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January 30, 2012 12:00 AM
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Photo credits: the France has 148 local chambers of commerce and industry (CCI) and 21 regional chambers of commerce and industry (RCCI). The Assembly of French Chambers of commerce and industry (ACFCI) is the national and facilitator of these rooms.

Represent, advise, train, équiper As economic institutions, chambers of commerce and industry, represented at the national level by the Assembly of French Chambers of commerce and industry (ACFCI), are responsible for representing the interests of commercial, industrial companies and service of a particular geographical area and provide some services...

History

Chambers of commerce and industry have their origin in the middle ages: in France as in other European countries, merchants gathered in informal institutions to defend their common interests and adjust their internal conflicts, including in ports and towns where fairs were held. The first French Chamber of commerce was officially created in Marseille in 1599, followed by one dozen others. Removed in 1791, they were restored by 1 Napoleon in 1802 and saw their missions clarified and consolidated throughout the 19th century, until the Act of 9 April 1898, which still governs their administrative, legal and financial regime. The France is now 148 Chambers of commerce and industry (CCI) local and 21 regional chambers of commerce and industry (RCCI). The Assembly of French Chambers of commerce and industry (ACFCI) is the national and facilitator of these rooms: it is the successor to the Assembly permanent of the JIU, created in 1964.

Members

All companies listed in the registry of Commerce and corporations (CHN) are nationals of an ICC. Each Chamber is composed of members elected from among the entrepreneurs in the constituency for 5 years (they form the General Assembly, decision-making body), associate member (appointed by the General Assembly, participating in the deliberations with a consultative voice) and technical advisors co-opted by the General Assembly. As the President of the ACFCI, he is also elected for 5 years by his peers, i.e. the Presidents of ICC, themselves entrepreneurs. It is surrounded by 180 direct employees, under the responsibility of a Director General. The resources of the ACFCI is taken from a share of the TATP (additional fee to the professional tax, collected from companies), grants and own revenue related to specific services and products.

The IAB in chiffresLe the IAB network has 5,000 members elected by universal suffrage of the companies and 30,000 employees spread over the whole of the territory, linked by Intranet. The overall budget of the ICC represents 3.52 billion euros, of which nearly 1 billion from the IATP (additional taxation to business tax). Their activity is extended to the international by 110 rooms French Commerce and industry overseas (CCIFE), present in 75 countries.

Inputs

Business leaders can refer to the IAB for any issue of development: funding, innovation, training and export Specialized advisers offer their help, free or pay form depending on the nature of the benefit. The IAB also provide a "single window" function for creating a company through their Centres of formalities of enterprises (CFE): they record each year more than 800,000 formalities related to the creation, recovery or transfer of businesses, approximately 60 of the formalities carried out in France. Among their activities, the IAB also manages training facilities, airports, ports, road complexes, palais des congrès and parks of exhibitions The ACFCI is to represent and defend the interests of the 2 million nationals companies with public authorities French and European, international bodies and large public and private partners. It must also provide support and Council to the ICC in their activities and facilitate the pooling of good practice and exchange of experiences, to increase the homogeneity and the quality of the services on the whole of the territory.

Major appointments

The consular network is a partner of many events related to entrepreneurship and to the trade: check with your local ICC! The directory of Chambers of commerce and industry is available.