Government bills24
- HE 148/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Updating VAT for health, social and interpreting services
The provisions on value added tax (VAT) exemptions for health and social services and early childhood education and care will be updated to align with other legislation. At the same time, publicly supported interpreting services for all disability groups will be clearly designated as tax-exempt.
30 Nov 2018 · passed without a vote - 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 45/2018 vpPassed with amendments
Transferring road management to regions
The maintenance of highways, transport system planning and the organisation of public transport will be transferred from the abolished ELY Centres (Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) to the new regions and partly to the Finnish Transport Agency. The state will retain ownership of highways and steer road management through separate funding and agreements.
5 Jul 2018 · passed without a vote - HE 8/2018 vpPassed
Establishing the Finnish Food Authority
The Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira and the Agency for Rural Affairs (Mavi) will be merged into a new Finnish Food Authority at the beginning of 2019. At the same time, sectoral information management tasks from the National Land Survey of Finland and the supervision of the use of plant protection products from Tukes will be brought together into the new authority.
9 May 2018 · passed without a vote