Government bills2695
- HE 205/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Lowering early childhood education and care fees
Early childhood education and care fees for low-income families of two and three persons will be reduced, and the fee share for the second child will be lowered. An entirely new separate act will also be enacted on client fees in early childhood education and care.
21 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 133/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Introducing residence requirements for asylum seekers
An asylum seeker could be ordered to reside at a designated reception centre and report there regularly. For an unaccompanied child aged 15 or over, a residence requirement within the reception centre grounds would serve as a less severe alternative to detention prior to removal from the country.
21 Dec 2016 · 3 votesClosest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Matti Semi
141 jaa32 ei - HE 240/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming road safety funding and steering
The funding and steering of Liikenneturva and road accident investigation will be reformed. Supervision of operations and the awarding of grants will be transferred from the ministry to agencies.
20 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 201/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming the Financial Supervisory Authority
Supervision fees and administration of the Financial Supervisory Authority will be reformed to better correspond to European banking supervision and structural changes in the financial sector. In addition, protection for persons reporting suspected infringements will be improved.
20 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 142/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Country-by-country tax reporting for multinationals
Large multinational corporate groups will be required to provide the tax authorities with a country-by-country report on their income, taxes and activities in different countries. At the same time, companies' obligations to document intragroup transfer pricing will be specified in greater detail.
20 Dec 2016 · 1 voteOnly vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Anneli Kiljunen
103 jaa53 ei - HE 114/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Enhancing workplace grey economy oversight
Occupational safety and health authorities will receive broader rights to exchange confidential information with other authorities to combat the grey economy. At the same time, occupational safety and health inspectors can oblige employers to issue an employee with a missing lay-off certificate or grounds for the termination of an employment contract.
20 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 168/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Streamlining appeal procedures in business matters
Appeals against decisions in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment will be streamlined by expanding the use of requests for administrative review and leave to appeal. In a larger number of matters, a review must first be requested from the decision-making authority, and appealing to the Supreme Administrative Court will require leave to appeal.
19 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 243/2016 vpPassed
Increasing export financing and guarantee authorisations
The state will significantly increase the maximum limits for export credits and state export guarantees to safeguard the competitiveness of Finnish export companies. At the same time, the state's scope to lend funds to Finnvera in market disruption situations will be expanded.
16 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 230/2016 vpPassed
Downsizing the pension appeal board
The number of divisions and members of the Appeal Board for Earnings-Related Pension Matters will be reduced because the number of appeals has fallen. The change will adapt the board's operations and composition to a smaller caseload.
16 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 223/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Public tasks for the Forest Centre
The Finnish Forest Centre will no longer engage in business activities, focusing solely on public administrative tasks. The change ensures fair competition in the forestry sector market.
16 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 212/2016 vpPassed
Postponing corporatisation of municipal occupational healthcare
The obligation on municipalities to incorporate the occupational healthcare medical treatment services they provide will be postponed by two years to the beginning of 2019. During the transitional period, municipalities must separate occupational healthcare accounting from their other healthcare services.
16 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 175/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Easing inheritance and gift taxation
Inheritance and gift taxation will be eased, in particular to facilitate generational changes in businesses and farms. At the same time, the tax exemption for life insurance payouts on death will be abolished and inheritance tax deductions increased.
16 Dec 2016 · 6 votesClosest vote · 7 a §:n 2 ja 3 mom., mietintö / Timo Harakka
112 jaa58 ei - HE 248/2016 vpPassed
Centralising business subsidy administration at Tekes
The Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation Tekes will also begin administering business subsidies related to economic, energy and environmental policy. Under the change, corresponding duties and personnel will be transferred from the ELY Centres (Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) to Tekes from the beginning of 2017.
15 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 227/2016 vpPassed
Improving special-needs housing grants and rights
State support could be used to build service facilities in connection with sheltered housing for older people that will also serve other local residents. In addition, residents in sheltered housing would be guaranteed an official tenancy agreement and the tenancy rights that come with it.
15 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 207/2016 vpPassed
Easing pilotage requirements for small vessels
The obligation to use a pilot will be eased for small vessels, towing combinations and icebreakers. At the same time, the organisation of pilotage examinations will be transferred from the authority to maritime educational institutions.
15 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 162/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Energy efficiency requirements for government procurement
Central government authorities will be required to procure only energy-efficient products, services and buildings. The requirement applies to public procurement exceeding the EU thresholds.
15 Dec 2016 · 1 voteOnly vote · 2 §:n 5 kohta (uusi), mietintö / Hanna Sarkkinen
130 jaa33 ei - HE 213/2016 vpPassed
Extending training compensation to universities
Universities will begin to receive state training compensation for providing specialist medical and specialist dental training. The compensation will be based on the number of graduated specialist doctors and specialist dentists.
14 Dec 2016 · 1 voteOnly vote · Perustelut, mietintö / Sari Tanus
153 jaa6 ei - HE 192/2016 vpPassed
Clarifying testing of pesticide equipment
The mandatory inspection timetables for pesticide application equipment would be amended to align with EU regulations. New equipment would only have to be inspected five years after purchase, and less frequent inspections would be permitted for low-risk equipment.
14 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 164/2016 vpPassed
Repealing Nordic Project Export Fund legislation
The separate act on the Nordic Project Export Fund will be repealed, as the fund has been abolished as an independent institution. Its operations continue as part of the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation.
14 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 246/2016 vpPassed
Revising the Finland–Portugal tax treaty
Finland and Portugal will introduce a new tax treaty to prevent double taxation. The reform would give Finland the right to tax, among other things, private-sector pensions received from Finland by persons resident in Portugal.
13 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote