 Electronic procurement is now covered within the 2016 Act on Public Contracts.Transposition of the 2014 EU public procurement directive into Finnish law was delayed after the deadline (18 April 2016) with the consequence that some aspects of the directive were directly applicable from April 2016 until the new Finnish legislation was in place from 1 January 2017.Hansel Ltd. is a state-owned central purchasing body established by the "Act on a Limited Liability Company Called Hansel Oy", which operates framework agreements and supports central government departments in Finland with public procurement tasks.