JUSTNORTH Regulatory and Policy Database

   

Regulation:Act on Railways (Rautatielaki)
Short name:Finnish Railways Act
Number:304/2011
Issuing entity:Finland
Date:2011/04/08
Reference:https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/alkup/2011/20110304
Hard/soft law instrument:Hard law
Relevant justice questions:

Chosen justice question particularly relevant for the regulatory/policy framework (in the light of JUSTNORTH research, aimed at supporting future justice-focused research on Arctic governance):

Weighting values: Does the framework promote certain values and interests at the expense of others? Whose interests are being promoted? 

Procedural justice: What are the opportunities for participation in decision-making and who is envisaged as a stakeholder?

Inclusion and participation: Are all relevant stakeholders/rightsholders included in the governance/decision-making process and are there any important stakeholders who are excluded?

Spatial Justice: How will the instrument alter spatial relationships? What harms or benefits might arise from the changes in spatial relationships?

Landscape justice: Who owns this landscape?

Landscape justice: Who is excluded from the landscape and its governance?

Climate justice: How does the instrument affect the climate change?

Intergenerational justice: What implications does the framework have for future generations?

Environmental justice and ethics: What identifiable actual or potential environmental harms and benefits are governed by the given regulatory framework? How are they distributed?

Rights: Which rights and rights frameworks are expressly included in the governance framework, which are missing?

Level:National and EU/EEA
Remarks: 
Brief description:

The purpose of this law is to promote rail traffic, the safety and interoperability of the rail system, and the efficient use of the rail network. The aim of the law is also to create equal and non-discriminatory conditions for the operation of the railway market.


Economic and social activity:

Land use management
Transport

Regulatory concern:

Community and regional development and cross-border cooperation
Environment and climate change
Land, coastal and maritime management

Case study relevance

CS13: Transportation Links and Power Disparities: The Arctic Railway Plans in Finland
CS14: Mining in the Finnish Arctic