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Mauri Pekkarinen

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  1. HE 66/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Enabling regional passenger train procurement

    Municipalities and regional actors will be able to organise and tender subsidised passenger train services in their area. Responsibility for procuring state rail transport will transfer to Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), and the regulatory body supervising the market to the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV).

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    24 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote
  2. HE 105/2024 vpPassed

    Abolishing daycare-specific equality plans

    Daycare centres and other early childhood education and care units will no longer be required to draw up their own separate equality plans. A municipality or private early childhood education and care provider will be able to draw up a single joint plan for all its units.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    19 Nov 2024 · 1 vote
    108 jaa
    53 ei
  3. HE 9/2025 vpPassed

    Enhancing the protection of international waters

    Finland approves the UN agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The national Marine Protection Act will be supplemented so that high seas projects are brought within the scope of environmental impact assessments and permit procedures.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    23 Apr 2025 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 172/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming Finnish Customs administration and management

    The internal management and organisational structure of Finnish Customs will be reformed to streamline decision-making and cooperation. The amendment transfers decisions regarding internal organisation from a government decree to Finnish Customs' own rules of procedure.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    19 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 192/2026 vpIn progress

    Expanding remote connections in administrative courts

    Participants will be able to attend oral hearings in administrative courts remotely with greater flexibility, and hearings can also be held entirely online. In addition, a member of the court may participate in proceedings remotely without being present in the courtroom.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  6. HE 100/2026 vpIn progress

    Extending passport and identity card validity

    The period of validity of passports and identity cards for adults will be extended from five to ten years. At the same time, submitting passport photographs will be restricted to businesses, and information on guardians will be entered in the passports of minors.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    1 Oct 2026 · no votes yet
  7. HE 37/2025 vpPassed

    Tightening sustainability requirements for renewable fuels

    Sustainability requirements for renewable fuels would be tightened and extended to cover smaller heating and power plants than before, as well as electricity-based renewable fuels. An increasing number of energy producers would have to verify the sustainability of their fuels and report on them to the authorities.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    19 Jun 2025 · 4 votes

    Closest vote · Proposed statement 2

    101 jaa
    84 ei
  8. HE 35/2025 vpPassed

    Improving pandemic preparedness

    Finland will approve the updates to the World Health Organization's International Health Regulations, which improve preparedness for pandemics and other cross-border health threats. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health will be designated as the national coordinator for the implementation of the regulations.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    19 Jun 2025 · 1 vote
  9. HE 27/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Extending cybersecurity requirements to critical entities

    All organisations identified as critical to the functioning of society will be placed under an obligation to manage cybersecurity risks and report significant information security incidents. The obligations will apply to these entities regardless of their size.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    19 Jun 2025 · passed without a vote
  10. HE 51/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Ten-year limitation on marital rights

    Following a divorce, a spouse's marital right to the other spouse's property will expire in ten years unless the spouses agree otherwise. At the same time, the requirement for a former spouse's consent to the sale of a home used as a joint residence will be abolished.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    14 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote
  11. HE 96/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Higher nicotine pouch and e-liquid taxes

    Taxes on e-liquids and nicotine pouches will rise, increasing their prices in shops. In addition, travellers will be permitted to bring in a maximum of 200 grams of snus or nicotine pouches tax-free for personal use from another EU country.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    16 Dec 2025 · 2 votes

    Closest vote · Proposed statement 2

    124 jaa
    38 ei
  12. HE 68/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Clarifying asbestos and construction safety rules

    Advance notifications of asbestos demolition work will include details of worker training and respirator fit testing. At the same time, qualification requirements for crane drivers and construction divers will be transferred directly into the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    13 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote
  13. HE 192/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Cutting integration compensation and easing obligations

    The state will cut compensation paid to municipalities and wellbeing services counties for promoting integration and reduce their related administrative obligations. At the same time, special state reimbursements for immigrants' social assistance will be abolished or their duration shortened.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    19 Dec 2024 · 4 votes
    97 jaa
    68 ei
  14. HE 12/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Restricting political and sympathy strikes

    The duration of political strikes will be limited to a maximum of 24 hours, and restrictions will be placed on sympathy industrial actions to prevent harm to third parties. At the same time, fines imposed for illegal strikes will be increased, and an employee may be ordered to pay a fee for continuing a strike found to be illegal.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    15 May 2024 · 10 votes
    107 jaa
    57 ei
  15. HE 168/2024 vpPassed

    Abolishing the employer training deduction

    The tax deduction for training for businesses and agricultural employers will be abolished, which is why the scope of application of the act on the development of professional competence will be narrowed. The act and the associated training compensation will apply only to public bodies and non-profit operators, such as municipalities, higher education institutions and organisations.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    18 Dec 2024 · 1 vote
    130 jaa
    67 ei
  16. HE 146/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Economic considerations in labour dispute mediation

    The National Conciliator and the conciliation board for labour disputes will be required to take into account the overall interest of the national economy and the functioning of wage formation in their conciliation work and settlement proposals. The National Conciliator or a conciliator appointed by them will also chair the conciliation board.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    18 Dec 2024 · 1 vote
    107 jaa
    90 ei
  17. HE 103/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Limiting municipal waste management responsibility

    Statutory municipal waste management responsibility will be limited to ordinary homes and holiday homes, leaving care homes and other housing units for health and social services to manage their waste themselves. At the same time, Tukes (the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency) will be tasked with supervising compliance with EU battery requirements.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    17 Dec 2024 · 4 votes
    114 jaa
    56 ei
  18. HE 26/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Preventing lane-switching for asylum seekers

    Asylum seekers who receive a negative decision will no longer be able to apply from within Finland for a residence permit on the grounds of work or studies; instead, they must leave the country and apply for the permit from abroad. At the same time, grounds for refusing a residence permit will be tightened, and identity verification with a national passport will be required.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    2 Jul 2024 · 3 votes
    99 jaa
    79 ei
  19. HE 144/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    EU registration of small business aid

    Public bodies will be required to report all de minimis aid granted to businesses to an EU-level central register. The reform will ensure the monitoring of company-specific aid ceilings and increase the transparency of aid.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    10 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote
  20. HE 120/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Strengthening consumer protection in credit and e-commerce

    The Consumer Protection Act will be tightened by bringing interest-free and fee-free credit under regulation as well and by making it easier to withdraw from online contracts. If a creditor neglects the obligation to assess an applicant's ability to pay, the consumer will not have to pay interest or fees on the loan.

    Mauri Pekkarinen: No vote recorded
    10 Dec 2025 · passed without a vote