Government proposes act on digital information services for the transport system

Government proposes act on digital information services for the transport system

The Government submitted to Parliament a legislative proposal concerning digital information services for the transport system on 22 September 2025. The aim is to establish a more uniform basis for a coordinated and interoperable deployment of intelligent transport systems and for using transport-related data.

The government proposal concerns basic information and data on the transport system, such as road infrastructure, traffic signs, disruptions and multimodal journey planning. The Government proposes that Finland should introduce a new act on the services that provide digital information on the transport system.

The proposal also includes amendments to the Act on Transport Services, and it is set to repeal the Act on the Information System for the Road and Street Network (the Digiroad Act). Technical amendments are also to be made to certain other acts.

The proposed regulation will partly be based on the EU Directive on Intelligent Transport Systems (the ITS Directive).

Fintraffic to set up and maintain national access point

Under the proposal, Traffic Management Company Fintraffic Ltd will be assigned the responsibility for organising and maintaining the national access point (NAP), which is required by EU regulation. The company would also have the duty to set up and maintain a service providing basic information about the transport system. An extension of the NAP, the service would be provided under national regulation.

Having Fintraffic run both the national access point and the information service would significantly enhance the exchange of transport data, contributing to improved traffic safety, greater efficiency of traffic flows and infrastructure maintenance and creating new business opportunities. In particular, data compiled from the information service could become widely available for other purposes, including urban planning.

These duties are currently fragmented across the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, which already use Fintraffic to access some of the related information services.

The duties assigned to Fintraffic would cover services that generate data which is essential for society but cannot be produced in a commercially viable manner. The statutory duties would be financed by a discretionary government grant to be awarded by Traficom.

What's next?

Parliament will first hold a referral debate on the government proposal in a plenary session. The proposal then proceeds to a committee reading. Following the committee report, the debate will continue in a plenary session.

The national implementation of the ITS Directive of the EU must be completed by the end of 2025. The proposed acts are scheduled to enter into force on 1 January 2026.

Inquiries:

Kirsi Miettinen, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Legislative Affairs, tel. +358 295 34 2570, [email protected]