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Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Netherlands Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel) (KvK)
EU Transparency Register
64945441527-14 First registered on 15 Apr 2009
Goals / Remit
The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce - Source for Entrepreneurship
The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce is a modern public service provider dedicated to make life easier for entrepreneurs by providing useful information. The Chamber of Commerce manages the national business register and offers reliable information on every company, enhancing legal certainty in doing business.
Through the knowledge, data and networks of the Chamber of Commerce, entrepreneurs are provided with objective information and advice on business start-up and transfer, growth, finance, internationalisation and innovation.
The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce has 19 offices across the country and approximately 1400 employees.
Main tasks:
• Managing the business register
• Providing information, advice and support to business (e.g. business start-up, finance, internationalisation, innovation)
• Manager & developer of (digital) business plazas
• Innovation promotion
• Promotion of regional economic development
• Export documents and other services
Main fact & figures 2015:
23 million visits to www.kvk.nl (chamber website)
2 million visits to OP.nl (Digital Entrepreneurs Plaza)
A business register with 2,5 million registered companies
225.000 new registrations
24 million business register products sold
• Over 1 million customer contacts/questions per year via web, socials, chat, telephone, email and desks
65.000 more complex questions via our knowledge & advice center (250 questions a day)
• A Business Panel with 6.000 entrepreneurs (response > 50%)
• 750.000 issued export documentsMain EU files targeted
- Internal Market, Industry, Enterpreneurship and SMEs
- Digital Single Market & Digital Economy
- Justice
- Research and Innovation
- Better Regulation
- CustomsAddress
Head Office
Sint Jacobsstraat 300
Utrecht 3511 BT
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People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 25% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 03 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Remco de Bruijn 20 Mar 2017 30 May 2017 Mr Remco de Bruijn 06 May 2015 04 May 2016 Mr Remco de Bruijn 20 Jun 2012 01 Aug 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Remco de Bruijn (Sr. Adviser EU Public Affairs / EU coordinator)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Claudia Zuiderwijk (President & CEO)
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Categories
Category
VI - Organisations representing local, regional and municipal authorities, other public or mixed entities, etc.
Subcategory
Other public or mixed entities, created by law whose purpose is to act in the public interest
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Networking
Affiliation
The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce is member of Eurochambres (Association of European Chambers of Commerce) and ICC (International Chamber of Commerce).
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
1,603,531 € (Source: COSME, ERDF, Horizon 2020, FP7)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Company Law Expert Group - Business Registers (CLEG-BR)
ACC
Committee on Interconnection of Central, Commercial and Companies' Registers
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
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Meetings
Meetings
None declared