Government bills17
- HE 131/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Online alcohol sales and home delivery
Ordering alcohol for home delivery from Finnish shops, Alko and foreign online stores will be permitted. At the same time, online advertising of strong alcoholic beverages will be allowed.
25 Jun 2026 · 5 votes98 jaa77 ei - HE 44/2026 vpIn progress
Expanding small alcohol producers' retail sales
Small producers of alcohol will be permitted to sell all of their own products, such as spirits and grape wines, directly from the production site to customers for takeaway. The previous separate rules for farm wine and craft beer will be abolished and replaced with a single common rule.
11 Sep 2026 · no votes yet - HE 123/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Raising and grading soft drinks tax
The tax on soft drinks will rise and will be determined more precisely based on the sugar content of the beverage. Drinks containing high levels of sugar will see the largest price increases, but the tax on sugar-free drinks will also rise.
28 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote - HE 95/2025 vpPassed
Raising alcohol tax and indexation
Tax on wines and other fermented alcoholic beverages will rise at the beginning of 2026. At the same time, taxes on all alcoholic beverages will be permanently linked to inflation, with tax rates adjusted annually in line with price developments.
20 Nov 2025 · 3 votesClosest vote · Dissenting opinion
92 jaa69 ei - HE 7/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Raising grocery store alcohol limit to 8 per cent
Grocery stores and kiosks would be permitted to sell fermented alcoholic beverages of up to 8.0 per cent alcohol by volume, such as strong beers, ciders and mild wines. Distilled mixed drinks of equivalent strength will remain available only at Alko.
6 Jun 2024 · 10 votes102 jaa80 ei - HE 173/2024 vpWithdrawn
Allowing home delivery of alcohol
Alko and alcohol retailers will be permitted to deliver alcoholic beverages directly to customers. The age of the person ordering and the recipient must be verified both during online ordering and upon delivery.
23 Sep 2025 · no votes - HE 106/2024 vpPassed
Raising excise duty on spirits
Taxation of spirits and strong intermediate products will be increased in 2025–2027. The increases will raise consumer prices of spirits moderately over the next three years.
28 Nov 2024 · 2 votesClosest vote · Käsittelyn pohja, mietintö / Joona Räsänen
98 jaa70 ei - HE 83/2024 vpPassed
Improving online protection for protected names
The protection of names for protected agricultural products and foodstuffs will be extended to domain names. At the same time, the supervision and procedures for all protected name products will be brought together under the Food Act.
12 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 145/2020 vpPassed
Raising alcohol tax
Taxation of alcoholic beverages will be increased from the beginning of 2021. This will raise retail prices of alcoholic beverages in shops and restaurants by an average of just over 2 per cent.
20 Nov 2020 · 1 vote34 jaa22 ei - HE 37/2023 vpPassed
Lowering beer tax and raising other alcohol taxes
The excise duty on beer will be reduced, while taxes on wines, spirits and intermediate products will be increased. As a result of the changes, the price of beer will fall slightly, whereas the prices of other alcoholic beverages will rise.
14 Dec 2023 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lain liite , mietintö / Lauri Lyly , Katri Kulmuni
92 jaa77 ei - HE 5/2022 vpPassed
Expanding airport shopping opportunities
Airport duty-free shops will be permitted to sell products with tax included also to passengers flying within Finland and to arriving passengers. Tobacco products sold to domestic passengers must carry health warnings in Finnish and Swedish.
22 Feb 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 175/2021 vpPassed
Raising the threshold for low-alcohol beer
The upper limit of the reduced tax category for low-alcohol beer will rise from 2.8 per cent to 3.5 per cent. Small producers will also be allowed to self-certify the small producer status required for EU exports.
8 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 100/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming alcohol legislation and liberalising sales
Grocery shops and kiosks will be permitted to sell alcoholic beverages with an alcohol content of up to 5.5 per cent, and regulation of restaurant serving hours and licences will be eased. In addition, microbreweries will be granted the right to sell craft beers they produce directly from the production site.
21 Dec 2017 · 33 votes124 jaa65 ei - HE 27/2019 vpPassed
Increasing the soft drink tax
The tax on soft drinks will increase from the beginning of 2020, with the increase targeted in particular at sugary drinks. At the same time, the threshold for small beverage producers' tax-exempt production will be raised.
29 Nov 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 165/2018 vpPassed
Raising taxes on alcoholic beverages
The excise duty on alcoholic beverages will be increased by an average of 2.5 per cent from the beginning of 2019. The increase will raise retail prices of alcoholic beverages by just over one per cent on average.
16 Nov 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 169/2017 vpPassed with amendments
Raising excise duty on alcohol
Excise duty on alcoholic beverages would be increased by an average of around 10 per cent, which would raise retail prices by an average of 5 per cent. The objective is to increase central government tax revenue and reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm.
21 Dec 2017 · 2 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Pekonen
171 jaa19 ei - HE 104/2015 vpPassed
Leaving the International Wine Organisation
Finland will withdraw from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine for reasons of economy. The organisation's activities are considered to primarily serve wine-producing countries, so there are no longer grounds for Finnish membership.
3 Dec 2015 · passed without a vote