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Pirkko MattilaEach row shows how the selected MPs voted in the bill's decisive vote.
- HE 35/2017 vpPassed
Improving seafarers' protection in business transfers
Seafarers' employment relationships and terms will transfer automatically to the new owner when shipping operations are transferred to another company. The change brings the rules on maritime employment into line with other labour legislation and EU law.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded19 May 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 27/2017 vpPassed
Universities of applied sciences in Keva
Universities of applied sciences will be permitted to remain members of Keva, the public sector pension system, until the end of 2025, even if their ownership transfers from municipalities to universities. The amendment will safeguard employees' accrued supplementary pensions in mergers of higher education institutions without causing substantial additional costs for the institutions.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded19 May 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 12/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming insolvency proceedings and registers
Information on bankruptcies and corporate restructurings will become available online free of charge, and the practice of publishing official announcements in newspapers will generally be discontinued. Insolvency rules will be adapted to comply with revised European Union legislation.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded19 May 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 18/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Centralising business service client data
Client data for public business services will be pooled into a single electronic system from which different actors can use it directly. This will streamline services and reduce the need for businesses to provide the same information multiple times.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded15 May 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 34/2017 vpPassed
Notification requirements for posted workers
Foreign companies must notify the occupational safety and health authority of workers they post to Finland before work begins. A negligence fee may be imposed for failure to submit the notification.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded12 May 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 14/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Enhancing EU business register data exchange
The Finnish Trade Register will be connected to a European network through which company data is exchanged directly between authorities in EU countries. If a foreign company ceases to exist in its home country, its branch in Finland will at the same time be removed from the register.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded12 May 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 260/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Establishing Hossa national park
Hossa national park would be established in Suomussalmi, Kuusamo and Taivalkoski to mark the 100th anniversary of Finland's independence. Nature in the area would be protected and the former state hiking area abolished.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded9 May 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 7/2017 vpPassed
Repealing the obsolete land protection act
The Act on the Protection of Land Against Damage by Domestic Animals, dating from 1921, will be repealed as obsolete and unnecessary. Damage caused by domestic animals will directly be subject to the general Tort Liability Act.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded4 May 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 19/2017 vpPassed
New degrees through labour market training
Unemployed people or those facing the threat of unemployment who already hold a higher education degree could study for a new higher education degree as labour market training. The aim of the amendment is to rapidly ease labour shortages for businesses, especially in the construction sector.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded27 Apr 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 263/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming prisoners' financial benefits
Prisoners' spending allowance, activity allowance and wages will be reformed to be daily and more equitable than before. At the same time, the use of payment cards by prisoners will be enabled, as well as the restraining of all prisoners being transported for security reasons.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded21 Apr 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 8/2017 vpPassed
Easing environmental permit procedures
The requirement for an environmental permit will be abolished or replaced with a lighter registration procedure for several low-emission activities, such as concrete batching plants and rescue helicopter landing sites. In addition, free official guidance will be offered electronically to permit applicants to streamline the application process.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded19 Apr 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 259/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining environmental assessments and permits
Environmental impact assessments and permit processes for large projects would be streamlined under a new act. The assessment procedure could be combined with land-use planning and assessments under the Nature Conservation Act to avoid overlap.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded10 Apr 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 11/2017 vpPassed
Transferring EU extradition requests to prosecutors
Extradition requests made from Finland to another EU member state for the enforcement of a prison sentence will become the responsibility of prosecutors. The Criminal Sanctions Agency will continue to prepare the cases, but the official request will always be made by a prosecutor.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded30 Mar 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 267/2016 vpPassed
Clarifying qualification requirements for livestock handlers
Owners and keepers of production animals will be placed under an obligation to ensure adequate competence, instruction and staffing levels for handlers. The amendment will bring the Animal Welfare Act into line with the requirements of EU directives.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded30 Mar 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 3/2017 vpPassed
Tightening environmental and emission rules for ships
Finland will bring into force the recent amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL). The reform would tighten regulation of ships' sewage, garbage and ship-to-ship oil transfers, among other things.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded24 Mar 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 5/2017 vpPassed
Securing port security screening
Security stewards and trained security screeners will continue to be able to carry out security screening duties on ships and in ports. References in the legislation will be updated.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded16 Mar 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 265/2016 vpPassed
Deregulating pension and insurance fund investments
Pension foundations and insurance funds will be able to invest their assets more freely in OECD countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). In addition, quantitative restrictions on real estate investments by institutions providing voluntary supplementary pensions will be removed.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded16 Mar 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 255/2016 vpPassed
Enabling nuclear cooperation with Saudi Arabia
Finland and Saudi Arabia agree on cooperation regarding the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The agreement creates a framework for research and expert cooperation between the two countries and for exporting sectoral expertise.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded16 Mar 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 271/2016 vpPassed
Improving compensation for ship passengers
Finland will accede to an international convention on passenger ship liability and update the Maritime Code. Compensation protection and rights for passengers in cases of personal injury and luggage damage will also be improved in domestic waterborne transport.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded15 Mar 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 264/2016 vpPassed
Expanding higher education fundraising rights
Universities of applied sciences will receive the right to organise money collections to support their operations and capitalisation. At the same time, the right of universities and the Finnish National Gallery to collect funds for capitalisation will be extended until the end of 2019.
Pirkko Mattila: No vote recorded10 Mar 2017 · passed without a vote