Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
15
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Kaupan liitto ry - Finnish Commerce Federation
EU Transparency Register
141376015883-52 First registered on 06 Feb 2015
Goals / Remit
Finnish Commerce Federation is a nationwide lobbying organisation whose mission is to promote Finnish commerce. We work to improve the operating conditions for companies active in wholesale and retail trade, to stimulate co-operation within the sector and to enhance the commercial and employer interests of our members.
We play an important role in the labour market, negotiating collective labour agreements, resolving labour disputes and serving our members in employment issues. Our aim is to increase further the scope and relevance our member services.Main EU files targeted
- Single market and consumers, esp. free movement of goods, digital consumer rights, product safety and liability
- Digital transition and e-commerce, esp. online platforms, data, privacy and general RDI
- Green transition, esp. circular economy, sustainable products and consumption, waste, energy efficiency
- Sustainable corporate governance
- Initiatives related to VAT and customs
- Payments, esp. retail payment solutions, digital currency and payment terms
- Social affairs and education and training
- Trade, including initiatives related transport and logisticss, global e-commerce and CBAM
- Better regulationAddress
Head Office
Eteläranta 10
Helsinki 00131 - PL 340
FINLANDEU Office
Avenue de Cortenbergh 172 c/o Confederation of Finnish Industries
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 05 May 2024
Name Start date End Date Ilari KALLIO 07 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Janne Koivisto 15 Jan 2020 29 May 2020 Janne Koivisto 29 Jan 2019 15 Jan 2020 Janne Koivisto 09 Feb 2018 29 Jan 2019 Janne Koivisto 28 Feb 2017 09 Feb 2018 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
National level: Confederation on Finnish Industries EK
EU level: EuroCommerce and Ecommerce Europe
See also https://kauppa.fi/en/finnish-commerce-federation/commerces-international-partner-organisations/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Objectives of the Finnish Commerce Federation for the parliamentary term 2024–2029, see: https://kauppa.fi/en/uutishuone/2023/11/27/objectives-of-the-finnish-commerce-federation-for-the-parliamentary-term-2024-2029-the-next-commission-must-ensure-the-competitiveness-of-european-companies-in-the-commerce-sector/
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
15 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 10 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject retail and wholesale sector for the next Commission Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Tuure Taneli Lahti (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jun 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital trade and sustainable consumption Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Elina Laurinen (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject sustainable consumption and consumer protection law’ Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject Data Act, AI Act. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Nov 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Meeting at request of Finnish Commerce Federation (Chief Policy Adviser on EU affairs and Corporate Law) to discuss New Consumer Agenda and incoming online shopping directive and Corporate responsibility regulation DG Justice and Consumers Attending - Salla Saastamoinen (Director-General)
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Date 12 Nov 2020 Location Brussels Subject DSA and DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject European commerce and EU Digital package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
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Date 18 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Digital services act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Oct 2019 Location BREY-Brussels Subject Courtesy meeting to introduce themselves and present their priorities DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Timo Pesonen (Acting Director-General)
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Date 26 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject European retail sector Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Risto Artjoki (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject E-commerce, platform economy, unfair trade practices in the food supply chain, best practices in the retail sector Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Marika Lautso-Mousnier (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Oct 2017 Location Brussels, BERL Subject exchange of views on EU Food Supply Chain Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject food suply chain Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject unfaire trading practices in the food supply chain Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jan 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Governance and specificities of the Finnish national Supply Chain Initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)