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Services Objective and tasks Passenger and goods transport Communications market Basic Communications Services Operating licences Mobility as a service 1. Objective and tasks The Ministry aims to ensure that the mobility, communications and transp...

27.6.2022 | The EU ministers for the environment and climate issues meet in Luxembourg on 28 June, where they will discuss the EU’s Fit for 55 Package. Finland’s representative at the meeting will be Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Maria Ohisalo.

30.9.2021 | The Government submitted four Union communications to Parliament on 30 September 2021 concerning legislative proposals for transport. These communications address the tightening of CO2 emission limits for motor vehicles, development of a distribution infrastructure for alternative fuels, and an increase in the use of alternative fuels in aviation and maritime transport.

30.9.2021 | The Government submitted four Union communications to Parliament on 30 September 2021 concerning legislative proposals for transport. These communications address the tightening of CO2 emission limits for motor vehicles, development of a distribution infrastructure for alternative fuels, and an increase in the use of alternative fuels in aviation and maritime transport.

27.10.2020 | The working group for fossil-free transport, led by the Ministry of Transport and Communications, has given their recommendations on how domestic greenhouse gas transport emissions can be reduced by half by 2030, and entirely nullified by 2045. The working group has also studied methods by which international marine and aviation transport emissions could be reduced in Finland.

27.10.2020 | The working group for fossil-free transport, led by the Ministry of Transport and Communications, has given their recommendations on how domestic greenhouse gas transport emissions can be reduced by half by 2030, and entirely nullified by 2045. The working group has also studied methods by which international marine and aviation transport emissions could be reduced in Finland.

24.8.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has published a report by Senior Specialist Risto Hakomäki from the National Board of Antiquities, who was appointed to examine the organisation of museum activities in the transport and communications sector.

24.8.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has published a report by Senior Specialist Risto Hakomäki from the National Board of Antiquities, who was appointed to examine the organisation of museum activities in the transport and communications sector.

15.9.2009 | The Government proposes that as of 2010 the Finnish Civil Aviation Administration Finavia will become a company limited by shares that will be wholly owned by the state.

15.9.2009 | The Government proposes that as of 2010 the Finnish Civil Aviation Administration Finavia will become a company limited by shares that will be wholly owned by the state.

26.4.2018 | The Act on Transport Services will bring together legislation on transport markets.  The aim of the legislative reform is to provide the users with better transport services and to increase freedom of choice in the transport market. The Act will allow the provision of new type of smooth travel chains consisting of different transport modes.

26.4.2018 | The Act on Transport Services will bring together legislation on transport markets. The aim of the legislative reform is to provide the users with better transport services and to increase freedom of choice in the transport market. The Act will allow the provision of new type of smooth travel chains consisting of different transport modes.

28.4.2009 | The Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy supported in its meeting of 28 April 2009 the Ministry of Transport and Communications' proposal of incorporating the Finnish Civil Aviation Administration, Finavia, as of 1 January 2010. The business activities currently managed by the Civil Aviation Administration will be transferred to a new company limited by shares that will be wholly owned by the state.

19.10.2017 | The Act on Transport Services brings together transport market legislation and creates the preconditions for digitalisation of transport and new business models. In the first stage, provisions on road transport were brought together under the Act on Transport Services. Provisions on air, maritime and rail transport markets and on the qualifications of transport personnel are added in the second stage.

19.10.2017 | Second stage of the Act on Transport Services encompasses the whole transport system Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 19.10.2017 13.38 Type: Press release The Act on Transport Services brings together transport market legi...

3.11.2011 | Flight information requested by Amnesty International released on human rights grounds Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 3.11.2011 10.39 Type: Press release The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has received the statement it req...

3.11.2011 | The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has received the statement it requested from the Ministry of Transport and Communications enabling the release of information in response to the Amnesty International query about specific flights in 2001–2006.

19.12.2017 | Government proposal: Improvements to information security of essential services to society Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 19.12.2017 15.52 Type: Press release On 19 December 2017, the Government submitted to Parliament a...

19.12.2017 | On 19 December 2017, the Government submitted to Parliament a proposal for legislative amendments to improve the information security of services essential to society and to increase the authorities' opportunities to help in improving information security.