The Finnish Consumers'  Association

Mannerheimintie 15 A
00260 Helsinki
Finland

Tel.  +358-9-454 2210
Fax. +358-9-454 22120

e-mail: suomen@kuluttajaliitto.fi
www.kuluttajaliitto.fi

The Finnish Consumers' Association is an independent promoter of the interests and rights of consumers.

The objects for which the Finnish Consumers' Association is established are

• to encourage consumers to work actively for their interests and to promote this kind of co-operation
• to promote and advance consumer interests in society and on the market by means of informal action
• to further the principles of fairness and sustainable consumption
• to promote consumer awareness
• to work for environmental protection
  

Functions of the Finnish Consumers' Association

• protection of consumers interests
• local and regional consumer activities
• consumer education
• production and dissemination of information
• national and international cooperation.

Members of the Finnish Consumers Association

• 64 local and regional consumer associations (which are members of the Finnish Consumers' Association and can have only individual members)
• 11 national federations, unions and associations representing various interests that are related to consumer issues
  

International Co-operation

The Finnish Consumers' Association is represented in the following international organisations/bodies:

• Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs (BEUC)
• Consumers International (CI)
• The Nordic Advisory Council on Consumer Affairs
• European Consumer Consultative Group (ECCG)
  
• Association de Normalisation Europeenne pour les Consommateurs (ANEC)

The Finnish Consumers' Association co-operates with

• the Estonian Consumer Union (Eesti Tarbijakaitse Liit)
• national bodies dealing with international/European consumer issues