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  1. 4.11.2021 | Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka will visit the United States on 4-9 November 2021. He will travel to Seattle, Tacoma and Washington DC. In Seattle and Tacoma, Minister Harakka will be accompanied by a business delegation.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-harakka-to-visit-the-united-states-1566403
  2. 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/-/icao-member-states-agree-on-a-global-aspirational-goal-of-net-zero-emissions-in-aviation-by-2050
  3. 2.8.2022 | In December 2021, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a new Regulation on Union guidelines for the development of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). The proposal has been discussed in the working groups of the Council of the European Union and in the European Parliament.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-harakka-commission-s-new-proposal-for-ten-t-regulation-unreasonable-for-finland-1811739
  4. 3.11.2022 | The European Union provides funding through the Connecting Europe Facility for projects that improve the digital infrastructure in the EU. In the current call for proposals, a total of EUR 277 million will be allocated for the purpose. Support is now available for 5G projects that improve the digital services on transport routes or develop the local public services, for example.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/eur-277-million-in-eu-funding-available-for-improving-digital-connections-1862232
  5. 14.4.2022 | Juhapekka Ristola has resigned as Director General of the Ministerial Governance Department of the Ministry of Transport and Communications as of 1 June 2022. For the period required for filling the Director General's position, Miikka Rainiala, Director of Governance Steering Unit, has been appointed to serve in the post. 
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/miikka-rainiala-appointed-as-director-general-of-the-ministerial-governance-department-for-the-fixed-term-1-june-to-31-august-2022-1716216
  6. 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/-/finland-and-estonia-discussed-deepening-cooperation-to-boost-digitalisation-in-logistics
  7. 7.9.2022 | On 2 September 2022, the Government submitted a follow-up Union communication to Parliament on the European Commission's proposal amending its earlier TEN-T proposal.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/government-outlined-its-position-on-amendments-to-ten-t-proposal
  8. 6.10.2021 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications invites comments on a legislative proposal to amend the Driving Licence Act. The deadline for comments is 17 November 2021.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/comments-invited-on-proposals-for-amendments-to-the-driving-licence-act-1531485
  9. 21.4.2022 | On 21 April 2022, the Government submitted to Parliament a proposal for an act amending the Postal Act and for discretionary government grants for the delivery of newspapers.The aim is to ensure equal access to postal services as well as to secure the conditions for the five-day delivery of newspapers across Finland.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/universal-service-obligation-for-postal-services-proposed-to-be-changed-1728323
  10. 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/-/changes-to-how-classification-of-highways-is-decided-consultation-starts
  11. 2.12.2021 | The EU Telecommunications Council will convene in Brussels on 3 December 2021. In the meeting, Finland will be represented by Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-harakka-to-attend-a-telecommunications-council-meeting-1600717
  12. 25.4.2022 | Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka will visit Brussels on Tuesday 26 April 2022. The aim of his visit is to influence the preparation of EU matters related to winter navigation.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-harakka-to-visit-brussels-to-discuss-emission-reductions-from-shipping-1727024
  13. 26.5.2023 | On 26 May 2023, the Ministry of Transport and Communications published a working group report on the national implementation of the EU’s Data Governance Act. The report analyses and summarises the obligations laid down in the Act.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/report-on-the-national-implementation-of-the-data-governance-act-published
  14. 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/-/digibarometer-2022-finland-ranks-second-in-international-comparison-of-the-use-of-digitalisation
  15. 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/-/government-proposes-a-maximum-duration-for-permit-granting-procedures-for-large-scale-ten-t-projects-and-a-streamlined-decision-making-process-for-highways-classification
  16. 27.7.2022 | On 20 June 2022, the European Commission submitted a legislative proposal that would make it possible to recognise Ukrainian driving licences and certificates of professional competence for lorry, bus and coach drivers in the European Union.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/new-regulation-introduces-uniform-rules-for-recognising-ukrainian-driving-licences-and-driver-documents-in-the-eu-1806615
  17. 25.10.2022 | Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine George Dubynskyi will visit Finland on 25-26 October 2022 at the invitation of Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/deputy-minister-of-digital-transformation-of-ukraine-george-dubynskyi-to-visit-finland-1851046
  18. 15.11.2022 | On 15 November 2022, Finland's Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka and Estonia's Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Kristjan Järvan signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Finnish and Estonian ministries on advancing the digital transformation in the field of logistics.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/finland-and-estonia-signed-a-memorandum-of-understanding-on-cooperation-in-the-digitalisation-of-logistics-1875209
  19. 27.4.2022 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has sent out for comments a government proposal for the adoption of the Universal Postal Union Convention and for the acts implementing its provisions.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/comments-invited-on-the-adoption-of-the-universal-postal-union-convention-and-implementation-of-its-provisions
  20. 22.9.2022 | On 22 September 2022, the Government submitted its proposal to Parliament for an act to ratify and enforce at national level the Convention on the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/government-proposes-the-establishment-of-international-organization-for-marine-aids-to-navigation-1833997