Government bills21
- HE 194/2025 vpPassed with amendments
Raising security of supply fees
The security of supply fee on electricity will be increased and fuel fees will be tied to their energy content from April 2026. The reform will increase the revenue of the National Emergency Supply Fund, which will slightly raise the price of electricity for consumers and businesses.
13 Mar 2026 · 1 voteOnly vote · Proposed statement
109 jaa56 ei - HE 37/2025 vpPassed
Tightening sustainability requirements for renewable fuels
Sustainability requirements for renewable fuels would be tightened and extended to cover smaller heating and power plants than before, as well as electricity-based renewable fuels. An increasing number of energy producers would have to verify the sustainability of their fuels and report on them to the authorities.
19 Jun 2025 · 4 votesClosest vote · Proposed statement 2
101 jaa84 ei - HE 121/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Slowing fuel distribution obligation increases
The distribution obligation for transport fuels will be increased more moderately than previously enacted in 2025–2027, curbing price pressures on petrol and diesel. At the same time, fuel distributors will also be able to fulfil their obligation through public charging electricity and by financing other emission reduction measures.
17 Dec 2024 · 7 votesClosest vote · 1. lakiehdotus 5 § , mietintö/ Lotta Hamari
105 jaa77 ei - HE 52/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Reform of charging and refuelling regulations
A new act will be enacted in Finland to supplement the EU regulation on electric vehicle recharging points and alternative fuels. Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency) will supervise the operation of the recharging and refuelling network, payment methods, and the transparency of price information.
20 Jun 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 144/2020 vpPassed
Abolishing quality-based diesel tax reductions
Quality-based tax reductions for paraffinic diesel oil and ethanol diesel will be phased out. As a result of the change, the tax on diesel fuel will rise and central government tax revenue will increase.
20 Nov 2020 · 2 votes33 jaa24 ei - HE 102/2023 vpPassed with amendments
Stepping up public procurement oversight
The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) will be given more time to intervene in illegal public procurements and refer them to the Market Court. At the same time, public procurement notification practices and forms will be updated in line with EU rules.
22 Mar 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 297/2022 vpLapsed
Raising the biofuel oil distribution obligation to 30 per cent
The distribution obligation for biofuel oil will be raised gradually from 2026 so that it reaches 30 per cent in 2030. At the same time, biogas producers will be enabled to officially demonstrate the sustainability of their fuel for taxation purposes.
5 Apr 2023 · no votes - HE 115/2022 vpLapsed
Strengthening public procurement quality and sustainability
Public procurement will place stronger emphasis than before on quality, environmental impacts and sustainability instead of merely price. Companies will be subject to mandatory exclusion from public tendering if an executive is convicted of an aggravated environmental offence.
5 Apr 2023 · no votes - HE 263/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming transport and maritime rules
Transport companies will be able to use lorries and vans hired from another EU country temporarily in domestic transport. At the same time, supervision of transport sector documents will be tightened, and fines and traffic penalty fees will be introduced for non-compliance.
17 Jan 2023 · passed without a vote - HE 41/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Improving accessibility of products and services
Many everyday products and digital services must become accessible and easy to use also for persons with disabilities and older people. In addition, people will be able to send emergency SMS messages to the general emergency number without prior registration.
21 Dec 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 66/2019 vpPassed
Raising taxes on transport fuels
Excise duty on petrol, diesel and other transport fuels will be increased. The change will raise fuel prices and increase central government tax revenue.
16 Dec 2019 · 2 votes94 jaa64 ei - HE 152/2022 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming taxation of biogas and electrofuels
A low EU minimum tax will be introduced for sustainable biogas used in heating and machinery instead of full tax exemption. At the same time, the tax rules for new renewable electrofuels will be clarified.
11 Nov 2022 · passed without a vote - HE 199/2018 vpPassed
Tightening biofuel distribution obligations
More biofuels will be blended into transport fuels and light fuel oil. The aim is to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transport, machinery and heating.
14 Feb 2019 · 4 votes156 jaa12 ei - HE 48/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Biogas and electrofuels in distribution obligation
The distribution obligation for transport fuels will be extended to cover biogas and renewable electrofuels. At the same time, the use of food- and feed-crop-based raw materials in biofuels will be restricted in line with an EU directive.
18 Jun 2021 · 3 votesClosest vote · Mietintö / Veikko Vallin , lausumaehdotus 3
40 jaa13 ei - HE 202/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Digitalising transport services and coronavirus preparedness
The provision of mobility and travel information services will be transferred to a state-owned company, and regulatory flexibility will be added to the transport sector. At the same time, temporary measures will be introduced to the act to prevent the harms of the coronavirus pandemic.
18 Dec 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 201/2020 vpPassed with amendments
Temporary car scrapping scheme
Scrapping an old car allows individuals to receive a premium of 1,000 to 2,000 euros from the state towards purchasing a new low-emission vehicle or a public transport ticket. The measure will stimulate the car trade slowed down by the coronavirus pandemic and accelerate transport emission reductions.
25 Nov 2020 · 1 voteOnly vote · 3 §, mietintö / Sheikki Laakso
31 jaa24 ei - HE 134/2020 vpPassed
Flexibility for the biofuel distribution obligation
Fuel distributors will be allowed to carry over a larger share of their 2020 biofuel surplus to the following year's obligation. At the same time, supervision of the distribution obligations for biofuels and bio-fuel oil will be transferred from the Finnish Tax Administration to the Energy Authority.
6 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 61/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming transport and communications agencies
State agencies in the transport and communications sector will be merged into Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency). The Finnish Transport Agency's name will change to the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, and it will focus on maintaining and developing roads, railways and waterways.
9 Nov 2018 · 1 vote94 jaa69 ei - HE 104/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Supplementing the proposal establishing Traficom
The proposal makes technical and substantive adjustments to an earlier proposal to establish the new Traficom (the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency). The amendments ensure that the agency reform will enter into force at the beginning of 2019.
24 Oct 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 17/2017 vpPassed
Stricter sustainability rules for biofuels
Sustainability criteria for transport biofuels and calculation rules for the distribution obligation will be clarified in line with an EU directive. Only biofuels produced from specific raw materials will be eligible to be counted twice towards the distribution obligation.
22 May 2017 · passed without a vote