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- HE 196/2020 vpPassed
R&D tax deduction for companies
Companies and agricultural operators would receive an additional tax deduction for research and development work purchased from research organisations. The new deduction could be used for the tax years 2021–2025.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded7 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 152/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming reindeer damage dispute resolution
Municipal assessment boards will be abolished, and disputes over compensation for damage caused by reindeer will be transferred to the district courts. To investigate and mediate disputes, a new independent reindeer damage board will be established to provide expert opinions on request.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded7 Dec 2020 · 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.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded7 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 17/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Clarifying road traffic and vehicle rules
The new Road Traffic Act and related acts are corrected and supplemented before their entry into force in June 2020. Provisions on, among other things, long vehicle combinations, heavy snowmobiles and special transports are added to the act.
Mats Löfström: Yes7 Dec 2020 · 1 voteOnly vote · 1. lakiehdotus, voimaantulosäännös, mietintö / Timo Heinonen
31 jaa28 ei - HE 63/2016 vpPassed
Council of Europe Development Bank privileges
Finland will implement an international agreement concerning the Council of Europe Development Bank. The bank and its staff will be granted the legal protection and tax relief necessary for carrying out their duties.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded26 May 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 209/2020 vpPassed
Temporary expansion of shipping crew support
The state will temporarily reimburse shipping companies for additional employer contributions to mitigate the financial damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The aid applies to personnel costs incurred during 2020.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded2 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 195/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Raising deduction thresholds for minor acquisitions
Businesses, farmers, and forest owners will be able to deduct minor acquisitions and residual values in taxation all at once up to higher amounts than before. The change will speed up the deduction of expenses and lighten the administrative burden.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded2 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 181/2020 vpPassed
Clarifying accident compensation for farmers
Amendments will be made to occupational accident and occupational disease coverage for farmers and grant recipients. Compensation for loss of earnings will be divided between the entrepreneur and an employer who paid sick pay, preventing the entrepreneur from being left entirely without compensation.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded2 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 172/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Penalties for illicit movement of cultural goods
Finnish Customs will be granted the right to impose a penalty fee for bringing or moving cultural goods into the customs territory of the EU if the goods were exported unlawfully from their country of origin. The fee may also be imposed in situations where the goods are merely transported through Finland or held in a customs warehouse.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded2 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 162/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Restoring secondary status of patient injury compensation
Compensation for loss of earnings paid for patient injury will become secondary in relation to earnings-related pensions. The change clarifies the payment of compensation to the injured party and reduces bureaucracy between insurance institutions.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded2 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 205/2020 vpPassed
Second round of business cost support
Temporary cost support for enterprises would be continued with a second application round to alleviate financial difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, the terms of the support and eligible expenses would be made more flexible so that the support reaches struggling companies better than before.
Mats Löfström: Absent1 Dec 2020 · 4 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Pia Kauman ehdotus
32 jaa23 ei - HE 192/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Seventh supplementary budget for 2020
The seventh supplementary budget for 2020, meaning amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in the opposition's dissenting opinions.
Mats Löfström: Yes30 Nov 2020 · 12 votes - HE 216/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Supplementing the seventh 2020 supplementary budget
Supplementary proposal to the seventh supplementary budget for 2020 (HE 192/2020 vp), detailing the Government's adjustments to budget amendments for the current year. It is considered together with the main supplementary budget proposal.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded27 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 179/2020 vpPassed
Extending the home care trial
The ongoing home care trial in municipalities will continue until the end of 2022. In the trial, social welfare home services and healthcare home nursing can be combined and client data compiled in a shared register.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded27 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 170/2020 vpPassed
Temporarily reducing the lottery tax
The lottery tax paid by gambling operators will be temporarily reduced for 2021. The change safeguards grants distributed from Veikkaus proceeds to organisations and other beneficiaries.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded27 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 8/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Tightening security at nuclear facilities
Security measures and staff supervision at nuclear power plants will be tightened to counter new security threats. At the same time, official public notices on nuclear energy and mining matters will be moved to websites.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded27 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 147/2020 vpPassed
Transfer of foreign service healthcare reimbursements
Healthcare reimbursements for civil servants working in foreign missions and their family members will be transferred from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to the State Treasury. At the same time, they will gain access to the same 24-hour travel support service as other state business travellers.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded26 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 207/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Additional government transfers for coronavirus costs
Municipalities will receive 750 million euros in one-off additional funding from the state in 2020 to cover costs caused by the coronavirus epidemic. The money will specifically reimburse coronavirus testing, contact tracing and mask purchases.
Mats Löfström: No vote recorded25 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 201/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Temporary car scrapping scheme
Scrapping an old car allows individuals to receive a premium of 1,000 to 2,000 euros from the state towards purchasing a new low-emission vehicle or a public transport ticket. The measure will stimulate the car trade slowed down by the coronavirus pandemic and accelerate transport emission reductions.
Mats Löfström: Yes25 Nov 2020 · 1 voteOnly vote · 3 §, mietintö / Sheikki Laakso
31 jaa24 ei - HE 186/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Purchase subsidy for gas-powered lorries
State purchase subsidies would be available for buying or long-term leasing a new gas-powered lorry. The subsidy aims to accelerate emissions reductions in heavy transport.
Mats Löfström: Yes25 Nov 2020 · 1 voteOnly vote · 3 a §, mietintö / Sheikki Laakso
31 jaa22 ei