The Finnish Bar Association
Acronym: FBA
General Information
Identification Code: 110038846474-18
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Entity Form: Public entity established by law
Registration Category: Other organisations, public or mixed entities
Registration Date: 5/13/2022
Last Update: 5/6/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: The FBA is a public entity that is founded by law (The Finnish Advocates Act 496/1958), and the statutes of the FBA have been verified by the Finnish Ministry of Justice (Statutes of the Finnish Bar Association 540/2012). The FBA has statutory responsibilities and acts as “indirect public administration” handling its responsibilities in the Finnish Legal system. These responsibilities include for example approving new Attorneys-at-law and supervising the professional activities of Attorneys-at-law, Licensed Legal Counsels and Public Legal Aid attorneys. The Finnish legal system does not include a monopoly on Attorneys-at-law.
The FBA is not a trade union and does not represent interests of any commercial nature nor its members. All activities and actions taken by the FBA aim to ensure the realization of the principle of Rule of Law and impartiality of the lawyers representing and defending clients before the courts of law.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Digital economy and society
- Fraud prevention
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Single market
Levels of Interest:
- european
- national
- sub-national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: The charter of fundamental rights of the European Union
The annual Rule of law report
The Committee of Experts on the Protection of Lawyers
The proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing
The Artificial Intelligence Act
The proposal for a Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence and annex
The Digitalisation of Justice
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Mikonkatu 25PL 194
Post Code: 00101
City: Helsinki
Country: FINLAND
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EU Office
Address: Mikonkatu 25PL 194
Post Code: 00101
City: Helsinki
Country: FINLAND
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: The membership and supervisory fee of public legal aid lawyers and the supervisory fee of trial counsels will be paid to the Ministry of Justice Finland, which transfers the amount to the Finnish Bar Association.
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 2
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 3
Members F T E: 0.44999998807907104
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: The Finnish Bar Association operates nationwide through 12 chapters. https://asianajajaliitto.fi/en/finnish-bar-association/organisation/chapters/
Organisation Members: The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) https://www.ccbe.eu/about/who-we-are/
International Bar Association (IBA) https://www.ibanet.org/
The United Nations Global Compact https://www.unglobalcompact.org/
International Institute of Law Association Chief Executives (IILACE) https://iilace.org