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Government bills7

Topicforests7
  1. HE 48/2023 vpPassed with amendments

    Ending wasteland afforestation subsidies

    Applications for wasteland afforestation subsidies will close at the end of 2023, and no new subsidies will be granted after June 2024. However, the disbursement of previously granted subsidies and afforestation obligations will be secured until 2038.

    13 Dec 2023 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Tiina Elo

    107 jaa
    52 ei
  2. HE 75/2024 vpPassed

    Land rental income as capital income

    Income received from renting out fields and forests will be taxed directly as capital income instead of agricultural income. Rental income from a farm's own buildings and their building sites will remain under agricultural taxation.

    25 Oct 2024 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Käsittelyn pohja, mietintö / Joona Räsänen

    117 jaa
    64 ei
  3. HE 156/2021 vpPassed

    Enhancing forest damage prevention

    The prevention of forest damage will be enhanced by expanding root rot control obligations and bringing forward the deadlines for removing timber from forests. At the same time, the responsibilities of timber buyers and forestry operators regarding timber storage and self-monitoring will be clarified.

    13 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 170/2017 vpPassed with amendments

    Opening forest resource data to everyone

    Public forest resource data collected by the Finnish Forest Centre will be made freely available to everyone without any requirement to justify data requests. Landowners' personal and contact details will nevertheless remain protected.

    19 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 117/2017 vpPassed with amendments

    Raising the game management fee

    The annual game management fee for hunters will rise from 33 euros to 39 euros. The additional revenue will strengthen the operations of game management associations, support habitat management and prevent damage caused by large carnivores.

    8 Dec 2017 · passed without a vote
  6. HE 200/2016 vpPassed

    Accession to the Paris Agreement

    Finland commits to the international Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to limit the increase in global temperature to well below two degrees. The agreement obliges the parties to set and tighten their emission reduction targets every five years.

    26 Oct 2016 · passed without a vote
  7. HE 27/2015 vpPassed

    Disclosing forest data to banks

    Banks will receive information from the forest information system for granting and monitoring credit without the separate consent of the forest owner. The amendment will make it easier to use forest properties as loan collateral and streamline the monitoring of collateral values by banks.

    18 Dec 2015 · passed without a vote