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10 bills

Topic animal welfare10
  1. HE 32/2026 vpPassed with amendments

    Allowing surgical castration of piglets

    Surgical castration of piglets will not be banned in 2035; instead, the procedure will remain permitted after that with appropriate pain relief. At the same time, the supply of anaesthetics to pig farms for castrations will be made easier.

    11 Jun 2026 · 3 votes
    110 jaa
    60 ei
  2. HE 130/2026 vpIn progress

    Stricter and longer animal keeping bans

    Bans on keeping animals imposed for animal welfare offences will be lengthened and their imposition will become the general rule also for basic offences. Violating a ban on keeping animals may result in imprisonment.

    1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  3. HE 165/2024 vpPassed

    Clarifying animal welfare liabilities and fees

    Liability for damages caused during animal welfare control will transfer from municipalities to the state, and municipalities will gain the right to charge fees for animal welfare control carried out by health inspectors. In addition, the obligation for veterinarians to report defects that hinder the breeding of dogs and cats will be postponed.

    17 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 186/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Improving animal welfare and protection

    The new Animal Welfare Act will replace the old Animal Protection Act and tighten requirements for the keeping, care and treatment of animals. The provisions will improve animals' opportunities to carry out natural species-specific behaviour and reduce the pain and suffering caused to them.

    8 Mar 2023 · 12 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Ritva Elomaa 5 (moniste)

    104 jaa
    80 ei
  5. HE 25/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Enhancing supervision of animal transport

    Animal transport supervision will be stepped up by granting Finnish Customs the right to inspect transports and by requiring a journey log for the export of reindeer and fur animals. In addition, the boundary between commercial activity and private hobby activities will be clarified.

    16 Jun 2021 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Ritva Elomaa

    32 jaa
    24 ei
  6. HE 154/2018 vpLapsed

    Stricter animal welfare requirements

    The reform will improve animals' living conditions, treatment and protection by requiring better consideration of species-specific needs. Animals must, among other things, be guaranteed continuous access to drinking water in permanent housing facilities, and pain relief must be used during painful procedures.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  7. HE 8/2018 vpPassed

    Establishing the Finnish Food Authority

    The Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira and the Agency for Rural Affairs (Mavi) will be merged into a new Finnish Food Authority at the beginning of 2019. At the same time, sectoral information management tasks from the National Land Survey of Finland and the supervision of the use of plant protection products from Tukes will be brought together into the new authority.

    9 May 2018 · passed without a vote
  8. HE 26/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming agricultural and forestry data protection

    Legislation in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will be updated to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Directive. The legislative amendments will clarify the processing of personal data, the responsibilities of data controllers, and data retention periods across various registers.

    9 Jan 2019 · passed without a vote
  9. HE 200/2020 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming feed control and feed safety

    A new Feed Act will be enacted in Finland to improve the safety and supervision of animal feed. At the same time, authorities will be given new means to intervene in non-compliant online trade and the shadow economy.

    21 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote
  10. HE 175/2020 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming animal disease control and surveillance

    Finland's animal disease legislation will be reformed to correspond to the European Union's Animal Health Law. The reform updates the categorisation of animal diseases, while retaining existing disease control measures and compensation schemes.

    21 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote