the documents later, we will generally wait for a while before sending a request for further information.
