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Tiedote 21.01.2020 14.00 fi sv en

The Ministry of Transport and Communications has received reports from the Transport and Communications Agency, the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority and the Tax Administration on the effects of the revised taxi regulation. The reports are available in the Government project portal.
Tiedote 20.01.2020 14.40 fi sv en

The Ministry of Transport and Communications will start preparations for continuing government support for broadband construction. The new aid programme would begin in 2021.
Tiedote 16.01.2020 15.20 fi sv en

The Ministry of Transport and Communications has launched a project to review what type of legislative amendments will be required to support transport automation.
Tiedote 14.01.2020 16.10 fi sv en

The preparation for Finland’s first National Transport System Plan continues. The Ministry of Transport and Communications presented the draft objectives for the Plan at a seminar on 10 January 2020.
Tiedote 14.01.2020 10.45 fi sv en

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.
Tiedote 02.01.2020 13.25 fi sv en

The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on the amendments to the Vehicles Act. Comments must be submitted by 13 February 2020.
Tiedote 27.12.2019 09.13 fi sv en

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.
Tiedote 17.12.2019 13.11 fi sv en

On Tuesday, 17 December 2019, the representatives of Finland's, Norway’s, Estonia's and Latvia's civil and military aviation met in Helsinki to discuss cooperation on airspace management in their regions.
Tiedote 16.12.2019 16.44 fi sv en

The Ministry of Transport and Communications received a report it had requested from the Transport and Communications Agency, Traficom, on the practices relating to the planning, provision and maintenance of electronic services of the Finnish Transport Safety Agency, Trafi. The request relates to the problems identified in December 2018 in the Agency's online services.
Uutinen 10.12.2019 16.16 fi sv en

On Tuesday 10 December 2019, the President of the Republic appointed Finland’s 76th Government. On the same occasion, the President of the Republic, Sauli Niinistö released the ministers of Prime Minister Rinne’s Government from their duties.

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