Joining the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
The approval of the Agreement Establishing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and for an act on the implementation of the provisions of the agreement that fall within the scope of legislation
Finland will join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as a founding member. The bank finances regional infrastructure projects and supports economic growth in Asia.
- Status
- Passed with amendments
- Submitted
- 1 Oct 2015
- Latest event
- 27 Nov 2015
- Votes
- 0
- Confirmed
- 4 Dec 2015
- Statute
- 1415/2015
- Source
- eduskunta.fi ↗
What is proposed
Finland will approve the Agreement Establishing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and bring into force the provisions of the agreement that fall within the scope of legislation.
What it means
Finland will subscribe to the bank's capital stock in the amount of 310.3 million US dollars, of which approximately 62 million dollars (approximately 55 million euros) will be paid in over five years. Membership in the bank, which begins its operations at the beginning of 2016, will support business and export opportunities for Finnish companies in Asian markets, especially in the energy, telecommunications, water and environmental sectors.
How Parliament voted
The bill passed without a vote – no MP proposed rejecting or amending it in plenary.
Stages of consideration
The bill's path from the preliminary debate to the decision, as recorded by Parliament.
- 1 Oct 2015Eduskuntakäsittelyn vireilletulo · Valtiovarainministeriö
- 7 Oct 2015Lähetekeskustelu · Täysistunto
- 17 Nov 2015Valiokunnan mietintö tai lausunto · valtiovarainvaliokunta
- 19 Nov 2015Ensimmäinen käsittely · Täysistunto
- 24 Nov 2015Ainoa käsittely · Täysistunto
- 25 Nov 2015Eduskunnan vastaus ja kirjelmä
Decisions by law proposal2
- 1Laki Aasian infrastruktuuri-investointipankin perustamissopimuksen lainsäädännön alaan kuuluvien määräysten voimaansaattamisestaHyväksytty · 1415/2015 · 4 Dec 2015
- Aasian infrastruktuuri-investointipankin perustamissopimusHyväksytty · 2/2016
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 Aasian infrastruktuuri-investointipankin perustamissopimuksen lainsäädännön alaan kuuluvien määräysten voimaansaattamisesta
Eduskunnan päätöksen mukaisesti säädetään:
1 §
Aasian infrastruktuuri-investointipankin Pekingissä 29 päivänä kesäkuuta 2015 tehdyn perustamissopimuksen lainsäädännön alaan kuuluvat määräykset ovat lakina voimassa sellaisina kuin Suomi on niihin sitoutunut.
2 §
Sopimuksen muiden määräysten voimaansaattamisesta ja 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.