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  1. HE 77/2021 vpPassed

    Suspending relinquishment compensation income limits

    Recipients of agricultural relinquishment compensation will be able to engage in paid employment without earned income affecting the payment of the compensation. The rules are intended to ease seasonal labour shortages in agriculture and horticulture during the coronavirus pandemic.

    9 Jun 2021 · passed without a vote
  2. HE 195/2016 vpPassed

    Easier support for rural pilot projects

    Rural pilot projects will also be eligible for support for equipment and machinery investments that are not of public benefit. The reform makes it easier to test new products, methods and techniques in practice.

    16 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote
  3. HE 176/2016 vpPassed with amendments

    Introducing an entrepreneur tax deduction

    A 5 per cent tax deduction from the profits of business operations will be introduced for sole proprietors, partners in partnerships, and operators in agriculture, forestry and reindeer husbandry. The reform will ease the income taxation of these operators from 1 January 2017.

    15 Dec 2016 · 5 votes
    118 jaa
    41 ei
  4. HE 8/2021 vpPassed

    Increasing agricultural and reindeer investment guarantees

    The state would raise the maximum amount of state guarantees granted for investment loans in agriculture and reindeer husbandry. This would ensure the financing and implementation of investments during the transitional period between EU funding periods.

    24 Mar 2021 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 167/2020 vpPassed with amendments

    Cutting electricity tax, raising heating taxes

    The electricity tax on industry and data centres will be lowered significantly, while taxes on heating fuels will be increased. At the same time, the energy tax refund scheme for energy-intensive industry will be phased out.

    14 Dec 2020 · 8 votes

    Closest vote · 2. lakiehdotus, 8 a §, mietintö / Matias Marttinen

    32 jaa
    23 ei
  6. HE 76/2020 vpPassed

    Allowing agricultural early retirees to work

    Recipients of agricultural early retirement aid will be able to do paid work without income limits for the remainder of 2020. Payment of the aid will not be suspended or prevented due to work and earnings.

    4 Jun 2020 · passed without a vote
  7. HE 48/2020 vpPassed

    More flexible agricultural and forestry procedures

    Support conditions and project deadlines in agriculture, forestry, fisheries and reindeer husbandry will be made more flexible due to the coronavirus epidemic. In addition, meetings can be held remotely and the validity of shooting test certificates for hunting will be extended.

    27 Apr 2020 · passed without a vote
  8. HE 26/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming agricultural and forestry data protection

    Legislation in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will be updated to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Directive. The legislative amendments will clarify the processing of personal data, the responsibilities of data controllers, and data retention periods across various registers.

    9 Jan 2019 · passed without a vote
  9. HE 196/2018 vpPassed

    Streamlining agricultural subsidy rules and monitoring

    Satellites and drones would be used in monitoring agricultural subsidies, and subsidy conditions for farmers would be eased. In addition, melliferous fallow land that benefits pollinators would be approved as part of greening payments.

    11 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote
  10. HE 27/2018 vpPassed

    Extending start-up aid application deadlines

    Young agricultural and reindeer husbandry entrepreneurs would be able to apply for start-up aid even after beginning operations. The aid would have to be applied for within two years of starting farm management.

    18 May 2018 · passed without a vote
  11. 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
  12. HE 193/2016 vpPassed

    More flexible agricultural support and advice

    Farms will be able to receive subsidised advisory services to develop their operations and improve their competitiveness. In addition, support conditions for goat kids for slaughter will be eased, and cuts to support resulting from errors in area declarations will be softened.

    8 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote
  13. HE 221/2016 vpPassed

    Third supplementary budget for 2016

    The third supplementary budget for 2016, meaning amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in dissenting opinions from the opposition.

    30 Nov 2016 · 5 votes
  14. HE 194/2016 vpPassed

    Retaining farmers' early retirement support terms

    The terms of early retirement support for farmers will be kept unchanged until the end of the scheme's validity, despite the 2017 earnings-related pension reform. The basic amount of early retirement support will continue to be converted into an old-age pension when the beneficiary reaches the age of 63.

    29 Nov 2016 · passed without a vote
  15. HE 103/2015 vpPassed

    Temporary additional support for indebted farms

    Temporary national additional support would be paid to farms in financial distress to improve their liquidity. The support is targeted especially at indebted farms and those that have recently made building investments.

    23 Nov 2015 · passed without a vote
  16. HE 19/2015 vpPassed with amendments

    Third supplementary budget for 2015

    The third supplementary budget for 2015, comprising amendments to the central government budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in the opposition's dissenting opinions.

    12 Oct 2015 · 6 votes
  17. HE 9/2015 vpPassed

    Second supplementary budget for 2015

    The second supplementary budget for 2015, introducing amendments to the state budget for the current year. The votes mainly concern individual appropriation items and proposals in the opposition's dissenting opinions.

    1 Jul 2015 · 6 votes