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- HE 255/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Supervision of sustainable finance disclosures
The Financial Supervisory Authority will receive powers to supervise disclosure obligations related to sustainability and corporate social responsibility in the financial sector. Financial administrative sanctions can be imposed for omissions regarding sustainability disclosures and for misleading marketing.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded29 Apr 2021 · passed without a vote - 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.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded28 Apr 2021 · 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.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded28 Apr 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 41/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Vaccine injury compensation for personnel abroad
State employees working abroad, personnel serving in crisis management duties and their family members will be entitled to compensation for adverse effects caused by a Covid-19 vaccine received abroad. Compensation will be paid on the same grounds as for pharmaceutical injuries caused by vaccines administered in Finland.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded21 Apr 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 20/2021 vpPassed
Safeguarding full-time commercial fishers
The turnover threshold for full-time commercial fishers would be maintained at 10,000 euros so that fishers do not lose their subsidies or fishing rights due to an increase in the value added tax (VAT) threshold. In addition, fisheries sector enterprises could receive investment subsidies in advance to alleviate the COVID-19 situation.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded20 Apr 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 261/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Strengthening anti-money laundering measures
Regulations on combating money laundering and terrorist financing will be specified to bring them into line with an EU directive and international recommendations. Clarifications will be made to customer due diligence and monitoring obligations for operators in the financial sector and other reporting entities.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded20 Apr 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 189/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming right-of-occupancy housing and resident selection
The application system for right-of-occupancy dwellings will change so that resident selection switches to a single nationwide, fixed-term queue number. At the same time, residents' opportunities to exert influence in companies will be increased, and relinquishing right-of-occupancy buildings facing financial difficulties will be accelerated.
Mats Löfström: Absent15 Apr 2021 · 5 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus , mietintö / Mauri Peltokangas
32 jaa22 ei - HE 34/2021 vpPassed
Extending debt enforcement relief
The temporary relief measures in debt enforcement introduced due to the coronavirus epidemic will be extended until the end of 2021. Debtors can continue to be granted payment periods or payment-free months more flexibly than usual.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded13 Apr 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 27/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Extending and expanding business cost support
Enterprises and sole entrepreneurs can apply to the state for cost support to cover losses and fixed costs caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The eligibility criteria for the support will be amended so that small enterprises and sole entrepreneurs can also access the support more easily than before.
Mats Löfström: Absent12 Apr 2021 · 11 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Pia Kauma
31 jaa22 ei - HE 37/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Closure compensation for small businesses
Small businesses forced to close their premises by official order will receive state compensation for their losses. The support will compensate businesses for wage costs and other inflexible costs during the closure period.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded9 Apr 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 3/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming food control and regulation
Finland will introduce a new Food Act to streamline and clarify regulation and official control in the food sector. The focus of control will shift from premises to activities, and sector rules will be updated to comply with EU requirements.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded7 Apr 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 176/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening taxi regulation and oversight
Operating rules for taxis will be tightened to improve passenger safety and combat the shadow economy. Taxis will among other things be required to have a taxi light, clearer price information, and a device or taximeter collecting journey data for tax control.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded7 Apr 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 232/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Extending social security to same-sex couples
The social security and parental daily allowance systems will be made gender-neutral. Same-sex married and cohabiting couples will be treated on the same grounds for benefits as opposite-sex couples.
Mats Löfström: No23 Dec 2016 · 2 votes128 jaa28 ei - HE 215/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Launching a two-year basic income experiment
A basic income experiment will be carried out in Finland in 2017–2018, in which 2,000 unemployed persons will be paid a tax-free basic income of 560 euros per month. The experiment will investigate whether an unconditional basic income promotes employment and reduces incentive traps in social security.
Mats Löfström: Yes23 Dec 2016 · 3 votes168 jaa5 ei - HE 206/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Deregulating education and student welfare
Administrative obligations and planning requirements for schools and educational institutions will be eased to save costs for municipalities. Principals in upper secondary education will, among other things, be able to decide on temporary student expulsions, and qualification requirements for school social workers will be relaxed.
Mats Löfström: Absent23 Dec 2016 · 2 votes106 jaa56 ei - HE 134/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Central government budget for 2017
The central government budget for 2017. In plenary session, Parliament voted on hundreds of individual appropriation items and opposition amendments before approving the budget.
Mats Löfström: Absent22 Dec 2016 · 520 votes - HE 231/2016 vpPassed
Transferring students to general housing allowance
Students living in Finland will be transferred from the separate housing supplement to the general housing allowance. At the same time, the maximum acceptable housing costs under the general housing allowance will be reduced and frozen to achieve savings.
Mats Löfström: No21 Dec 2016 · 9 votes118 jaa45 ei - HE 225/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Improving military and crisis management compensation
Accident and illness cover for persons performing military service and serving in crisis management operations will be improved. The exceptional conditions of service will be taken into account better in compensation, and participants in civilian crisis management will receive the same comprehensive cover as peacekeepers.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded21 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 214/2016 vpPassed
Maintaining daily allowance levels during contribution changes
The levels of sickness, unemployment, and occupational accident daily allowances will be maintained even though employees' social insurance contributions rise. At the same time, the deadline for farmers' accident notifications will be extended to two months.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded21 Dec 2016 · 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.
Mats Löfström: No21 Dec 2016 · 3 votes116 jaa55 ei