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- HE 2/2021 vpPassed
Extending the tax number to shipyards
The tax number and mandatory photographic identity card familiar from the construction sector will also be introduced at shipyards. The reform will combat the shadow economy and make tax supervision of foreign labour easier.
Sari Tanus: No vote recorded27 May 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 190/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring communicable disease control
Responsibility for the prevention of communicable diseases and for control decisions will be transferred from municipalities and hospital districts to the new wellbeing services counties and the HUS Group. The change aligns the Communicable Diseases Act with the health and social services reform.
Sari Tanus: No vote recorded16 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 302/2018 vpPassed
Extending demonstration notification period to 24 hours
Public meetings and demonstrations organised outdoors must in future be notified to the police at least 24 hours before they begin, instead of the current six hours. Spontaneous demonstrations can still be organised at shorter notice if they do not cause unreasonable inconvenience.
Sari Tanus: No vote recorded14 Mar 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 273/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Restricting subsequent asylum applications and work
Subsequent asylum applications and applicants' right to work will be restricted to prevent individuals who have received a negative decision from delaying their removal without grounds. At the same time, it will be made easier for foreigners who have already worked in Finland for a year to move to a new sector.
Sari Tanus: Yes14 Mar 2019 · 8 votes145 jaa33 ei - HE 226/2022 vpPassed
Easing invoice storage and VAT rules
Businesses will be allowed to store invoices and receipts more freely abroad as well, provided that the Finnish Tax Administration has access to the records without undue delay. In addition, the rules on VAT groups for financial and insurance companies and the procedures for correcting tax returns for EU distance sales will be made more flexible.
Sari Tanus: No vote recorded15 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 183/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Establishing a new environmental damage fund
A new state environmental damage fund will be established in Finland to compensate for environmental damage and response costs when the responsible party is insolvent or unknown. The fund's assets will be collected from companies posing environmental risks through statutory fees.
Sari Tanus: No vote recorded12 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 221/2021 vpPassed
Extending accounting obligations to foreign companies
Foreign companies operating in Finland or managed from Finland will be required to keep accounting records. The change aims to facilitate the fight against the shadow economy and improve authorities' access to information.
Sari Tanus: No vote recorded22 Feb 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 155/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Adjusting municipal central government transfers for 2023
The central government transfer percentage for municipal basic public services will decrease to 22.09 per cent at the beginning of 2023. At the same time, temporary deductions to central government transfers and funding for new statutory duties will be defined.
Sari Tanus: No vote recorded9 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 147/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Legal protection for whistleblowers
Persons who detect misconduct in their work will be provided with statutory protection against employer retaliation, such as dismissal or discrimination. Large organisations and public authorities will be required to establish secure reporting channels for reporting suspected breaches.
Sari Tanus: No vote recorded9 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 153/2022 vpPassed
Changes to earned income taxation for 2023
The earned income taxation for 2023 will undergo the adjustments required by the health and social services reform and inflation, and the earned income tax credit for persons over 60 will be increased. In addition, the temporary increase in the deduction for commuting expenses will be extended and science and arts recognition awards will be made entirely tax-exempt.
Sari Tanus: Absent7 Dec 2022 · 14 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Sari Essayah 4
78 jaa63 ei - HE 6/2023 vpPassed
Safeguarding supplementary pension and sickness funds
Supplementary pension foundations and funds established earlier will be allowed to continue their operations to their previous extent to pay voluntary supplementary pensions. Small sickness funds and other insurance funds that have received an exemption will also be permitted to continue operating below the statutory minimum size.
Sari Tanus: No vote recorded5 Oct 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 178/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Converting repeated fines into imprisonment
Unpaid fines of persons repeatedly committing fine-level offences, such as shoplifting, can in future be converted into imprisonment. If a person has received at least six fines in the preceding year, new offences will be dealt with directly in court instead of through the summary police penal order procedure.
Sari Tanus: Yes18 Feb 2019 · 2 votes154 jaa22 ei - HE 169/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming fruit, vegetable and beekeeping aid
Support rules for the fruit and vegetable sector and beekeeping would be updated to align with the EU's new agricultural policy. At the same time, applying for market support for agricultural products would become mainly electronic.
Sari Tanus: No vote recorded2 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - 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.
Sari Tanus: Yes14 Feb 2019 · 4 votes156 jaa12 ei - HE 170/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Introducing secure satellite positioning in Finland
Finland will introduce the EU Galileo system's jam-resistant satellite positioning service for public authorities and companies critical to security of supply. At the same time, the information society fee levied on telecom operators will be increased to maintain a location data service for underground network infrastructure.
Sari Tanus: No vote recorded1 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 175/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Competitive aid for renewable electricity
A premium scheme based on competitive tendering will be introduced in Finland for renewable electricity to support the most cost-effective power plant investments. At the same time, the previous feed-in tariff scheme will be closed to new biogas and wood fuel power plants.
Sari Tanus: Yes25 May 2018 · 5 votes148 jaa15 ei - HE 18/2021 vpPassed
Reforming VAT on e-commerce
All goods ordered from outside the EU will become subject to value added tax (VAT) regardless of the value of the consignment. At the same time, centralised declaration and payment systems will be introduced to handle taxation for international online and distance selling.
Sari Tanus: No vote recorded28 Apr 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 2/2016 vpPassed
Abolishing humanitarian protection residence permits
The possibility of obtaining a residence permit on the basis of humanitarian protection will be removed from the Aliens Act to align Finnish regulation with the EU minimum level. At the same time, the service of asylum decisions will be expedited and permit fees will be required to be paid before the processing of paper applications begins.
Sari Tanus: Yes22 Apr 2016 · 2 votes107 jaa29 ei - HE 187/2022 vpPassed
Joining the aids to navigation organisation
Finland will approve and bring into force the Convention on the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation. Following the change, the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA), which previously operated as an association, will become an intergovernmental international organisation.
Sari Tanus: No vote recorded24 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 128/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Easing rural wastewater requirements
Obligations to upgrade wastewater systems on properties in sparsely populated areas will be eased. A strict deadline will apply only in shoreline and groundwater areas, while elsewhere wastewater renovations will become mandatory only in connection with other major renovations.
Sari Tanus: Yes21 Dec 2016 · 3 votes116 jaa55 ei