Overview
Lobbying Costs
350,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Nordic Federation of Public Accountants (NRF)
EU Transparency Register
49225472560-06 First registered on 28 Oct 2009
Goals / Remit
To promote the professional interests of its Members through advocating and promoting common positions on all important political, professional and ethical issues affecting the accounting and auditing profession in the Nordic region. The objective of NRF is to strengthen the influence and position of its Members and NRF in international professional organisations and other important political and professional bodies.
Ensuring that the relevance of the accountancy and auditing profession and its important public interest role in relation to governance and securing the validity of the financial reporting supply chain is broadly recognised. This includes:
- Influencing companies and their stakeholders, public authorities and other parties as well as initiating actions to promote the relevance of the accounting and auditing profession through a better understanding of the value of the audit and other services provided by the independent public accountant.
- Introducing in the Members' countries established international professional standards relating to the accountancy profession, in particular concerning audit, assurance, independence, ethics, corporate reporting and other important parts of the professional framework
- Influencing clients, public authorities and the community in general, to promote understanding of the value of auditing and other services performed by public accountants
- Joint development and enhancement of competence in other important areas of common interest to NRFs MembersMain EU files targeted
All EU legislation, policies and initiatives covering the areas of audit and assurance, financial and non-financial reporting, direct and indirect taxation, corporate governance, company law, education and qualifications of accountants and auditors and all other areas which have a direct or indirect impact on the competition, development and sustainability of the accounting and auditing profession.
Address
Head Office
Fleminggatan 7
Stockholm SE-113 82
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Helene Agélii (Secretary General & CEO)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Helene Agélii (Secretary General & CEO)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
NRF itself does not belong to any other organisations, but it has close relations to Accountancy Europe, formerly the Federation des Experts Comptables Européens (FEE), and the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), where NRF's members are also members.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
350,000€
Other financial info
NRF basically works by coordinating the activities of its Members, the professional bodies of accountants of the five Nordic countries. NRF therefore has a small budget of its own, which is funded by its members. Its financial reports are not published but will be sent to anybody on demand.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Community legislation and public initiatives in the areas of accounting, auditing and tax, including both technical and ethical aspects.
Meetings
Meetings
None declared