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EU provides funding for the building of alternative fuels infrastructure, Finland to receive funding for recharging points for electric cars

Press release 30.09.2022 17.30 fi sv en

The EU will provide funding of EUR 1.5 billion for the building of alternative fuels infrastructure, including electricity and hydrogen, in 2021–2023. Finland has been granted funding within the framework of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport programme for expanding the recharging network of electric cars.
Cost impacts from EU’s Fit for 55 climate package on road transport studied

Press release 30.09.2022 16.45 fi sv en

The Ministry of Transport and Communications has published a report it commissioned on the cost impacts of the proposals in the EU’s Fit for 55 Package on road transport. The report assessed how the legislative proposals included in the package would affect the fuel costs of road transport in Finland by 2030. The report is part of the preparations for the national processing of the Fit for 55 package.
Minister Harakka: Strategic themes reaching until the 2030s are a legacy of this government term

Press release 28.09.2022 13.35 fi sv en

“For quite some time now, we have been living through a period where exceptions have become the norm. The twofold crisis, the pandemic and Russia’s cruel war of aggression, are affecting transport and communications in different ways and at many levels. While this challenges us to make re-evaluations, it also reinforces our previous choices,” said Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka at the Transport and Communications Forum on 26 September 2022.
New post of National Cyber Security Director to be created at the Ministry of Transport and Communications

Press release 22.09.2022 14.08 fi sv en

A permanent public post of National Cyber Security Director will be established at the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The Government approved a decree amendment concerning the Ministry of Transport and Communications on 22 September 2022. The decree lays down provisions on the qualifications required to fill the public post of National Cyber Security Director.
Jarkko Saarimäki appointed as Director General of the Services Department at the Ministry of Transport and Communications

Press release 22.09.2022 13.54 fi sv en

On 22 September 2022, the Government appointed Jarkko Saarimäki, 45, Master of Laws, as Director General of the Services Department at the Ministry of Transport and Communications. His term of office will be from 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2027.
Government proposes the establishment of international Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation

Press release 22.09.2022 13.50 fi sv en

On 22 September 2022, the Government submitted its proposal to Parliament for an act to ratify and enforce at national level the Convention on the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation.
Government proposes legislative amendments to introduce the Galileo public regulated service and to increase the information society fee

Press release 20.09.2022 17.09 fi sv en

The Government proposes amendments to the Act on Electronic Communication Services and the Act on the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency. The Government submitted the legislative proposal to Parliament on 19 September 2022.
Government proposes EUR 3.34 billion for the Ministry of Transport and Communications budget

Press release 20.09.2022 16.59 fi sv en

The Government proposes that EUR 3.34 billion be allocated to the administrative branch of the Ministry of Transport and Communications for 2023.
Cybersecurity to be a general requirement for digital products

Press release 20.09.2022 15.10 fi sv en

On 15 September 2022, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for digital products and ancillary services, i.e. Cyber Resilience Act, CRA. The purpose of the proposal is to protect consumers, in particular, against cybersecurity risks that the increasing number of connected devices can generate.
Government proposes changes to application periods in the purchase subsidy scheme for low-emission vehicles

Press release 20.09.2022 13.20 fi sv en

The Government proposes that the application periods should be extended for the purchase subsidies for electric and gas-fuelled vans and trucks. In contrast, the application periods would be shortened by three months for the purchase subsidy for fully electric cars, i.e. battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and the conversion subsidy for passenger cars, as the Government has not allocated an appropriation for these schemes for 2023. The application periods would close on 31 December 2022.

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