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Government bills8

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  1. HE 131/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Online alcohol sales and home delivery

    Ordering alcohol for home delivery from Finnish shops, Alko and foreign online stores will be permitted. At the same time, online advertising of strong alcoholic beverages will be allowed.

    25 Jun 2026 · 5 votes
    98 jaa
    77 ei
  2. HE 173/2024 vpWithdrawn

    Allowing home delivery of alcohol

    Alko and alcohol retailers will be permitted to deliver alcoholic beverages directly to customers. The age of the person ordering and the recipient must be verified both during online ordering and upon delivery.

    23 Sep 2025 · no votes
  3. HE 317/2022 vpPassed

    Reporting obligation for cross-border payments

    Banks and other payment service providers will be required to report information on cross-border payments to the Finnish Tax Administration. The reform will combat value added tax (VAT) fraud related in particular to international e-commerce.

    23 Feb 2023 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 180/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Strengthening consumer protection in trade

    Consumers' rights will be strengthened in cases of defects in both traditional sales of goods and digital services. The reform will extend the presumption period for the seller's liability for defects and introduce dedicated consumer protection rules for digital content.

    15 Dec 2021 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 18/2021 vpPassed

    Reforming VAT on e-commerce

    All goods ordered from outside the EU will become subject to value added tax (VAT) regardless of the value of the consignment. At the same time, centralised declaration and payment systems will be introduced to handle taxation for international online and distance selling.

    28 Apr 2021 · passed without a vote
  6. HE 54/2019 vpPassed with amendments

    Strengthening consumer protection powers and sanctions

    Consumer protection authorities will be given new enforcement powers, such as the ability to carry out test purchases and order websites to be closed down. In addition, businesses that break the rules can be ordered to pay substantial administrative penalties.

    26 Jun 2020 · passed without a vote
  7. HE 22/2020 vpPassed with amendments

    Injunction proceedings against online platforms

    Businesses and organisations representing them will be able to apply to the Market Court to prohibit unlawful terms and conditions or practices of online platforms or search engines. An injunction can be reinforced with a conditional fine.

    20 May 2020 · passed without a vote
  8. HE 82/2018 vpPassed

    Easing VAT on e-commerce

    Value added tax will be simplified for small businesses selling digital services in cross-border EU trade. Small businesses will be able to pay value added tax to their home country if sales of services to other EU countries remain below 10,000 euros.

    5 Jul 2018 · passed without a vote