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Tiedote 19.09.2019 12.41 fi sv en

European Union transport ministers will meet in Brussels on 20 September 2019. Minister of Transport and Communications Sanna Marin will chair the meeting. This is the first Transport Council meeting during Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Tiedote 18.09.2019 17.47 fi sv en

The Government has agreed on the budget proposal for 2020. In order to combat climate change, investments will be made in promoting low-emission transport and walking and cycling. The government budget session also agreed on additional funding for the basic transport infrastructure management.
Tiedote 11.09.2019 10.39 fi sv en

Minister of Transport and Communications Sanna Marin will open a high-level conference on airspace management on Thursday, 12 September 2019, in Brussels. The conference will be arranged by Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications together with the European Commission. It is one of the main events in the transport sector during Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Tiedote 10.09.2019 16.02 fi sv en

On 10 September 2019, the Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy supported the guidelines presented by Minister of Transport and Communications Sanna Marin to promote large-scale rail transport investments.
Tiedote 06.09.2019 13.35 fi sv en

On 6 September 2019, the Ministry of Transport and Communications circulated for comments the Government proposal on postponing the entry into force of the acts on lightweight vehicles. According to the proposal, the entry into force would be postponed by one year until 1 November 2020.
Uutinen 06.09.2019 12.33 en

- It is time to ask ourselves what kind of data economy rules we want for steering the course of our future, writes Senior Adviser Taru Rastas in Impulssi-blog.
Tiedote 06.09.2019 09.47 fi en

As one of the first EU countries, Finland has signed the High Ambition Declaration on Shipping. Finland, France and other signatory states stress the need of finding efficient measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the shipping sector before 2023 and of ensuring that the emissions start declining as soon as possible.
Tiedote 30.08.2019 13.06 fi sv en

The Government proposed on 29 August 2019 that Parliament adopt air services agreements between Finland and Kenya, Finland and Mexico and Finland and Chile. Finland has not previously concluded air services agreements with these countries.
Tiedote 30.08.2019 09.42 fi sv en

There has been public debate about Finland publishing a letter from the European Commission that could have been seen as not meant for the general public. In Finland, the confidentiality of a letter from the European Union marked “limité” is always assessed case by case based on its contents and in accordance with the requirements of the Act on the Openness of Government Activities. On the basis of its contents, the document in question was assessed to be public. In addition, an inquiry had been sent to the Commission requesting its view on the confidentiality of the document. The Commission was of the opinion that the document can be published.
Tiedote 29.08.2019 15.39 fi sv en

On 1 August 2019, the Commission of the European Union notified Finland of the Finnish legal provisions on lightweight vehicles. The Finnish provisions are meant to enter into force in the beginning of November.

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