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Matti Vanhanen

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  1. HE 41/2023 vpPassed with amendments

    Central government budget for 2024

    The central government budget for 2024. Parliament voted in plenary session on hundreds of individual appropriation items and opposition amendment proposals before adopting the budget.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    20 Dec 2023 · 707 votes
  2. HE 73/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming opening hours of state agencies

    Rigid rules on opening hours for state agencies will be dismantled and opening hours made more flexible to better meet customers' needs. At the same time, wellbeing services counties will be enabled to use public administration joint service points.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    28 Oct 2022 · passed without a vote
  3. HE 70/2023 vpPassed with amendments

    Supervision of online platforms and digital services

    Official oversight will be established in Finland to ensure compliance with the EU's Digital Services Act by internet intermediary services and online platforms. Authorities will monitor matters such as the transparency of online services, user protection, and the handling of illegal content.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    19 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 288/2022 vpPassed

    Clarifying derogation permits for protected game

    The conditions for granting derogation permits for protected game animals will be clarified to correspond to the interpretation of EU law. A derogation permit may only be granted if it does not prevent the maintenance or achievement of a favourable conservation status for the species.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    8 Mar 2023 · 2 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Jenni Pitko 2

    64 jaa
    95 ei
  5. HE 81/2023 vpPassed

    Conformity assessment system for batteries

    Finland will introduce rules supplementing the new EU Batteries Regulation on inspection activities for batteries and accumulators. The Ministry of the Environment will begin approving and supervising official conformity assessment bodies that inspect the safety and sustainability of batteries.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    15 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote
  6. HE 46/2023 vpPassed

    Lending remuneration for e-books and e-audiobooks

    Authors will begin to receive remuneration for the library use of e-books and e-audiobooks in the same way as traditional lending remuneration. The remuneration will also be extended to audiobook narrators.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    15 Dec 2023 · 1 vote

    Only vote · 38 a §, mietintö / Eeva-Johanna Eloranta

    94 jaa
    80 ei
  7. HE 29/2023 vpPassed

    Introducing an EU emergency travel document

    The new act will introduce a more secure emergency travel document that is uniform across all EU countries. The document will be issued for a single journey home to an EU citizen or their family member whose passport has been lost or stolen in a country outside the EU.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    11 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote
  8. HE 92/2023 vpPassed with amendments

    Strengthening police cooperation on Finnish-Swedish border

    The Finnish and Swedish police will be able to cross the national border into each other's territory on urgent emergency calls. The operations will apply to serious situations threatening human life or health in the northern border area between the countries.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    3 May 2024 · passed without a vote
  9. HE 175/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming and simplifying wage subsidies

    The wage subsidy system will be clarified and subsidy rates harmonised to make it easier for unemployed people to find employment, especially in businesses. In addition, a new 70 per cent employment subsidy will be introduced for long-term unemployed people aged 55 and over.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    22 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote
  10. HE 22/2023 vpPassed

    Protecting classified information with the Netherlands

    Finland and the Netherlands will agree on common rules to protect classified information exchanged between the two countries. The arrangement will enable the secure transfer of sensitive information between authorities and companies.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    1 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote
  11. HE 18/2023 vpPassed

    Repealing intra-EU investment protection acts

    Finland will repeal the old bilateral investment protection agreements with eleven EU countries. Investments between these countries will be protected directly through EU law and ordinary courts.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    29 Nov 2023 · passed without a vote
  12. HE 18/2024 vpPassed

    Clarifying parish decision-making and data protection

    Decision-making rules for parish unions will be clarified, and powers can be delegated more clearly to officeholders. At the same time, rules governing the processing and confidentiality of client data in diaconal work will be brought up to date.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    26 Apr 2024 · passed without a vote
  13. HE 281/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Introducing a mining mineral tax

    A new tax will be introduced in Finland on mining minerals and ores extracted from the ground. The majority of the collected tax revenues will be directed to the municipalities where mines are located, and the remainder to the state.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    15 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote
  14. HE 114/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Faster processing of work-based residence permits

    Applying for residence permits based on employment and entrepreneurship will become faster and smoother, with the target of an average processing time of one month. Reliable employers will be able to apply for certification, which will lighten and speed up permit processes for their employees.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    15 Feb 2023 · 1 vote
    113 jaa
    37 ei
  15. HE 215/2024 vpPassed

    Introducing instant payments and enhancing supervision

    The obligation of banks and payment service providers to offer round-the-clock instant payments will be supplemented by providing for the supervision of breaches and sanctions. At the same time, the obligations of incorporated law firms regarding the prevention of money laundering will be clarified.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    6 Mar 2025 · passed without a vote
  16. HE 9/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming Teno River fishing rules

    A new fishing rule between Finland and Norway will be introduced for the Teno River water system to revive weakened salmon stocks. At the same time, fishing for other fish species and the harmful invasive pink salmon will be enabled, as well as the maintenance of Sámi fishing culture through derogation permits.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    24 Apr 2024 · passed without a vote
  17. HE 83/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming municipal veterinary services

    Municipalities will be given a clear obligation to provide basic veterinary services and round-the-clock on-call duty throughout the country. At the same time, the possibilities for municipalities to charge fees for veterinary clinic services will be expanded.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    10 Feb 2023 · 1 vote
    87 jaa
    67 ei
  18. HE 99/2023 vpPassed with amendments

    Publishing tax information of multinational enterprises

    Large multinational enterprises will be required to publish annually information on the income taxes they pay, broken down by country. The information will be made publicly available on companies' websites and in the Trade Register.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    17 Apr 2024 · 3 votes

    Closest vote · 1. lakiehdotus , 7 b luvun 9 § / Mai Kivelä

    109 jaa
    61 ei
  19. HE 66/2023 vpPassed

    Adjusting reform school preparatory education funding

    Private reform schools will receive central government funding for preparatory education leading to a qualification based on actual study days. This will secure funding also when a young person is placed in a reform school in the middle of an academic year.

    Matti Vanhanen: No vote recorded
    17 Nov 2023 · passed without a vote
  20. HE 100/2021 vpPassed

    Earlier bank resolution fund mutualisation

    Finland would approve an amendment to the agreement concerning the EU banking union's resolution fund. The amendment would accelerate the mutualisation of banks' extraordinary ex-post contributions and strengthen the resolution fund's backstop facility.

    Matti Vanhanen: Yes
    12 Nov 2021 · 2 votes
    125 jaa
    43 ei