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By the 1850s, customs duties' share of total tax revenue was over 40 percent. The directorate was renamed the Board of Customs in 1881. The customs service of the Grand Duchy of Finland was autonomous from the customs service of the Russian Empire, and thus the transition to the customs service of an independent Finland in 1917 was smooth. [2]
Law enforcement agencies of Finland (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Government agencies of Finland" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Persons with permanent residence outside Finland may drive foreign-registered car in Finland for six months, or up to 18 months if residence abroad is separately proven to Customs. [67] As an exception, European Civil Service employees working for the European Union are exempt from the car tax for their personal vehicle.
The Finnish Tax Administration had 4,983 employees in 2016. [1] It collects around two-thirds of the taxes in the country, with the rest being collected by the Finnish Customs and the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom. [2] It collects around 55 billion euros and operates with a 408 million euro budget. [1]
The Customs also occasionally enforces laws such as fuel taxes and vehicle traffic-worthiness, without connection to imported goods. Police, Customs and Border Guard have close inter-agency cooperation. PCB (police, border guard and customs) is a scheme for cooperation between the police, border guard and customs. In a PCB patrol, there is a ...
The possibility to change Finnish laws against the constitution without acceptance from the estates undermined the constitutional government, and if any matter concerning Finland could be moved away from the decision of the Finnish legislative bodies without prior confirmation, Finland would no longer constitute a state.
Following the 2007 and 2008 shootings, Finland tightened its gun legislation in 2010 and introduced an aptitude test for all firearms licence applicants. The minimum age for applicants was also ...
He was the Director-General of Finnish Customs. In July 2006 he was elected chairman of the Council of the World Customs Organization . Before being nominated to the head to the Finnish customs in 1998 he served as a manager in charge of foreign subsidiaries at Outokumpu Oy and before that at economist positions at different Finnish ministries.