International Chamber of Commerce
| International Chamber of Commerce - The World Business Organization (ICC) |
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| purpose | Support and promote global trade |
| Chair: | Harold McGraw III |
| Establishment date: | 1919 |
| Number of members: | over 7000 |
| Seat : | Paris |
| Website: | www.iccwbo.com |
The International Chamber of Commerce ( . English : International Chamber of Commerce , French. : Chambre de commerce international ; short ICC ) is an international non-governmental organization based in Paris . Its task is to support and promote worldwide trade and globalization .
activities
As one of the most important institutions in the world economy, it has observer status in almost all relevant international organizations .
In international foreign trade , the uniform guidelines published by the International Chamber of Commerce, for example for the processing of letters of credit ( UCP 600 ) or document collections (ERI 522), have been recognized and, despite the lack of international agreements, form a reliable basis for the contracting parties. The members adopted a first version of the international trade clauses INCOTERMS as early as 1936.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has had a court of arbitration since 1923. This is the oldest, globally recognized and private arbitration institution that administers arbitration proceedings as well as mediation and arbitration proceedings and is thus supposed to resolve disputes between international trading partners confidentially, quickly and fairly.
Subsidiaries and national agencies
The ICC maintains an office at the World Trade Organization in Geneva and the UN in New York, as well as an arbitration institution in Paris.
The influence of the ICC is based on the worldwide network of its national committees, which can be found in more than 90 countries. In addition, the ICC has direct members in a further 34 countries.
The German Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Germany) has its seat in Berlin , the Austrian ( ICC Austria ) in Vienna and the Swiss in Zurich .
history
Before the First World War there was no international chamber of commerce. However, international congresses were organized by the national chambers of commerce. These took place in Liège (1905), Milan (1906), Prague (1908), London (1910), Boston (1912) and Paris (1914). As an organization, the International Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1919 by representatives from Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy and the USA in Atlantic City (New Jersey) . Today's ICC Austria joined the organization in 1921, the German group of the International Chamber of Commerce in autumn 1925.
Former French economics minister and first president, Etienne Clémentel , advocated the establishment of the International Chamber of Commerce in 1919 with the aim of opening up markets to trade and investment. Initially the organization consisted of Belgium, Great Britain, France, Italy and the United States.
The members chose Paris as their headquarters and installed the International Court of Arbitration there in 1923 , which is now the oldest institution for arbitration and amicable dispute resolution.
The congresses of the International Chamber of Commerce as assemblies of the members usually took place every two years. After it was founded, these were: London (1921), Rome (1923), Brussels (1925), Stockholm (1927), Amsterdam (1929), Washington (1931, President: Franz von Mendelssohn ), Vienna (1933), Paris (1935) ) and Berlin (1937).
One area of interest was the monitoring of reparations payments and war debts. After the beginning of World War II , all activities were relocated to neutral Sweden.
In the early 1980s, the ICC established three crime-fighting offices based in London. The International Maritime Bureau monitors piracy and deals with other relevant questions about crime at sea. The Financial Investigation Bureau is responsible for money laundering and fraud . The Counterfeiting Intelligence Bureau pursues cases of brand and product piracy .
The chamber now has well over 7,000 members.
See also
literature
- Monika Rosengarten: The International Chamber of Commerce . (= Writings on Economic and Social History Volume 65). Duncker & Humblot Publishing House, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-342850411-4
Web links
- Homepage of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- ICC Commercial Crime Services
- ICC Court of Arbitration
- ICC Germany
- ICC Austria
- ICC Switzerland
- Early documents and newspaper articles on the International Chamber of Commerce in the 20th Century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .