Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.5 Fte (14)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
8
High-level Commission meetings
37
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Finnish Forest Industries Federation (Metsäteollisuus ry) (FFIF)
EU Transparency Register
39671713910-36 First registered on 23 Jul 2010
Goals / Remit
The Finnish Forest Industries Federation represents the interests of companies that engage in the forest-based industry and associated activities in Finland. It promotes the competitiveness and profitability of paper and wood products manufacturing by strengthening the industry's operating environment and positive public image in Finland and abroad. The Federation has over 80 member companies that operate in the pulp, paper, paperboard and packaging industries. Member companies in the wood products sector include industrial-scale sawmills, panel manufacturers as well as producers of construction joinery products and prefabricated wooden houses.
There are approx 50 pulp and paper mills in Finland. In addition, over 230 industrial-scale sawmills, panel factories and other wood products firms are active in Finland.Main EU files targeted
EU energy and climate change policy
EU policies related to forests and nature
EU circular economy and waste policy
EU environmental policy
EU policies related to transportation and logistics
EU trade policy
EU employment and social affairs policy
EU policies related to finance
EU policies related to sustainabilityAddress
Head Office
Snellmaninkatu 13
HELSINKI 00170
FINLANDEU Office
Snellmaninkatu 13
HELSINKI 00170
FINLANDWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
14
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 50% 6 25% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
8 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Atte Isoaho 09 Sep 2024 08 Sep 2025 Maija RANTAMÄKI 01 Oct 2024 01 Oct 2025 Alina KOSKELA 16 Oct 2024 15 Oct 2025 Ahti FAGERBLOM 09 Sep 2024 08 Sep 2025 Katriina VALKEAPÄÄ 10 Sep 2024 09 Sep 2025 Kaisu Karvala 31 May 2024 30 May 2025 Lydia DETTLING 15 May 2024 14 May 2025 Maija RANTAMÄKI 20 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Aaron Vuola 22 Apr 2024 21 Mar 2025 Ahti FAGERBLOM 14 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Katriina VALKEAPÄÄ 06 Feb 2024 25 Sep 2024 Alina KOSKELA 31 Jan 2024 04 Oct 2024 Maija RANTAMÄKI 21 Apr 2023 20 Mar 2024 Aaron Vuola 20 Apr 2023 26 Apr 2024 Ahti FAGERBLOM 20 Apr 2023 14 Mar 2024 Ms Kaisu KARVALA 20 Apr 2023 26 Apr 2024 Niemi KAROLIINA 20 Apr 2023 26 Apr 2024 Tuomas TIKKA 06 Oct 2018 05 Oct 2019 Niemi KAROLIINA 18 May 2018 18 May 2019 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
Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI)
Confederation of European Wood-working Industries (CEI-Bois)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
300,000€ - 399,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
37 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 05 Nov 2024 Location Brussels Subject Bioeconomy. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Attending - Taru Haapaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Jul 2024 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Exhibition presentation in FFIF Brussels' Office and general discussion about EU forest issues in the future. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Attending - Taru Haapaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jun 2024 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on deforestation regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Attending - Thomas Woolfson (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 May 2024 Location Brussels Subject practical application of the deforestation regulation (EUDR) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Attending - Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject Deforestatioon regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Attending - Taru Haapaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jun 2023 Location Brussels Subject Soil health Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject Forests Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Feb 2023 Location Online meeting Subject Taxonomy and Forestry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Katherine Power (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2022 Location Online meeting Subject Imports of Birch plywood of Russian origin to the EU market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Katherine Power (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Imports of Birch plywood of Russian origin to the EU market Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Sofja Ribkina (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject European green deal and forests Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jun 2022 Location Sipoo, Finland Subject forest visit Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 11 Mar 2022 Location video-call Subject EU Nature Restoration Law Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Mar 2022 Location Virtual Subject EU Nature Restoration Law Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Andrea Vettori (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Apr 2021 Location video phone call Subject Contribution of Finnish forest sector to climate neutrality. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Apr 2021 Location Video conference Subject State of Play of the Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Tuure Taneli Lahti (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Green Deal, EU Biodiversity Strategy, Finnish forestry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Green Deal, the EU Biodiversity Strategy and the EU Forest Strategy. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Arto Virtanen (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject the Green Deal, the EU Biodiversity Strategy and the EU Forest Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Arto Virtanen (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Sep 2019 Location Brussels Subject Bioeconomy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Risto Artjoki (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Dec 2018 Location Strasbourg Subject Finnish EU-presidency and EU innovation policies Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
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Date 06 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject EU policies on energy & climate Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Bioeconomy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Issues related to trade with Russia Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject energy and climate policy, circular economy package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Renewable Energy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Large Combustion Plant Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
- Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Forestry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Forestry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union, Land use sectors, renewable energy, biomass sustainability, ETS, Transport, Energy Security Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject RES, biomass sustainability and LULUCF Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Apr 2015 Location BERL 10/286 Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Sarah Nelen (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Introductory meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable forest industries Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)