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Government bills9

Topicemission allowances9
  1. HE 99/2024 vpPassed

    Implementing the EU carbon border mechanism

    Provisions required by the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism on the sale of emission certificates, guarantees and supervision will be introduced in Finland. Finnish Customs will begin granting the necessary authorisations to importers and supervise compliance with obligations.

    22 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote
  2. HE 27/2022 vpPassed

    Enshrining climate targets in law

    Finland will commit to achieving carbon neutrality by 2035 and set binding interim targets for reducing emissions. Official climate policy planning will be expanded to cover land use and carbon sinks as well.

    7 Jun 2022 · 4 votes
    121 jaa
    42 ei
  3. HE 144/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Peat tax exemption and floor price

    Taxation of fuel peat will be temporarily eased by expanding its tax-free use in power plants and heating plants in 2022–2029. At the same time, a floor price mechanism will be established to prevent an increase in the use of peat if emissions allowances become cheaper.

    13 Dec 2021 · 9 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Sari Essayah 2

    105 jaa
    44 ei
  4. HE 265/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Updating aviation emissions trading rules

    Aviation emissions trading will continue to be restricted to flights within the European Economic Area until the end of 2023. The number of free emission allowances allocated to airlines will begin to be reduced annually from 2021 onwards.

    7 Mar 2019 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 228/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Updating emissions trading rules for 2021–2030

    Finland's emissions trading rules will be updated for the EU's new emissions trading period 2021–2030. Allocation procedures for emission allowances will be streamlined and authority duties transferred to the Energy Authority.

    27 Feb 2019 · 4 votes

    Closest vote · Mietintö / Lauri Ihalainen, lausumaehdotus 1

    109 jaa
    59 ei
  6. HE 117/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Tightening emission limits for air pollutants

    Binding targets will be set for Finland to reduce air pollutants and fine particulate matter in 2020–2029 and from 2030 onwards. A national programme will be drawn up to reduce emissions, and ecological monitoring of air pollutants will be expanded.

    9 Jan 2019 · passed without a vote
  7. HE 51/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming emissions trading data and verification

    Installations covered by emissions trading will have to submit their production and emissions data to the European Commission for the allocation of free emission allowances. Official accreditation will begin to be required of verifiers reviewing free allocation data.

    30 May 2018 · passed without a vote
  8. HE 142/2017 vpPassed

    Third supplementary budget for 2017

    The third supplementary budget for 2017, 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.

    24 Nov 2017 · 9 votes
  9. 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