FINLAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Tarja Pirinen, Fiiu Linninen, Teija Lius and Marko Koski, HPP Attorneys Ltd
tal authority with national competence will be responsible for co-ordinating the permitting pro - cess. The intention is to enable different stages of the permitting procedure to be co-ordinated in terms of time, and to the extent possible, handled at the same time allowing applicants to submit and process several permits simultane - ously resulting in a single decision and single appeal possibility. The aim is for the one-stop service to enter into force on 1 January 2026. There are also legislative proposals regarding the EIA procedure, environmental permit revi - sion procedure as well as the environmental objectives for water management and related deviations.
According to the Finnish government pro - gramme, the government is planning to revise mining mineral tax as of the mid-term policy review session in spring 2025 and introduce another tax category. The revision is planned to increase the tax revenue by EUR15 million annually.
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