Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
55
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Metsäliitto Cooperative (Metsä Group)
EU Transparency Register
962687110415-94 First registered on 07 Jan 2013
Goals / Remit
Metsä Group is a responsible forest industry group who produces high-quality products mostly from renewable Nordic wood and wood fibre. Our core businesses are tissue and cooking papers, board, pulp, wood products, wood supply and forest management services. Metsä Group also has innovation company. It works actively in research and development in order to develop new products and to diversify the use of our current products. The Group tries to find ways to use its wood raw material more efficiently.
Metsä Group follows and takes interest in the development of regulatory frameworks affecting our operations and markets. We promote among others sustainable forest management and sustainable sourcing, resource-wise circular bioeconomy and the role of forest-based industries in achieving the objectives of the EU Green Deal. The group’s overall aim is to guarantee the global competitiveness of the European forest industry to maintain and increase industrial production in Europe.Main EU files targeted
Main EU legislative proposals under the Green Deal and Circular economy action plan, and Regulation on Nature Restoration, Taxonomy Technical Screening Criteria for Restoration of Biodiversity and Ecosystems, PPWR, IED, ETS, Sustainable Carbon Cycles, Finland's Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan to 2030, Finnish Forest Strategy 2035.
Following policies concerning climate change and energy, renewable energy, environment, transport, biodiversity, forest and wood availability, resource efficiency, bio-economy, circular economy, water, waste, packaging and recycling, product safety, food safety, innovations, wood products and construction, trade, corporate social responsibility, taxonomy.Address
Head Office
Revontulenpuisto, 2
Espoo FI-02020 Metsä
FINLANDEU Office
Rue Montoyer 40, 7th floor
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 2 50% 2 25% 2 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Christoph ZEILER 14 Oct 2024 14 Oct 2025 Kalle-Pekka Ikonen 14 Oct 2024 14 Oct 2025 Krista Katja Maria Kimmo 17 Jun 2024 17 Jun 2025 Julia JOUVENCON 14 Mar 2024 04 Oct 2024 Kalle Pekka IKONEN 22 Sep 2023 21 Sep 2024 Christoph ZEILER 16 Jan 2024 04 Oct 2024 Ricardo CAVADAS 17 Jan 2024 04 Oct 2024 Tytti PELTONEN 17 Jan 2024 04 Oct 2024 Tomi SALO 16 Jan 2024 04 Oct 2024 Ricardo CAVADAS 24 Jan 2023 17 Jan 2024 Julia JOUVENCON 14 Mar 2023 14 Mar 2024 Mr Rogaciano Cavadas 24 Jan 2023 16 Jan 2024 Tomi SALO 21 Jan 2023 16 Jan 2024 Christoph ZEILER 21 Jan 2023 16 Jan 2024 Tytti PELTONEN 21 Jan 2023 17 Jan 2024 Kalle Pekka IKONEN 20 Sep 2022 20 Sep 2023 Christoph ZEILER 30 Jan 2022 21 Jan 2023 Tomi SALO 28 Jan 2022 21 Jan 2023 Mr Rogaciano Cavadas 28 Jan 2022 24 Jan 2023 Tytti PELTONEN 28 Jan 2022 21 Jan 2023 Kalle Pekka IKONEN 28 Sep 2021 20 Sep 2022 Jari VOUTILAINEN 15 Jan 2021 15 Jan 2022 Christoph ZEILER 14 Jan 2021 30 Jan 2022 Mr Rogaciano Cavadas 14 Jan 2021 28 Jan 2022 Tytti PELTONEN 14 Jan 2021 28 Jan 2022 Tytti PELTONEN 21 Jan 2020 14 Jan 2021 Jari VOUTILAINEN 21 Jan 2020 15 Jan 2021 Tytti PELTONEN 24 Jan 2019 21 Jan 2020 Ms Judith AY 25 Sep 2018 28 Apr 2019 Jari VOUTILAINEN 08 Jun 2018 08 Jun 2019 Mr Rogaciano Cavadas 08 Jun 2018 08 Jun 2019 Tytti PELTONEN 31 Jan 2018 24 Jan 2019 Ms Judith AY 05 Oct 2017 25 Sep 2018 Tytti PELTONEN 04 Feb 2017 31 Jan 2018 Tytti PELTONEN 23 Jan 2016 22 Jan 2017 Tytti PELTONEN 19 Feb 2015 23 Jan 2016 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
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
The main European level associations are CEPI, CEI-Bois, EPPA, and BusinessEurope, ETS, 4evergreen, SFIF and FFIF Brussels offices. In addition, Metsä Group's business areas contribute to the work of several sectorial associations.
Member organisations
4evergreen alliance, bio-based industries consortium.
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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
200,000€ - 299,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Communication activities consist of meetings with our stakeholders and politicians and participating and organizing policy debates.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
55 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 11 Jul 2024 Location Brussels Subject Regenerative forestry, carbon management. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Attending - Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Jul 2024 Location Videoconference Subject EU Green Deal and strategic autonomy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Attending - Elina Laurinen (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Jul 2024 Location Videoconference Subject will follow Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Attending - Elina Laurinen (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 May 2024 Location Brussels Subject Forestry and bioeconomy sectors and their relevance for the EU Green Deal and strategic autonomy. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Attending - Taru Haapaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject High level dialogue on forest-based bioeconomy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 02 May 2023 Location video-call Subject EU policies concerning forests, including nature restoration law and forest monitoring proposal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Mar 2023 Location Virtual Subject To discuss the forthcoming forest related initiatives, such as the monitoring framework and Legislative Proposal on Soil Health Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Elena Montani (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject Biodiversity, taxonomy, forest monitoring law. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Dec 2022 Location Virtual Subject EU forest policy, including in the proposal for a Nature Restoration Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Elena Montani (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Nov 2022 Location Video Conferencing Subject Revision of the Renewable Energy Directive; LULUCF Regulation; Deforestation Regulation; Taxonomy and Nature Restoration Regulation, Carbon Removals and REPowerEU. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Barbara GLOWACKA (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Oct 2022 Location video-call Subject Circular economy and the revision of the EU packaging rules Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jun 2022 Location video-call Subject EU transition to a circular economy; fibre based packaging Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Nov 2021 Location video - conference Subject EU paper industry views on the Green Deal strategy and industry’s vision for 2030 Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jun 2021 Location video-call Subject European Green Deal and the preparation of the EU Forest Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jun 2021 Location Virtual Subject European Green Deal and the preparation of the EU Forest Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Camilla Bursi (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject taxonomy, industrial strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
- Eszter Batta (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Green Deal, forests and climate policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
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Date 14 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Green deal Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Arto Virtanen (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 May 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 23 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject Discuss Bio and Circular Economy, climate change mitigation, forestry and forest management, and UN SDGs DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Timo Pesonen (Acting Director-General)
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Date 10 Apr 2019 Location Brussels Subject European bioeconomy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Peter Wehrheim (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Mar 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 22 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Agri Mattrs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Climate and energy strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Risto Artjoki (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Investments, circular-bioeconomy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
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Date 07 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Bioeconomy and Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Tatu Liimatainen (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jan 2018 Location Helsinki, Finland Subject Rail Baltica DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 21 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject Europe as an investment environment Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
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Date 20 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject Current EU affairs Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Energy policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Food contact materials Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Dec 2016 Location Helsinki, Finland Subject Energy package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
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Date 22 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Energy package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Astrid Ladefoged (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Bio Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Oct 2016 Location Helsinki, Finland Subject reduction of transport emissions DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 06 Oct 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject bio economy DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 27 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Bioenergy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Renewable Energy Directive and, in particular, the material use of wood and the availability of wood raw material Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (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 17 Jun 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 15 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject Food packaging sustainability criteria Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Energy and Environment Policies Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject EFSI, Internal Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy and Energy Union Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 May 2015 Location Helsinki, Finland Subject Lunch 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 24 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Bio economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Bio Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 24 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Director-General's office Subject Next- generation bio-product mill DG Research and Innovation Attending - Robert-Jan Smits (Director-General)
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Date 23 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject European Fund for Strategic Investment, Energy Union Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Bioeconomy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Bioeconomy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Forest Industry issues Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)