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  1. 25.11.2021 | The primary aim of amending the Decree on Spectrum Usage in Åland is to specify the so-called 700 MHz spectrum with the purpose of granting network licences for Åland. In future, licensed telecom operators could use the spectrum for building a 5G network on a broader scale, for example. On 25 November 2021, the Government issued a decree on amending the Decree on Radio Spectrum Usage in Åland.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/amendments-to-the-decree-on-spectrum-usage-in-aland-new-frequency-band-to-be-introduced-for-increased-5g-network-construction
  2. 20.9.2021 | Addressing the Transport and Communications Forum on 20 September 2021, Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka insisted that Finland is ideally positioned to succeed in a climate-neutral Europe: "We understand the power of partnership, and we have the opportunity and even the duty to apply the tools at our disposal."
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-timo-harakka-data-is-an-inexhaustible-natural-resource-even-in-a-low-emission-future
  3. 19.10.2021 | The Marine Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has decided to promote autonomous shipping. It proposes the launching of preparations for regulations enabling autonomous maritime systems. Finland played an active role in the preparation of the decision.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/international-maritime-organization-to-promote-autonomous-shipping
  4. 8.7.2021 | Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka has sent a letter to European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans concerning emissions trading in maritime transport. Minister Harakka stresses that the special circumstances related to winter navigation should be taken into account in the Commission's proposal for emissions trading, and the proposal should also include an assessment of its impacts on the relative competitiveness of Member States.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-harakka-winter-navigation-to-be-taken-into-account-in-eu-emissions-trading-proposal-1430171
  5. 8.4.2021 | On 8 April 2021, the Finnish Government issued a decree amending the radio spectrum usage and frequency allocation plan (Spectrum Decree). The decree will enter into force on 9 April 2021.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/amendments-to-government-decree-on-radio-spectrum-usage-and-frequency-allocation-plan-1265386
  6. 3.2.2022 | The Fit for 55 package of climate measures proposed by the European Commission will have a significant impact on shipping, effectively reducing emissions while increasing the cost of shipping in EU countries. These costs may well be higher in Finland than in comparable countries.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/conversion-to-low-emission-shipping-in-the-european-union-increases-costs-while-climate-action-creates-business-opportunities
  7. 8.4.2021 | On 8 April 2021, the Finnish Government issued a decree amending the radio spectrum usage and frequency allocation plan (Spectrum Decree). The decree will enter into force on 9 April 2021.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/amendments-to-government-decree-on-radio-spectrum-usage-and-frequency-allocation-plan
  8. 17.6.2021 | On 17 June 2021, the Government proposed that the President of the Republic would approve the amendments to the Maritime Act and the Shipping Register Act, allowing dual bareboat registration.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/parallel-bareboat-registration-to-enter-into-force-on-july-1-1401485
  9. 12.4.2021 | The Annual General Meeting of the Traffic Management Company Fintraffic Ltd elected a new Board of Directors for the company on 25 March 2021. Doctor of Engineering Tero Ojanperä, Professor of Practice at the Aalto University and board professional, was elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/changes-in-the-traffic-management-company-fintraffic-ltd-s-board-of-directors-the-world-s-safest-smoothest-and-most-environmentally-friendly-1266404
  10. 29.4.2021 | The Government proposes amendments to the Act on Environmental Protection in Maritime Transport. The aim is to improve the reception of waste in ports. In a key amendment, the obligation to receive waste from vessels would be expanded to coastal and inland marinas with 25-49 berths. The Government presented its proposal to the Parliament on 29 April 2021.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/the-government-proposes-the-reception-of-waste-in-ports-to-be-tightened
  11. 25.8.2021 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has appointed a Logistics Digitalisation Forum with representatives from the authorities and Ministry stakeholders for a period from 2021 to 2023. The aim of the Forum is to ensure Finland's top position in the digitalisation of the logistics sector. The Forum is a key measure in the resolution on digitalisation of logistics approved by the Government on 27 May 2021.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/logistics-digitalisation-forum-to-ensure-finland-s-top-position-in-the-digitalisation-of-the-logistics-sector
  12. 5.5.2022 | On 5 May 2022, the Government submitted to Parliament its proposal for amending the Driving Licence Act. The aim of the proposal is to improve the road safety of young drivers.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/amendments-to-driving-licence-act-aim-to-improve-the-safety-of-young-drivers
  13. 28.1.2021 | The Government proposes modifications to the Private Roads Act and the Pilotage Act to introduce more flexibility. The modifications would facilitate easier remote participation in the meetings of road maintenance associations. In addition, the validity period of personal pilotage permits could be extended during the Covid-19 pandemic, and new personal permits could be granted on terms that differ from those applied under normal conditions.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/more-flexibility-for-meetings-of-road-maintenance-associations-and-pilotage-permit-procedures
  14. 21.10.2021 | On 21 October 2021, the Government submitted to Parliament a legislative proposal for amending the Act on Broadband Construction Aid. The most significant amendment is that in the future, aid could only be granted for constructing fixed connections. At the same time, the name of the act would be changed from the current Act on Broadband Construction Aid to Act on Fixed Broadband Construction Aid.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/the-government-proposes-eu-required-amendments-to-the-act-on-broadband-construction-aid-funding-only-for-fixed-connections-1552412
  15. 7.10.2021 | On 7 October 2021, the Government submitted a legislative proposal to Parliament to extend the subsidy for the purchase of electric cars and the conversion of passenger cars to run on gas or ethanol by one month, until 31 December 2021.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/government-proposes-to-extend-the-subsidies-for-purchasing-electric-cars-and-converting-cars-until-the-end-of-december-1533973
  16. 4.5.2021 | The European Commission intends to make a proposal on extending emissions trading to maritime transport in the summer of 2021.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/finland-influences-shipping-emissions-trading-1296879
  17. 3.5.2021 | The International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee's (MEPC) 76. session to be held on 10-17 June 2021 will most likely decide on a short-term measure to reduce GHG emissions in international shipping. The new regulations would enter into force at the beginning of 2023.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/new-ways-to-reduce-international-shipping-emissions-as-of-2023-1292367
  18. 25.3.2021 | Daylight Saving Time begins in the coming weekend, in the night between Saturday and Sunday. The clocks will be moved forward one hour on Sunday, 28 March, at 03.00.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/clocks-will-be-moved-forward-to-summer-time-next-sunday-1263615
  19. 23.6.2021 | The validity of seafarers' certificates of competency will be extended due to the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic. The derogation permitting a special dispensation from certificates of proficiency required on a vessel will also be extended.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/validity-of-seafarers-certificates-of-competency-and-the-preparedness-obligation-for-passenger-traffic-to-be-extended-1415495
  20. 4.2.2021 | The Government has approved the request by the Transport Infrastructure Agency to sell the State-owned Harakka railway yard in Imatra to Stora Enso Oyj for EUR 2.067 million. 
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/the-state-to-sell-the-harakka-railway-yard-in-imatra-1257036