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- HE 27/2022 vpPassed
Enshrining climate targets in law
Finland will commit to achieving carbon neutrality by 2035 and set binding interim targets for reducing emissions. Official climate policy planning will be expanded to cover land use and carbon sinks as well.
7 Jun 2022 · 4 votes121 jaa42 ei - HE 138/2017 vpPassed
Raising taxes on heating fuels
Excise duties on heating fuels, power plant fuels, and fuels for non-road mobile machinery will be increased from the beginning of 2018. The change will raise the price of fossil fuels and district heating generated using them.
13 Dec 2017 · 9 votes163 jaa21 ei - HE 71/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Expanding emissions trading to maritime transport
Emissions trading will be expanded to cover large cargo and passenger ships, and free emission allowances for aviation and industry will be cut. The changes will accelerate emission reductions in line with tightened EU climate targets.
19 Dec 2023 · 5 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus , mietintö / Jussi Saramo
157 jaa22 ei - HE 70/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Stricter emissions limits for public vehicle procurements
Binding minimum quotas for zero- and low-emission vehicles will be set for public procurements of vehicles and transport services. The requirements apply to new procurements made by central government, municipalities and other contracting authorities.
24 Jun 2021 · 1 vote40 jaa13 ei - HE 200/2018 vpPassed
Banning coal in energy production
The use of coal in electricity and heat production would be banned in Finland from May 2029. However, the ban would not apply to exceptional security of supply situations or electricity peak-load reserve plants.
19 Mar 2019 · 4 votes170 jaa14 ei - HE 291/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Banning emissions tampering and automation trials
The sale, installation and use of vehicle emissions defeat devices in road traffic will be prohibited under threat of substantial sanctions. In addition, trials of automated vehicles on public roads without a driver will be enabled, and conversions of vehicle power sources will be made easier.
21 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 116/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Enabling state aid in Ilmastorahasto financing
A dedicated act will be enacted for the wholly state-owned Ilmastorahasto Oy, enabling the use of state aid in its investment and financing operations. The company can finance climate projects by taking a higher risk than private investors or by accepting a lower return target.
3 Feb 2023 · 2 votes135 jaa47 ei - HE 264/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Clean vehicle obligations for wellbeing services counties
Regionally graduated minimum quotas will be set for wellbeing services counties for the procurement of low- and zero-emission vehicles and transport services. At the same time, procurement obligations for joint municipal authorities and municipally owned companies will be clarified.
25 Jan 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 239/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Municipal climate plans and appeal rights
All Finnish municipalities will be required to draw up their own climate plan at least once per council term. At the same time, clear rules will be added to the act on how and by whom appeals against national climate plans can be lodged with the Supreme Administrative Court.
13 Dec 2022 · 1 vote132 jaa38 ei - HE 174/2022 vpPassed
Temporary cut to fuel distribution obligation
The distribution obligation for the renewable share of transport fuels is temporarily reduced for 2023 to ease fuel price pressures. The emission reductions not achieved will be made up for by raising the distribution obligation between 2024 and 2030.
12 Dec 2022 · 3 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Mari Rantanen 1
99 jaa72 ei - HE 147/2016 vpPassed
Emissions trading compensation for industry
Electricity-intensive industry could receive state support for higher electricity costs driven up by emissions trading. The aim of the aid is to maintain industrial competitiveness and prevent production from relocating outside the EU.
20 Dec 2016 · 4 votes130 jaa29 ei - HE 199/2018 vpPassed
Tightening biofuel distribution obligations
More biofuels will be blended into transport fuels and light fuel oil. The aim is to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transport, machinery and heating.
14 Feb 2019 · 4 votes156 jaa12 ei - HE 191/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Raising heating and machinery fuel taxes
Energy taxation on heating and machinery fuels as well as peat will be tightened, and double taxation of electricity storage will be eliminated. In addition, an energy tax refund on light fuel oil will temporarily be paid at an increased rate to agriculture.
14 Dec 2018 · 8 votes167 jaa11 ei - HE 243/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Updating environmental permits and waste securities
Rules on amending environmental permits and waste securities required from operators are clarified so that the securities are sufficient to cover the costs of decommissioning and waste management, including in bankruptcies. At the same time, the use of meat and bone meal in energy production is facilitated and the online publication of older environmental decisions is clarified.
29 Apr 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 176/2021 vpPassed
Abolishing car tax on electric cars
Car tax on fully electric and hydrogen cars will be abolished entirely and their annual vehicle tax will be increased. The reform is intended to encourage the acquisition of zero-emission cars and reduce transport emissions.
8 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 142/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Revising earned income tax and deductions
An index adjustment will be made to earned income taxation so that the taxation of work and pensions does not tighten as earnings levels and prices rise. In addition, the household expenses tax credit will be temporarily increased for giving up oil heating as well as for household and care services.
3 Dec 2021 · 13 votesClosest vote · 125 §, mietintö / Ville Vähämäki
95 jaa66 ei - HE 124/2021 vpPassed
Enabling carbon offsetting as a business
The provision of voluntary carbon offsetting services will be exempted from the requirements of the Money Collection Act. Companies and organisations will be able to offer and sell climate emissions compensation services without a money collection permit.
9 Nov 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 167/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Stricter emissions monitoring for medium-sized combustion plants
In accordance with an EU directive, smaller energy production plants than before will also fall under registration and emissions requirements under the Environmental Protection Act. At the same time, authorities' processing deadlines for registering plants will be shortened.
20 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 5/2021 vpPassed
Ending approval of Kyoto climate projects
Finland will stop approving clean development climate projects under the Kyoto Protocol. With the expiry of the Kyoto commitment period, international climate cooperation is shifting under the Paris Agreement.
28 Apr 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 70/2020 vpPassed
Extending sustainability criteria for biomass fuels
The act lays down new sustainability requirements for solid and gaseous biomass fuels, such as wood fuels and biogas. The amendment will ensure that bioenergy used in energy production is produced sustainably and that its emission reductions are adequate.
7 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote