Streamlining legislation at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment promotes the streamlining of business regulation both in its own activities and in central government as a whole.

In Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's Government Programme, the Government is committed to ensuring that the administrative burden on businesses will not increase during the government term. In order to achieve this goal, the One-in, One-out principle will be applied throughout the Government as of 1st February 2024. In addition, the Government is committed to dismantling at least 300 regulatory norms that hamper businesses and citizens during its term of office.

The streamlining of regulation concerning companies and the removal of unnecessary norms concerning companies and citizens are coordinated by a cross-administrative Steering group for reducing the administrative burden and deregulation, which reports on its work to the Ministerial working Group on Employment and Entrepreneurship.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has applied the One-in, One-out principle since 2017. Its key objective is to curb the increase in the regulatory burden on businesses. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment will develop tools for assessing the regulatory burden and support other ministries in carrying out the regulatory impact assessment.

Further information: erno.mahonen(at)gov.fi and tiina.haanpaa(at)gov.fi