sovellettavat

Sovellettavat is a Finnish adjective meaning applicable or to be applied. It is used to refer to provisions, rules, or regulations that are relevant to a specific situation, person, or case. The term is common in legal, regulatory, and administrative language.

In legal and regulatory texts, sovellettavat denotes which statutes, regulations, or guidelines govern a given matter. It is often used to distinguish the rules that apply from those that do not, and it can be paired with a variety of nouns such as lait, säännökset, or määräykset. The phrase is complementary to terms like voimaan tuleva (in force) or voimassa oleva lainsäädäntö, clarifying which rules are relevant for a particular analysis or decision.

Grammatically, sovellettavat is the plural nominative form of the adjective sovellettava. It agrees with plural nouns, for example sovellettavat lait (the applicable laws). Other forms exist for different cases and numbers, such as sovellettavien (genitive plural) and sovellettavia (partitive plural). The singular forms include sovellettava (nominative singular) and its inflected variants.

Examples of use include: Tässä tapauksessa sovellettavat säännökset voivat löytyä sekä EU-lainsäädännöstä että kansallisesta lainsäädännöstä. Toteutettavat toimenpiteet määräytyvät sovellettavien lakien ja asetusten mukaan. Esimerkiksi: sovellettavat lait voivat olla EU-lainsäädäntö, kansallinen lainsäädäntö ja paikalliset määräykset riippuen tilanteesta.

In translation, sovellettavat is generally rendered as “applicable” or “the applicable [laws/regulations],” used to indicate which rules apply to a situation.