Reforming international postal traffic rules
The approval and bringing into force of the Universal Postal Convention
Finland will adopt the rules of the Universal Postal Union's revised Universal Postal Convention in international postal traffic. International letters containing goods will be separated from documents and subject to their own charges and a barcode requirement.
- Status
- Passed
- Submitted
- 11 Oct 2018
- Latest event
- 12 Dec 2018
- Votes
- 0
- Speeches
- 1
- Confirmed
- 22 Feb 2019
- Statute
- 244/2019
- Source
- eduskunta.fi ↗
What is proposed
The provisions of the Universal Postal Convention will be brought into force by an act. Key changes include the reform of the international terminal dues system, the classification of letters containing goods as separate goods items, and clarifications concerning the transport of dangerous goods and the processing of personal data.
What it means
The change primarily affects designated postal operators, namely Posti Oy in mainland Finland and Posten Åland Ab in Åland. Posti will receive slightly higher terminal dues compensation than before for incoming letters containing goods from abroad, but the barcode requirement for goods items will also bring minor system and development costs for operators.
How Parliament voted
The bill passed without a vote – no MP proposed rejecting or amending it in plenary.
Debate in the chamber
MPs' plenary speeches verbatim from the parliamentary record. Open a debate to read what was said about the bill and by whom. Speeches are shown in their original language.
1 speech · 1 speaker · 1 debate
Keskustelu päättyi. Asia lähetettiin liikenne- ja viestintävaliokuntaan.
Stages of consideration
The bill's path from the preliminary debate to the decision, as recorded by Parliament.
- 11 Oct 2018Eduskuntakäsittelyn vireilletulo · Liikenne- ja viestintäministeriö
- 17 Oct 2018Lähetekeskustelu · Täysistunto
- 28 Nov 2018Valiokunnan mietintö tai lausunto · liikenne- ja viestintävaliokunta
- 4 Dec 2018Ensimmäinen käsittely · Täysistunto
- 10 Dec 2018Ainoa käsittely · Täysistunto
- 11 Dec 2018Eduskunnan vastaus ja kirjelmä
Decisions by law proposal2
- 1Laki Maailman postiliiton yleissopimuksestaHyväksytty · 244/2019 · 22 Feb 2019
- Maailman postiliiton yleissopimusHyväksytty · 894/2019
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 Maailman postiliiton yleissopimuksesta
Eduskunnan päätöksen mukaisesti säädetään:
1 §
Istanbulissa 6 päivänä lokakuuta 2016 tehdyn Maailman postiliiton yleissopimuksen lainsäädännön alaan kuuluvat määräykset ovat lakina voimassa sellaisina kuin Suomi on niihin sitoutunut.
2 §
Yleissopimuksen muiden kuin lainsäädännön alaan kuuluvien määräysten voimaansaattamisesta säädetään valtioneuvoston asetuksella.
3 §
Tämän lain voimaantulosta säädetään valtioneuvoston asetuksella
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.