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2.3.2026 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on the draft government proposal for revised Ship Safety Control Act. The new act would repeal the current Ship Safety Control Act and introduce national legislation implementing the ship safety control regulation of the European Union’s so-called Maritime Safety Package. Comments may be submitted until 24 April 2026.

3.12.2025 | The EU Transport and Telecommunications Council will meet in Brussels on 4 and 5 December 2025. Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne will represent Finland at the meeting.

30.12.2019 | The Act on the Transport System and Highways and certain other related acts will be amended. With the amendments the statutes will be specified and updated. This is a so-called corrective package that includes amendments which are mainly of a technical nature and involve references to the amended statutes.

30.12.2019 | The Act on the Transport System and Highways and certain other related acts will be amended. With the amendments the statutes will be specified and updated. This is a so-called corrective package that includes amendments which are mainly of a technical nature and involve references to the amended statutes.

19.12.2024 | Fairway dues will be raised as of 1 January 2025. The dues were halved in 2015 under temporary legislation.

16.8.2024 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has launched a legislative project to amend the Act on the Finnish Broadcasting Company, Yle.

23.5.2024 | On 23 May 2024, the Government submitted to Parliament a proposal concerning the national implementation of the EU Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS 2). The aim of the Directive is to strengthen cybersecurity in critical sectors at the EU and national level.

4.12.2023 | The transport and telecommunications ministers of the European Union will meet in Brussels on 4–5 December 2023. Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne will represent Finland at the meeting.

27.4.2023 | The Government submitted a Union communication to Parliament on 27 April 2023 concerning a European Commission proposal for a Regulation to enhance the deployment of high-speed communication networks. While supporting the objectives of the proposal, the Government stresses that Member States should have adequate leeway.

16.6.2023 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on the draft government proposal on the implementation of the EU Digital Services Act and on the collegial body to be set up at the Transport and Communications Agency Traficom for imposing sanction fees. The deadline for submitting comments is 18 August 2023.

12.12.2022 | The Digital Services Act of the European Union entered into force on 16 November 2022. The Act will be applied to Finnish online intermediary services only as of 17 February 2024, but already in February 2023 online platforms will have to report the average number of active end users on their websites. The Ministry of Transport and Communications has established a working group for preparing the national implementation and oversight of the Digital Services Act.

12.12.2022 | The Digital Services Act of the European Union entered into force on 16 November 2022. The Act will be applied to Finnish online intermediary services only as of 17 February 2024, but already in February 2023 online platforms will have to report the average number of active end users on their websites. The Ministry of Transport and Communications has established a working group for preparing the national implementation and oversight of the Digital Services Act.

26.5.2023 | On 26 May 2023, the Ministry of Transport and Communications published a working group report on the national implementation of the EU’s Data Governance Act. The report analyses and summarises the obligations laid down in the Act.

28.10.2022 | The EU's Digital Services Act was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 27 October 2022 and will enter into force in November 2022. Application of the provisions will begin step by step in the EU, depending on the service provider's size and number of users. For the most part, however, the Act will only apply to Finnish internet intermediaries from 17 February 2024.

28.10.2022 | The EU's Digital Services Act was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 27 October 2022 and will enter into force in November 2022. Application of the provisions will begin step by step in the EU, depending on the service provider's size and number of users. For the most part, however, the Act will only apply to Finnish internet intermediaries from 17 February 2024.

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.

18.11.2021 | The Government proposes that the Act on the Transport of Dangerous Goods be comprehensively reformed. The purpose is to harmonise the requirements on transport of dangerous goods by road, rail, vessel and air and to streamline legislation.  The aim of the reform is to improve the safety of transport and, in particular, to prevent possible environmental damage.

18.11.2021 | The Government proposes that the Act on the Transport of Dangerous Goods be comprehensively reformed. The purpose is to harmonise the requirements on transport of dangerous goods by road, rail, vessel and air and to streamline legislation.  The aim of the reform is to improve the safety of transport and, in particular, to prevent possible environmental damage.