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  1. 17.6.2022 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications is requesting comments on a draft Government proposal on amending the Act on Environmental and Energy Efficiency Requirements for Vehicle and Transport Service Procurements.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/draft-proposal-on-low-emission-vehicle-procurement-of-wellbeing-services-counties-circulated-for-comments
  2. 4.6.2021 | The Telecommunications Ministers of the European Union met in Luxembourg on 4 June 2021. In the meeting, Finland was represented by Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/eu-telecommunications-ministers-discuss-the-digital-targets
  3. 21.10.2021 | The Government proposes amendments to the Act on Transport Services and to the acts on overload charges and the posting of workers. The amendments are related to the enforcement of the EU Mobility Package in Finland.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/the-eu-mobility-package-progressing-1550072
  4. 27.10.2021 | In Finland, summer time ends and clocks are changed back to Eastern European Time on the night between Saturday and Sunday. Clocks will be changed back by one hour next Sunday, 31 October 2021, at 4.00 in the morning.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/clocks-go-back-on-sunday-31-october-1556539
  5. 30.8.2022 | Finland's Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka and Estonia's Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Kristjan Järvan met in Helsinki on 30 August 2022 to discuss deepening cooperation between the two countries to accelerate the digitalisation of logistics.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/finland-and-estonia-discussed-deepening-cooperation-to-boost-digitalisation-in-logistics-1821018
  6. 2.5.2022 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications invites comments on the government proposal for amending the Act on Electronic Communication Services and the Act on Transport and Communications Agency. The deadline for submitting opinions is 13 June 2022.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/comments-invited-on-legislative-amendments-for-introducing-the-prs-service-and-increasing-the-information-society-fee-1735107
  7. 14.6.2022 | For a third year in a row, Finland ranked second in international comparison of the use of digitalisation, the Digibarometer. Like last year, Denmark came first. This time Norway rose to the third place.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/digibarometer-2022-finland-ranks-second-in-international-comparison-of-the-use-of-digitalisation-1779464
  8. 9.8.2022 | Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka will travel to São Paulo, Brazil on 9 August 2022. During the visit, Minister Harakka will attend a seminar on 5G technology. The agenda also includes meetings with ministers and business representatives.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-harakka-to-attend-5g-seminar-in-sao-paulo
  9. 7.6.2021 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications published a report on improving accessibility information for mobility services on 7 June 2021. Accessibility information refers to information on such questions as how the transport infrastructure and mobility service are suited to the elderly and people with reduced mobility, for example in respect of lifts at transport terminals and low-floor train carriages or buses.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/report-published-on-improving-accessibility-information-for-mobility-services-1369566
  10. 27.10.2022 | The Government proposes amendments to the Act on Electronic Communication Services, the Act on the Processing of Personal Data in the Defence Forces and the Act on the Processing of Personal Data by the Police. The aim of the amendments is to improve the exchange of information between authorities in information security breaches. The Government submitted the proposal to Parliament on 27 October 2022.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/government-proposes-legislative-amendments-to-improve-the-exchange-of-information-between-authorities-in-information-security-breaches
  11. 21.4.2022 | At their meeting in Helsinki on 21 April 2022, Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka and Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) Juhan Lepassaar stressed the role of companies in ensuring the cyber security of society.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-harakka-and-executive-director-lepassaar-support-needed-to-improve-cyber-security-of-companies-1724219
  12. 20.10.2022 | Finnish energy company St1 applies for EUR 4.38 million in financial support from the EU for building fast-charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. St1 applies for the funding together with the Swedish St1 Sverige AB. The joint project is coordinated by St1 Nordic.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/finnish-project-applies-for-eu-funding-for-building-charging-network-for-electric-vehicles-1847410
  13. 5.10.2023 | In its plenary session on 5 October, the Government appointed Master of Social Sciences Marjo Lindgren to serve as State Secretary to Minister of Social Affairs and Health Kaisa Juuso and Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne. In the same session, Teija Makkonen, Master of Military Sciences, Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Administrative Sciences, was appointed St...
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/marjo-lindgren-and-teija-makkonen-appointed-to-serve-as-state-secretaries
  14. 19.5.2022 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on a draft government proposal on the acceptance, approval and enforcement of the Convention on the Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation as well as comments on a draft decree on the Convention.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/proposal-on-the-establishment-of-international-organization-for-marine-aids-to-navigation-circulated-for-comments
  15. 21.10.2021 | The Government proposes amendments to the Act on Transport Services and to the acts on overload charges and the posting of workers. The amendments are related to the enforcement of the EU Mobility Package in Finland.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/the-eu-mobility-package-progressing
  16. 11.10.2022 | Member States of the International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, adopted almost unanimously a new long-term global aspirational goal (LTAG). In international aviation, the aim is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to net-zero by 2050. The ICAO Assembly was held in Montreal, Canada, from 27 September to 7 October 2022.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/icao-member-states-agree-on-a-global-aspirational-goal-of-net-zero-emissions-in-aviation-by-2050-1844067
  17. 18.5.2022 | On 12 May 2022, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on measures to ensure a high level of cyber security across the EU. The new cybersecurity Directive (NIS2 Directive) will replace the earlier Directive on security of network and information systems (NIS Directive). Its objective is to improve the level of cybersecurity both in the EU as a whole and in Member States in terms of critical sectors and operators.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/european-parliament-and-council-reach-a-provisional-agreement-on-the-cybersecurity-directive-1762002
  18. 26.9.2022 | "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.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-harakka-strategic-themes-reaching-until-the-2030s-are-a-legacy-of-this-government-term
  19. 13.4.2022 | Highways are classified as main roads Class I, main roads Class II, regional roads or connecting roads. In its memorandum, the Ministry of Transport and Communications proposes that decisions on the functional categories of highways would be made when final engineering plans are approved instead of by decree. The Ministry requests commends on the memorandum by 13 May 2022.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/changes-to-how-classification-of-highways-is-decided-consultation-starts-1721859
  20. 17.11.2022 | The proposed new act would set a maximum duration of four years for the permit-granting procedures related to large-scale projects on the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). The classification process for highways would also be simplified. The Government submitted its proposal to Parliament on 17 November 2021.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/government-proposes-a-maximum-duration-for-permit-granting-procedures-for-large-scale-ten-t-projects-and-a-streamlined-decision-making-proces-1877656