How a general partnership or a limited partnership grants mandates
This page contains information about different ways for a general partnership or a limited partnership to grant mandates in Suomi.fi e-Authorizations.
Two ways to grant mandates: independent authorisation and a mandate application
The easiest and quickest way to grant mandates is in the Suomi.fi e-Authorizations service, at https://www.suomi.fi/e-authorizationsOpens in a new window.. Mandates are granted either alone or jointly. When mandates are granted jointly, one person starts the authorisation and the others validate it. The granted mandates enter into force immediately or at the desired point in time.
However, it is not always possible to grant mandates independently in Suomi.fi. If the company cannot grant mandates independently, you can use authorisation with an application. The mandates will enter into force at the earliest when the Digital and Population Data Services Agency has processed the application.
Note that in some cases, acting on behalf of a company is also possible without a separate mandate.
Acting on behalf of a company without a separate mandate is possible only for persons with a role entered in the Trade Register or the Business Information System that entitles them to represent and the role has been specified in the service as a role entitled to act on behalf.
In general partnerships and limited partnerships, mandates can be granted alone by a partner of a general partnership or a general partner of a limited partnership who has the right to represent the company alone.
In a general partnership or a limited partnership, mandates can be granted jointly by the following persons, based on the method of representation entered in the trade register:
all partners together
two partners together
all partners together, if information on the signatories has not been entered in the trade register.
Any of the partners of a general partnership or general partners of a limited partnership may start the process of authorising jointly.
If you want to authorise on behalf of a limited partnership or a general partnership, you must have the entry “Signatory on behalf of the partnership” in the extract from the Trade Register.
You can check from the Finnish Patent and Registration Office whether this entry is missing.