Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg

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The Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (1940–1942: Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and Industry ) is the Chamber of Commerce for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with its seat on the Kirchberg Plateau in Luxembourg .

history

On October 1, 1841, Grand Duke Wilhelm II issued the decree establishing the Chamber of Commerce based on the French model. The chamber had 21 members. 10 of these went to trade, with one member each elected by the spinning mills, the ironworks, the glove makers, the paper mills, the mill owners, the tobacco mills and the weaving mills. Two members were elected from the tanning industry. The oldest third of the members after term of office resigned every two years. A re-election of the resigned members was possible. The President of the Chamber was elected by this, whereby the election had to be confirmed by the Grand Duke. The Chamber of Commerce met at least quarterly. Her tasks included advising the government and promoting the economy.

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg had been a member of the German Customs Union since 1842 . Even if it did not later become a member of the North German Confederation , the Chamber of Commerce remained a member of the German Trade Day .

The role and tasks of the Chamber of Commerce were first confirmed by the law of April 4, 1924, creating the elected professional chambers in Luxembourg.

In May 1940 German troops occupy Luxembourg. The government and the Grand Duchess fled into exile in London . After a military administration , a civil administration was set up under Gustav Simon , NSDAP Gauleiter of the neighboring Gau Moselland. The Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce has now been renamed the German model in Chamber of Commerce and brought into line . The self-government of the economy was abolished, the President of the Chamber appointed and the leader principle introduced. The President of the Chamber of Commerce Trier was appointed acting president . The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Luxembourg was now involved in the Aryanization of Jewish companies: 75 of the 335 Jewish companies were Aryanized and the rest were closed.

In 1942, the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and Industry was incorporated into the Moselland Economic Chamber . However, the Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Crafts Luxembourg were given a local form of organization related to Luxembourg in the form of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, which was part of the Gau Wirtschaftskammer .

With the occupation of Luxembourg by American troops, Luxembourg regained its independence in 1944. The Chamber of Crafts and Commerce were separated again and the status quo ante was legally restored.

The legal framework of the Chamber of Commerce was reformed and modernized by the law of October 26, 2010.

organization

The highest decision-making body of the Chamber of Commerce is the General Assembly. This consists of 25 members who are elected for five years and divided into six groups of voters. The General Assembly determines the internal organization of the Chamber of Commerce and, subject to the approval of the Government, appoints the General Manager.

The General Assembly elects the President and the Executive Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce.

tasks

The six main tasks of the Chamber of Commerce are:

  1. Participation in the legislative process through the preparation of expert opinions
  2. Promotion of entrepreneurship, start-ups and business development
  3. Promotion of economic and trade relations with foreign countries
  4. Educational offers
  5. Service offers for companies and the public
  6. public relation

literature

Hans-Erich Volkmann: Luxembourg under the sign of the swastika: a political economic history 1933 to 1944, 2010, ISBN 978-3-506-77067-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Oesterreichischer Beobachter, 1841, p. 1180, online
  2. ^ Negotiations of the German Trading Day: shorthand report, Volume 4, 1868, p. 16, online
  3. ↑ Jean-Marc Dreyfus: West and Northern Europe 1940 - June 1942, Volume 5 Volume 5 of: Katja Happe, Maja Peers (Ed.): The persecution and murder of European Jews by National Socialist Germany 1933-1945, 2012, ISBN 9783486586824 , P. 549, online
  4. ↑ Luxemburg under the swastika, pp. 201–205

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 '26.3 "  N , 6 ° 8' 55.8"  E