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1.10.2020 | On 1 October 2020, the Government submitted a proposal to Parliament on temporary amendments to the Communicable Diseases Act and the Act on Transport Services.https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/amendments-to-parliament-regarding-the-two-test-model-of-the-government-s-hybrid-strategy
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15.2.2019 | The Government plans on introducing supplements for the new Road Traffic Act. As a result of legislative amendments adopted after the approval of the Act, also the Road Traffic Act needs to be specified.https://lvm.fi/en/-/supplements-planned-for-the-new-road-traffic-act-999051
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28.11.2019 | The strategy will be prepared by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. In the work, safety will be approached and examined in terms of all transport modes.https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/preparation-of-a-transport-safety-strategy-that-will-cover-all-modes-of-transport-is-starting
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5.2.2019 | Minister of Transport and Communications Anne Berner met Francis Gurry, Director General of the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), on 5 February 2019 in Helsinki. At the meeting they discussed intellectual property rights in data economy, for example. Gurry is visiting Finland on the invitation of the Finnish Patent and Registration Office.https://lvm.fi/en/-/minister-berner-meets-wipo-director-general-gurry-997801
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9.10.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications announced on 30 September 2020 that the negotiations for an eastern rail link project company would proceed based on the Airport-Porvoo-Kouvola route. The Ministerial Committee for Economic Policy will discuss the proposal in the late autumn.https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/the-ministry-of-transport-and-communications-proposes-the-continuation-of-eastern-rail-link-project-company-negotiations-based-on-the-porvoo-kouvola-route-to-the-ministerial-committee-for-economic-policy
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1.2.2019 | The Finnish railway sector is facing a lot of pressure to change. The increasing environmental awareness, requirements of sustainable development and mitigation of climate change call for an overall reform of mobility and logistics services.https://lvm.fi/en/-/competitive-tendering-in-rail-transport-proceeds-project-companies-to-finance-the-investments-997648
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2.1.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on the amendments to the Vehicles Act. Comments must be submitted by 13 February 2020.https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/reform-of-the-vehicle-act-circulated-for-comments
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5.2.2019 | Minister Berner meets WIPO Director General Gurry Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 5.2.2019 15.45 Type: Press release Minister of Transport and Communications Anne Berner met Francis Gurry, Director General of the UN World...https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/minister-berner-meets-wipo-director-general-gurry
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3.12.2019 | The EU transport ministers met in Brussels on 2 December. Minister of Transport and Communications Sanna Marin chaired the meeting.https://lvm.fi/en/-/transport-ministers-agree-on-rail-passengers-rights-and-streamlining-regulatory-procedures-of-ten-t-1024817
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30.12.2020 | The President of the Republic has approved the amendments to the Act on Electronic Communications Services. The Act will enter into force on 1 January 2021.https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/act-on-electronic-communications-services-enters-into-force-on-1-january-2021
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12.12.2018 | An expert group on transport climate policy under the Ministry of Transport and Communications has drafted a proposal for an action plan for eliminating greenhouse gas emissions in domestic transport by 2045. The solution for carbon-free transport lies in zero- and low-emission cars as well as in renewable fuels, mileage reduction of passenger cars and sustainable forms of transportation.https://lvm.fi/en/-/transport-emissions-to-zero-by-2045-990384
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11.9.2019 | Minister of Transport and Communications Sanna Marin will open a high-level conference on airspace management on Thursday, 12 September 2019, in Brussels. The conference will be arranged by Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications together with the European Commission. It is one of the main events in the transport sector during Finland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/minister-marin-to-attend-aviation-conference-in-brussels
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3.12.2019 | The EU transport ministers met in Brussels on 2 December. Minister of Transport and Communications Sanna Marin chaired the meeting.https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/transport-ministers-agreed-on-rail-passengers-rights-and-streamlining-regulatory-procedures-of-ten-t
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7.10.2021 | The Government of Finland has outlined its positions on the legislative proposals of the EU Commission aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from road, maritime and air transport.https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/minister-harakka-on-eu-climate-package-emissions-reductions-in-transport-necessary-attention-must-be-paid-to-costs
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20.5.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has invited comments on a proposal for a government decision relating to the derogation regulation of the European Commission adopted due to the COVID-19 epidemic. According to the proposal, Finland would introduce temporary flexibility regarding the validity of driving licences as well as certificates and licences in goods, bus and coach transport, for example.https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/proposal-to-adopt-eu-derogations-regarding-driving-licences-and-goods-bus-and-coach-transport-licences
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11.12.2017 | The national Transport Sector Growth Programme 2018–2022 will bring companies, public actors and the field of research together to speed up business-driven development, growth and internationalisation in this sector. The growth programme and the roadmap for its implementation were published at an expert seminar held in Helsinki on 11 December 2017.https://lvm.fi/en/-/1410877/liikennealan-kasvuohjelma-tukee-yrityksia-kansainvalisille-markkinoille
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23.4.2020 | The roadworthiness tests of vehicles will not be postponed due to the coronavirus situation. The efforts to curb the epidemic in Finland have been so successful that experts did not support the exemption to periodic inspections prepared by the Ministry of Transport and Communications.https://lvm.fi/en/-/vehicles-must-be-inspected-also-in-emergency-conditions-1167904
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12.3.2020 | The Government plans on introducing supplements for the new Road Traffic Act. They are based on amendments elsewhere in legislation that have been adopted after the approval of the Road Traffic Act and give reason to specify the Act. The Road Traffic Act is to enter into force on 1 June. The planned changes are mainly technical in nature.https://lvm.fi/en/-/supplements-planned-for-the-new-road-traffic-act-technical-amendments-and-less-parking-tickets-1034540
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5.1.2017 | The Government has granted television programming licences for multiplexes A-F in the UHF band for the licence period from 17 May 2017 to 10 January 2027.https://lvm.fi/en/-/television-programming-licences-have-been-granted-919093
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16.6.2016 | Working group: Parliamentary consensus on the duties and funding of YLE Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 16.6.2016 17.05 Type: Press release A parliamentary working group, under the leadership of its chair Arto Satonen, ha...https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/working-group-parliamentary-consensus-on-the-duties-and-funding-of-yle
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14.6.2017 | Traffic control functions of the Transport Agency to be incorporated Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 14.6.2017 14.55 Type: Press release As of 1 January 2019, the traffic control functions in the road, maritime and rail t...https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/traffic-control-functions-of-the-transport-agency-to-be-incorporated
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28.6.2018 | How can dealings with the authorities be made more flexible? Does legislation enable or restrict the business ideas of companies? These are some of the questions for which the Government has sought solutions in the key project of streamlined legal provisions. The work done in various ministries can be seen in the daily lives of both citizens and businesses.https://lvm.fi/en/-/lighter-regulation-makes-for-an-easier-day-980365
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23.6.2021 | The Government proposed on 23 June 2021 that the President of the Republic approve the amendments to the Act on Environmental Protection in Maritime Transport on improving waste reception in ports.https://lvm.fi/en/-/reception-of-waste-in-ports-to-be-enhanced-small-marinas-also-required-to-accept-waste-from-boats-1419889
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16.2.2018 | Digital data enables remote pilotage – legislative amendments needed Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 16.2.2018 15.30 Type: Press release The Government wants to amend the Pilotage Act. The amendment would allow experiment...https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/digital-data-enables-remote-pilotage-legislative-amendments-needed
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14.6.2017 | As of 1 January 2019, the traffic control functions in the road, maritime and rail transport sectors that are currently the responsibility of the Transport Agency will be incorporated into a state-owned limited company. At its meeting on 13 June 2016, the Government's Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy decided that the traffic control functions of the Transport Agency will be incorporated. ...https://lvm.fi/en/-/traffic-control-functions-of-the-transport-agency-to-be-incorporated-940469
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14.2.2019 | Project companies to finance large-scale rail transport investments Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 14.2.2019 14.07 Type: Press release The Ministry of Transport and Communications will establish a new limited liability c...https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/project-companies-to-finance-large-scale-rail-transport-investments
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16.9.2020 | Preparations for Finland's first 12-year national transport system plan are currently underway. It aims to add a longer-term perspective to the development of the Finnish transport system.https://lvm.fi/en/-/minister-harakka-national-transport-system-plan-will-contribute-to-the-development-of-entire-finland-1229167
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5.1.2017 | Television programming licences have been granted Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 5.1.2017 13.23 Type: Press release The Government has granted television programming licences for multiplexes A-F in the UHF band for the l...https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/television-programming-licences-have-been-granted
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2.1.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on the amendments to the Vehicles Act. Comments must be submitted by 13 February 2020.https://lvm.fi/en/-/reform-of-the-vehicle-act-circulated-for-comments-1029490
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23.4.2020 | The roadworthiness tests of vehicles will not be postponed due to the coronavirus situation. The efforts to curb the epidemic in Finland have been so successful that experts did not support the exemption to periodic inspections prepared by the Ministry of Transport and Communications.https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/vehicles-must-be-inspected-also-in-emergency-conditions
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1.7.2021 | The Government proposed on 23 June 2021 that the President of the Republic approve the amendments to the Act on Environmental Protection in Maritime Transport on improving waste reception in ports.https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/reception-of-waste-in-ports-to-be-enhanced-small-marinas-also-required-to-accept-waste-from-boats
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20.12.2019 | The Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the European Commission have reached a provisional agreement on the proposals included in the EU Mobility Package I concerning market access for freight and passenger transport, driving and rest times, and rules on posting of transport workers. The aim of the Mobility Package is to harmonise the regulation of commercial freight and passenger transport in the EU and to improve the conditions for supervision.https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/provisional-agreement-reached-on-social-and-market-aspects-of-eu-mobility-package-for-road-transport
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16.2.2018 | The Government wants to amend the Pilotage Act. The amendment would allow experiments with remote pilotage, where a pilot, authorised by the Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Trafi), could perform his duties from a position other than on board the vessel.https://lvm.fi/en/-/digital-data-enables-remote-pilotage-legislative-amendments-needed-965314
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21.11.2018 | Service level of arterial roads and railways defined by a new decree Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 21.11.2018 8.39 Type: Press release The Ministry of Transport and Communications issued a Decree on the arterial roads a...https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/service-level-of-arterial-roads-and-railways-defined-by-a-new-decree
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31.8.2020 | On 31 August 2020, the Ministry of Transport and Communications released a summary of comments on the interim report of the working group examining how to turn the steps taken during the coronavirus crisis into a permanent digital leap forward. According to the comments, digitalisation would increase the transparency, equality and flexibility in society. In order to achieve this, cooperation is needed among the operators involved.https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/comment-summary-cooperation-needed-for-the-digital-leap-forward-to-become-permanent
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31.8.2020 | On 31 August 2020, the Ministry of Transport and Communications released a summary of comments on the interim report of the working group examining how to turn the steps taken during the coronavirus crisis into a permanent digital leap forward. According to the comments, digitalisation would increase the transparency, equality and flexibility in society. In order to achieve this, cooperation is needed among the operators involved.https://lvm.fi/en/-/comment-summary-cooperation-needed-for-the-digital-leap-forward-to-become-permanent-1226381
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23.7.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications is preparing a two-point futures programme to deal with the broader consequences of the COVID-19 crisis and make use of the lessons learned from the exceptional spring going forward. The programme will focus on climate issues and digitalisation.https://lvm.fi/en/-/minister-harakka-climate-recovery-and-everyday-digitalisation-after-an-exceptional-spring-1220406
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21.2.2018 | The broadbandinfo.fi website was set up to boost the construction of broadband connections across Finland. It gives information on fast internet connections, including the various technologies and available funding. Information is provided on access to broadband in different parts of the country and the opportunities offered by digitalisation when fast internet connections are in use.https://lvm.fi/en/-/1410837/laajakaistainfo-fi-on-portti-parempiin-yhteyksiin
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9.10.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications announced on 30 September 2020 that the negotiations for an eastern rail link project company would proceed based on the Airport-Porvoo-Kouvola route. The Ministerial Committee for Economic Policy will discuss the proposal in the late autumn.https://lvm.fi/en/-/the-ministry-of-transport-and-communications-proposes-the-continuation-of-eastern-rail-link-project-company-negotiations-based-on-the-porvoo-1236235
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13.2.2020 | On 12 February 2020, the Ministry of Transport and Communications invited comments on draft amendments to a decree that specify the provisions on a test model for qualifications for lorry and bus drivers. The amendment aims to remedy the shortage of heavy vehicle drivers and to ensure the provision of transport services.https://lvm.fi/en/-/comments-invited-on-draft-decree-on-a-model-for-driver-qualifications-for-heavy-road-vehicles-1033153