Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Finland Chamber of Commerce (Keskuskauppakamari) |
| Acronym: |
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| Legal status: |
Registered association
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| Website address: |
http://www.keskuskauppakamari.fi
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Sections
| Section: |
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations |
| and more precisely: |
Trade, business & professional associations |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Risto E. J. Penttilä
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| Position: |
Director General |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Leena Linnainmaa
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| Position: |
Deputy Director General |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
17 Aleksanterinkatu
P.O. box: POB 1000
Helsinki 00101
FINLAND
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| Telephone number: |
(+358) 942426200 |
| Fax number: |
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| Other contact information: |
Finland Chamber of Commerce is a national body for co-operation of Finland's nineteen independent regional Chambers of Commerce in Finland. The Chambers of Commerce have over 17,000 companies or organizations as their members, representing all the fields and branches of trade and industry. Most of the members are small or medium-sized enterprises. Companies have the opportunity to influence their business environment in the committees of Chambers of Commerce which introduce and stress the point of view of businesses in the proposals for bills concerning trade and industry.
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
Finland Chamber of Commerce promotes entrepreneurship and a favourable business environment in Finland and coordinates the operations of the nineteen independent regional Chambers of Commerce in Finland. The 19 Finnish Chambers of Commerce have approximately 17.200 member companies.
Finland Chamber of Commerce ensures self-regulation in business; offers services related to, for example, dispute resolution, goods inspection and property valuation, as well as issues recommendations concerning corporate governance and awards Medals of Merit. The Auditing Board of Finland Chamber of Commerce authorises and oversees auditors.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
8
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Complementary information:
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Audiovisual and Media
- Competition
- Consumer Affairs
- Customs
- Economic and Financial Affairs
- Education
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Enterprise
- Home Affairs
- Information Society
- Internal Market
- Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Regional Policy
- Research and Technology
- Taxation
- Trade
- Trans-European Networks
- Transport
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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Finland is a member of Eurochambres. Eurochambres is a co-operation body and network of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2011
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12/2011
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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< 50000
€
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Amount and source of funding received from the EU institutions in financial year n-1 of registration
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Procurement:
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0 €
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Grants:
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0 €
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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The operations of Finland Chamber of Commerce are based on Act on Chambers of Commerce of 2002.
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