Government proposes approval of new act on information services for the transport system

The Government proposes that the President of the Republic approve on 14 November 2025 the act on digital information services for the transport system and amendments to the related acts. The acts will enter into force on 1 January 2026.

The act on digital information services for the transport system concerns basic information and data on the transport system, such as road infrastructure, traffic signs, disruptions and multimodal journey planning. The aim of the regulation is to establish a more uniform basis for a coordinated and interoperable deployment of intelligent transport systems and for the use of transport-related data.
 
The new act will repeal the Act on the Information System for the Road and Street Network (the so-called Digiroad Act). The Act on Transport Services will also be amended. Finally, technical amendments will be made to certain other acts.
 
The regulation is partly based on the EU Directive on Intelligent Transport Systems (the ITS Directive) and is partly national in scope.

Fintraffic to set up and maintain national access point

Under the new act, Traffic Management Company Fintraffic Ltd will be responsible for organising and maintaining the national access point (NAP) required by EU regulation. The company will also have the duty to set up and maintain a service providing basic information about the transport system. An extension of the NAP, the service will be provided under national regulation. 
 
Having Fintraffic run both the national access point and the information service will significantly enhance the exchange of transport data, contributing to improved traffic safety, greater efficiency of traffic flows and infrastructure maintenance and creating new business opportunities. In particu-lar, data compiled from the information service can become widely available for other purposes, including urban planning.
 
These duties are currently fragmented across the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, which already use Fintraffic to access some of the related information services.
 
The duties assigned to Fintraffic will cover services that generate data which is essential for society but cannot be produced on a commercially viable basis. These statutory duties will be financed through a discretionary government grant awarded by Traficom.

What’s next?

The President of the Republic is expected to approve the bills on 14 November 2025. The acts will enter into force on 1 January 2026.

Inquiries:

Kirsi Miettinen, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Legislative Affairs, tel. +358 295 34 2570, [email protected]