The Ministry of Transport and Communications has set up a legislative project to bring into force nationally the agreement on taxi transport services between Finland and Norway, said the ministry in a press release on Wednesday.
On 13 March 2025, Finland’s Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne and Norway’s Minister of Transport and Communications Jon-Ivar Nygård signed an agreement in Oslo, Norway, on cross-border transport by taxi between Finland and Norway.
The agreement will enter into force once both Finland and Norway have taken the necessary national measures.
In Finland, entry into force requires an act, which this legislative project will draft.
The agreement between Finland and Norway will enable transport by taxi between the countries.
It will clarify the rights and duties of tax service providers in cross-border transport, facilitate supervision, and strengthen the Finnish-Norwegian cooperation in the transport sector.
A taxi company established in the territory of Finland or Norway may transport passengers from its home state to the other contracting state.
The taxi company may also pick up passengers in the other contracting state and take them back to its home state, if the service has been booked in advance.
The agreement also allows transport through the other contracting state to a third state, as long as the taxi does not take new passengers onboard during the journey.
The Government should send the proposal on bringing the agreement into force out for comments in spring 2025 and submit it to Parliament in summer 2025.
The act will enter into force on a date to be determined by government decree once Norway has completed its own national measures and the agreement can be implemented.
- Finland
- Norway
- Cross-border
- Taxi
Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
