Waiving supervision fees for tour operators
Act temporarily amending the Act on the Supervision and Insolvency Protection Fee for Providers of Travel Service Packages
Tour operators will not be charged the statutory supervision and insolvency protection fee for 2020. The amendment will ease the financial situation of travel agencies facing difficulties due to the coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions.
- Status
- Passed
- Submitted
- 10 Jun 2021
- Latest event
- 23 Sep 2021
- Votes
- 0
- Speeches
- 5
- Confirmed
- 8 Oct 2021
- Statute
- 870/2021
- Source
- eduskunta.fi ↗
What is proposed
A temporary provision will be added to the act, under which the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) will refrain from imposing and collecting the supervision and insolvency protection fee from providers of travel service packages for the year 2020. The act will remain in force until 31 December 2021.
What it means
The amendment concerns tour operators and travel agencies subject to the obligation to lodge security, whose median financial benefit from the exemption will be around 955 euros per company. At the same time, companies' administrative reporting burden will be reduced. The state will forgo approximately 768,400 euros in fee revenue. The amendment will have no impact on passengers' consumer protection or statutory security cover.
How Parliament voted
The bill passed without a vote – no MP proposed rejecting or amending it in plenary.
Debate in the chamber
What was argued and where each group stood, followed by MPs' speeches verbatim from the parliamentary record. Speeches are shown in their original language.
5 speeches · 4 speakers · 2 debates
Key points of the debate
Parliament considered the proposal to waive the supervision and insolvency protection fee for tour operators for 2020. The debate was completely unanimous, and all parliamentary groups that took the floor supported the legislative amendment. The measure was considered justified and necessary support for the tourism sector, which has suffered from travel restrictions and the coronavirus pandemic.
- Social DemocratsIn favour
Waiving the supervision and insolvency protection fee will alleviate the distress of travel agencies that have found themselves in a difficult situation due to coronavirus restrictions.
”Esityksen tavoitteena on helpottaa niiden matkanjärjestäjien tilannetta, joiden liiketoiminta on kärsinyt covid-19-pandemian vuoksi annetuista matkustusrajoituksista.”
— Tuula Haatainen - Centre PartyIn favour
Collecting the fee in the prevailing crisis would be unreasonable for the sector, so a temporary exemption supports operating conditions for businesses.
”Vallitsevassa tilanteessa tämän maksun periminen matkanjärjestäjiltä on kuitenkin kohtuutonta ja pahentaa alan jo muutenkin äärimmäisen vaikeaa tilannetta.”
— Esko Kiviranta - National Coalition PartyIn favour
The proposal brings needed relief to tour operators that have suffered heavily from the coronavirus crisis, and waiving the fee should also be considered for 2021.
”Tämä valvonta- ja maksukyvyttömyyssuojamaksun perimättä jättäminen on, kuten todettua, perusteltua, ja hyvä, että hallitus on tämän esityksen eduskunnalle antanut.”
— Sanni Grahn-Laasonen - Christian DemocratsIn favour
The travel agency sector has suffered greatly from the restrictions, and waiving the fee is a clear way to support the sector while avoiding bureaucracy.
”Tämä valvonta- ja maksukyvyttömyyssuojamaksun perimättä jättäminen vuodelta 2020 on ehdottomasti oikea toimenpide.”
— Sari Essayah
This digest was generated by AI from 5 speeches 13 Sep 2026. Group positions are read from the speeches, not from votes; quotations were checked verbatim against the record.
Keskustelu päättyi. Asia lähetettiin talousvaliokuntaan.
Yleiskeskustelu päättyi. Eduskunta hyväksyi hallituksen esitykseen HE 102/2021 vp sisältyvän lakiehdotuksen sisällön mietinnön mukaisena. Lakiehdotuksen ensimmäinen käsittely päättyi.
Stages of consideration
The bill's path from the preliminary debate to the decision, as recorded by Parliament.
- 10 Jun 2021Eduskuntakäsittelyn vireilletulo · Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö
- 7 Sep 2021Lähetekeskustelu · Täysistunto
- 14 Sep 2021Valiokunnan mietintö tai lausunto · talousvaliokunta
- 16 Sep 2021Ensimmäinen käsittely · Täysistunto
- 21 Sep 2021Toinen käsittely · Täysistunto
- 22 Sep 2021Eduskunnan vastaus ja kirjelmä
Decisions by law proposal1
- 1Laki matkapalveluyhdistelmien tarjoajan valvonta- ja maksukyvyttömyyssuojamaksusta annetun lain väliaikaisesta muuttamisestaHyväksytty · 870/2021 · 8 Oct 2021
Proposed law text
The law proposals in the bill as the Government presented them. The final act may differ after committee consideration.
The law text is shown in Finnish or Swedish from Parliament's official documents; it is not translated into English.
Laki matkapalveluyhdistelmien tarjoajan valvonta- ja maksukyvyttömyyssuojamaksusta annetun lain väliaikaisesta muuttamisesta
Eduskunnan päätöksen mukaisesti lisätään matkapalveluyhdistelmien tarjoajan valvonta- ja maksukyvyttömyyssuojamaksusta annettuun lakiin (922/2017) väliaikaisesti uusi 5 a § seuraavasti:
5 a §Maksun perimättä jättäminen
Maksua ei määrätä eikä peritä vuodelta 2020.
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Tämä laki tulee voimaan päivänä kuuta 20 ja on voimassa 31 päivään joulukuuta 2021.
Main content of the bill (official)
The summary and title were produced with AI on 13 Sep 2026. They are not official documents – check the details in the original bill. The title and summaries are machine translations of the Finnish AI summaries. Speeches and quotations are always shown in their original language.