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  1. 15.2.2022 | Due to the health and social services reform, the Act on environmental and energy efficiency requirements in vehicle and transport services procurement will be reviewed.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/health-and-social-services-reform-involves-changes-to-the-act-on-environmental-requirements-in-public-vehicle-procurement-1665859
  2. 10.4.2025 | On 10 April 2025, the Government submitted a legislative proposal to Parliament on complementing the national implementation of the Directive on the resilience of critical entities (CER) and the Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS 2).
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/government-proposes-amendments-to-cybersecurity-act-regarding-critical-entities-
  3. 22.9.2025 | The Government submitted to Parliament a legislative proposal concerning digital information services for the transport system on 22 September 2025. The aim is to establish a more uniform basis for a coordinated and interoperable deployment of intelligent transport systems and for using transport-related data.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/government-proposes-act-on-digital-information-services-for-the-transport-system
  4. 15.2.2022 | Due to the health and social services reform, the Act on environmental and energy efficiency requirements in vehicle and transport services procurement will be reviewed.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/health-and-social-services-reform-involves-changes-to-the-act-on-environmental-requirements-in-public-vehicle-procurement
  5. 16.4.2025 | On 16 April 2025, the Government submitted to Parliament a proposal on legislation complementing the European Media Freedom Act, EMFA. The Act aims to safeguard the pluralism and independence of media services in the EU and reinforce the common rules for the functioning of the internal market for media services.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/government-proposes-national-legislation-to-complement-the-european-media-freedom-act
  6. 2.9.2021 | Press release of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transport and Communications
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/ministerial-working-group-to-develop-digital-transformation-data-economy-and-public-administration
  7. 27.6.2025 | On 27 June 2025, the President of the Republic approved temporary amendments to the Act on Transport Services, which will enter into force on 1 July 2025. The purpose is to bring data on publicly supported passenger transport services in Northern Finland into one place.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/temporary-act-on-collecting-data-on-publicly-supported-transport-services-to-enter-into-force-in-july
  8. 9.10.2025 | The rolling stock company Suomen Ostoliikennekalusto Oy will be transferred from VR Group to direct state ownership and ownership steering at the Prime Minister’s Office. The transfer of ownership is a significant step in preparing for the competitive tendering of rail transport services.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/state-owned-rolling-stock-company-to-begin-operations-in-2026-
  9. 12.2.2025 | Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications Minna Kivimäki, together with the Ministry’s senior public officials, is visiting Brussels on 11–13 February 2025 to influence various EU processes.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/permanent-secretary-kivimaki-visits-brussels-to-influence-eu-processes-1
  10. 16.4.2025 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has launched preparations for a new period of network and programming licences for terrestrial television. The new licence period should start on 11 January 2027.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/preparations-begin-for-new-network-and-programming-licences-for-terrestrial-television
  11. 15.5.2025 | On 15 May 2025, the Government granted advance approval of the change in effective control of MTV Oy. The Government will not cancel the programme licences of MTV Oy for television broadcasting despite a change in the effective control of the company.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/programme-licences-of-mtv-to-remain-in-force
  12. 25.4.2025 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on the draft government proposal that includes amendments to the taxi regulation in the Act on Transport Services and certain other acts. The deadline for submitting comments is 6 June 2025. The legislative amendments should enter into force in stages from 1 January 2026 onwards.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/amendments-to-taxi-regulation-sent-out-for-comments-aiming-for-safer-taxi-rides
  13. 16.4.2025 | On 16 April 2025, the Government submitted a proposal to Parliament to amend the Act on the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle). The proposed amendments will implement the legislative changes outlined by the parliamentary working group on Yle. The proposal also incorporates the criteria and procedures for the appointment and dismissal of managers of public service media required by the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA).
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/government-proposes-amendments-to-the-act-on-the-finnish-broadcasting-company
  14. 16.4.2025 | A proposal on temporary amendments to the Act on Transport Services was submitted to Parliament by the Government. The aim is to centralise data on publicly supported passenger transport services in one and the same place.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/government-proposes-experimental-legislation-to-collect-data-on-publicly-supported-passenger-transport
  15. 17.6.2025 | On 17 June 2025, the Ministry of Transport and Communications published the national 6G roadmap to promote sixth-generation communications technologies. The roadmap sets milestones for the development and implementation of next-generation mobile communication technologies in the 2030s.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/national-6g-roadmap-sets-direction-for-development-and-implementation-of-mobile-communication-technologies
  16. 16.6.2025 | On 16 June 2025, the Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy decided that the central government would continue its preparations for the competitive tendering of publicly funded passenger rail services. The current contract with VR Group is due to expire at the end of 2030, with a new contract period of about ten years scheduled to start on 1 January 2031.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/194055633/government-decision-passenger-train-services-to-continue-in-their-current-scope-in-the-2030s
  17. 11.9.2025 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications requested comments on a draft government proposal to amend the taxi regulation. Over 150 responses were submitted between 24 April and 6 June 2025. The Ministry published a summary of the comments on 11 September 2025.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/broad-support-for-proposed-changes-to-taxi-regulation
  18. 5.5.2025 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen, Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne and Director General of the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom Jarkko Saarimäki will meet Secretary-General of International Telecommunications Union Doreen Bogdan-Martin in Helsinki on 6 May 2025.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/secretary-general-of-international-telecommunications-union-to-visit-finland-at-invitation-of-minister-for-foreign-affairs-elina-valtonen-and-minister-of-transport-and-communications-lulu-ranne
  19. 22.9.2025 | On 22 September 2025, the Government submitted to Parliament a legislative proposal concerning a fixed-term scrapping premium for passenger cars. Scrapping premiums could be applied for concerning the period 1 October 2025–31 December 2027. Applications could be submitted when the act is in force. The act is proposed to enter into force on 1 January 2026.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/government-proposes-scrapping-premium-for-purchasing-new-cars
  20. 10.4.2025 | On 9 April, the Ministry of Transport and Communications launched a legislative project to prepare amendments to the act on facilitating the introduction of very high capacity networks. The legislative amendments will enable the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom to implement a system for responding to and monitoring location study requests.
    https://lvm.fi/en/-/new-legislative-project-to-prepare-a-response-system-for-location-study-requests