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28.11.2025 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications is finalising the government proposal to amend taxi regulation. Next, the proposal will be reviewed by the Finnish Council of Regulatory Impact Analysis, translated and submitted to legislative editing. The aim is to submit the government proposal to Parliament in spring 2026.

13.11.2025 | The Government submitted a bill on cross-border taxi services between Finland and Norway for approval on 13 November 2025.

1.12.2025 | The agreement on cross-border taxi services between Finland and Norway will enter into force on 14 December 2025. It will permit taxi transport between the two countries.

13.3.2025 | On 13 March 2025, Finland’s Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne and Norway’s Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygård signed an agreement in Oslo, Norway, on taxi transport services between the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Norway. The agreement permits taxi transport services between Finland and Norway.

31.10.2024 | On 31 October 2024, the Government issued a decree bringing into force the amendments to an agreement on taxi transport services across the Finnish-Swedish border. The government decree will also bring the agreement into force.

3.10.2024 | On 3 October 2024, the Ministry of Transport and Communications has set forth a regulation project to change the taxi service regulation in the Act on Transport Services. The government proposal is due to be submitted to Parliament during the autumn session of 2025.

16.12.2024 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on a draft government proposal for temporarily amending the Act on Transport Services. The proposal aims to centralise data on publicly supported passenger transport services in one place to make the data more accessible. The deadline for submitting comments is 5 February 2025.

10.11.2022 | On 10 November 2022, the Government submitted to Parliament a legislative proposal on enforcing the amendments to the international agreement between Finland and Sweden on taxi services across the border. The agreement concerns taxi transport services across the Finnish-Swedish border.

10.11.2022 | On 10 November 2022, the Government submitted to Parliament a legislative proposal on enforcing the amendments to the international agreement between Finland and Sweden on taxi services across the border. The agreement concerns taxi transport services across the Finnish-Swedish border.

12.2.2024 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications already began preparing measures to rectify anomalies and increase confidence in the entire taxi sector in summer 2023. The ministry will circulate a memorandum in May calling for opinions on measures to reform regulations.

14.12.2023 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications started to prepare measures to correct the shortcomings of the taxi industry and to increase trust in the entire sector last summer. At the moment, the ministry is preparing a background report and determining what needs amendment in the act as part of the preliminary preparation of the legislative project.

30.1.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has sent out for comments an assessment memorandum on taxi services drawn up by agencies in the Ministry's administrative branch. Based on the memorandum and statements, taxi regulation has increased uncertainty and a series of corrections will now be introduced. On 28 January 2020, Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka launched a project to amend the legislation on taxi services.

30.1.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has sent out for comments an assessment memorandum on taxi services drawn up by agencies in the Ministry's administrative branch. Based on the memorandum and statements, taxi regulation has increased uncertainty and a series of corrections will now be introduced. On 28 January 2020, Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka launched a project to amend the legislation on taxi services.

11.6.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications invites comments on proposals related to correcting the shortcomings in taxi regulation. The aims of the proposals are to improve the safety of taxi operations, combat the grey economy and increase the transparency of pricing. A further objective is to provide the authorities with better opportunities to receive information on the current availability of taxi services.

11.6.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications invites comments on proposals related to correcting the shortcomings in taxi regulation. The aims of the proposals are to improve the safety of taxi operations, combat the grey economy and increase the transparency of pricing. A further objective is to provide the authorities with better opportunities to receive information on the current availability of taxi services.

21.1.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has received reports from the Transport and Communications Agency, the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority and the Tax Administration on the effects of the revised taxi regulation. The reports are available in the Government project portal.

21.1.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has received reports from the Transport and Communications Agency, the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority and the Tax Administration on the effects of the revised taxi regulation. The reports are available in the Government project portal.

8.12.2022 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications submitted a report to Parliament on 8 December 2022 concerning the longer-term impacts of the Transport Services Act. The report finds that the Act is meeting the needs for change arising from the change in transport sector.

8.12.2022 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications submitted a report to Parliament on 8 December 2022 concerning the longer-term impacts of the Transport Services Act. The report finds that the Act is meeting the needs for change arising from the change in transport sector.

1.7.2019 | Sanna Marin, the Minister of Transport and Communications, has launched measures to address the problems in the existing regulation of taxi services and to update related legislation. The Government Programme emphasises the safety of taxi services, actions against the shadow economy, and regional accessibility. The Government Programme also states that the competitive tendering practices for taxi journeys paid by the Social Insurance Institution Kela need to be reassessed.