Economic Development Centre’s approval is required for temporary trading operation and for longer term kiosks and cafes in the roadside rest areas and car parks.
Temporary trading:
The approval can be issued for sites that are appropriate from the point of view of traffic safety.
The trading operation can be based on a trailer, table or similar. The Economic Development Centre does not organ ...
Write a free-form application when applying for a temporary trading approval or a roadside kiosk/cafe contract. Include the following information in the application:
The sales period for temporary trading approval is always a calendar year, and the approval can only be applied for one period. The application period is January of each year, and the aim is to process all approvals in February. Applications submitted after January will be processed in the order of arrival.
Send the application to the Economic Development Centre of Inner Finland (P.O. BOX 40, FI-00072 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, FINLAND) or by email to kirjaamo.sisa-suomi@elinvoimakeskus.fi.
The product selection must be designed to serve road users.
The approval for temporary trading or a contract for kiosk and cafe trading on roadside rest areas and car parks must be obtained before trading is started.
Temporary trading applications are usually processed within three weeks and kiosk and café contracts in six weeks.
Periods of trading from one day up to six months are considered temporary trading. If the trader requires and obtains a power supply connection for the trading activity, a temporary trading agreement can be made for several years at a time. In kiosks, the first agreement period is usually five years, and ten years in cafes. An additional agreement can be concluded for usually a period of five years.