säätelemiseksi

Säätelemiseksi is a Finnish verbal-noun form used to express the purpose or aim of regulation. It literally conveys “in order to regulate” or “for the regulation of.” The form appears in formal and administrative language when describing the goals, duties, or rules that a measure, law, or policy is designed to achieve.

Morphology and usage notes

The word is built from a verb related to regulating (such as säätelemään or a closely related form) and the suffixes that mark nominalization and purpose in Finnish. In practice it is found in noun phrases and legal or policy texts, for example in phrases like säätelemiseksi tarkoitetut toimenpiteet (measures intended to regulate) or säätelemiseksi suunnitellut lait (laws designed to regulate). Its use signals that the primary objective of the described action is regulatory.

Contexts

Säätelemiseksi is most common in legal documents, regulatory impact assessments, government communications, and academic discussions of governance and policy design. It helps to specify that the proposed action or rule is meant to impose or adjust rules, standards, or behaviors rather than to address other goals.

Relation to related terms

Related concepts include sääntely (regulation as a process), säädös (a regulation or statute), and sääntö (a rule). Säätelemiseksi should be distinguished from these terms by its focus on the purpose of regulation, rather than on the act of regulating itself or the rules that result.

In summary, säätelemiseksi is a formal linguistic tool for indicating regulatory aims within Finnish discourse, frequently encountered in policy and legal contexts.