Government bills14
- HE 13/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming central government regional administration
Central government regional administration will be reformed by merging the Regional State Administrative Agencies, Valvira (the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health) and parts of the ELY Centres (Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) into a new nationwide Licensing and Supervisory Agency. At the same time, the current ELY Centres will be replaced by new vitality centres from 1 January 2026.
19 Jun 2025 · 5 votes153 jaa32 ei - HE 84/2024 vpPassed
Enhancing food market supervision and transparency
The rights of the Food Market Ombudsman to obtain information from grocery trade operators and public contracting entities will be expanded to monitor market functioning. At the same time, prohibitions on cancelling food orders and on unjustified payments will be clarified to improve the position of primary producers.
28 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 11/2024 vpPassed
KKV's role in supervising tech giants
The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) will become the national contact authority in Finland for the EU's Digital Markets Act. The authority will assist the European Commission in supervising major digital platform companies, exchanging information, and conducting inspections.
19 Apr 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 13/2023 vpPassed
KKV powers to monitor foreign subsidies
The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) would receive powers to carry out inspections and assist the European Commission in supervising business subsidies granted by non-EU countries. The agency would also act as the national contact point for transmitting information to the Commission.
30 Oct 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 172/2022 vpPassed
Lowering merger control notification thresholds
More corporate acquisitions than before would have to be notified to the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) for review prior to their completion. The reform would prevent excessive market concentration and protect consumers from rising prices.
20 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 102/2021 vpPassed
Waiving supervision fees for tour operators
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.
23 Sep 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 99/2020 vpRejected
Temporarily extending merger review deadlines
The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) will be granted additional time to investigate extensive mergers during the coronavirus epidemic. The processing deadline for mergers proceeding to further investigation will be extended by about one month.
29 Sep 2020 · rejected without a vote - HE 106/2020 vpPassed
Temporarily extending merger review deadlines
The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) will receive additional time to process complex mergers due to delays in enquiries caused by the coronavirus situation. The deadline will be extended by about one month for mergers notified in late summer and early autumn 2020.
25 Sep 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 76/2017 vpLapsed
Expanding health and social services merger control
Mergers and acquisitions in health and social services will temporarily be subject to broader regulatory scrutiny without the usual turnover thresholds. The aim of the amendment is to prevent excessive market concentration in the sector before the upcoming health and social services reform.
18 Apr 2019 · no votes - HE 245/2018 vpPassed
Organising port service supervision and complaints
Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency) will begin handling complaints relating to the application of EU port services regulation. The agency will be granted the right to obtain necessary information from port operators and to impose sanctions for breaches of the rules.
8 Apr 2019 · passed without a vote - HE 135/2018 vpPassed
Updating consumer advisory reference for Åland
The Act on the Autonomy of Åland will be updated due to the nationwide transfer of consumer advisory duties. The act will refer to the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) instead of the local register office.
5 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 98/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Adapting data protection in economic affairs
Amendments required by the EU's General Data Protection Regulation will be made to eight acts in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. At the same time, an individual's right to inspect confidential data collected in the supervision of the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) will be restricted.
28 Nov 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 130/2018 vpPassed
Transferring consumer advisory services to KKV
Consumer advisory services will be transferred from local register offices to the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) from the beginning of 2019. For consumers, advisory services will remain unchanged and free of charge.
21 Nov 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 256/2016 vpPassed
Repealing special electricity merger rules
A special rule on electricity market mergers that has never been applied in practice will be removed from the Competition Act. Electricity sector mergers will be assessed under the same general competition rules as other sectors.
30 Mar 2017 · passed without a vote