International Chamber of Commerce
Acronym: ICC
General Information
Identification Code: 567824152726-28
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Entity Form: Association
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 2/12/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is the institutional representative of more than
45 million companies in over 170 countries. ICC’s core mission is to make business work for everyone, every day, everywhere. Through a unique mix of advocacy, solutions and standard setting, we promote international trade, responsible business conduct and a global approach to regulation, in addition to providing market-leading dispute resolution services. Our members include many of the world’s leading companies, SMEs, business associations and local chambers of commerce.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Banking and financial services
- Business and industry
- Climate action
- Customs
- Digital economy and society
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Energy
- Environment
- Taxation
- Trade
Levels of Interest:
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: The EU policy areas which are of main relevance to our work are the following: Tax, Customs, Environment, Trade and IP.
Below you can find the detailed list of proposals and policies per policy area:
TAX:
1. Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)
2. VAT in the Digital Age package
3. Council Directive establishing a Head Office Tax system for micro, small and medium sized enterprises
4. Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 of 14 December 2022 on ensuring a global minimum level of taxation for multinational enterprise groups and large-scale domestic groups in the Union
5. Council Directive on transfer pricing
CUSTOMS:
6. EU Customs Reform proposals put forward in May 2023
ENVIRONMENT:
7. EU Green Deal - Fit for 55 package
8. Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
TRADE:
9. Trade policy developments in relation to the 2021 Communication from the from the European Commission, Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and social committee and the Committee of the Regions "Trade Policy Review - An Open, Sustainable and Assertive Trade Policy"
IP:
10. Proposals for a Regulation on Supplementary Protection Certificates
11. Proposal for a Regulation on Compulsory Licensing of Patents
12. Proposal for a Regulation on Standard Essential Patents
DIGITAL:
13. EU AI Act
14. Proposal for a Regulation of the EU Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/881 as regards managed security service (EU Cybersecurity Act)
15. Digital Services Act (DSA)
MARKETING:
16. European Commission proposal - Green Claims Directive
Communication Activities: The activities undertaken in the EU policies area above are the following:
- Submission of responses to EU Public Consultations
- Participation in the EU Platform for Tax Good Governance and EU VAT Experts Group (until Summer 2022)
- Informative sessions for our members where the content of policies proposals was explained and discussed
- Statements and public responses to EU proposals such as the one on the Green Claims Directive (https://iccwbo.org/news-publications/policies-reports/icc-response-to-european-commissions-green-claims-directive/) and the one on the implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (https://iccwbo.org/news-publications/policies-reports/icc-recommendations-to-the-european-commission-on-the-implementation-of-the-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism/)
- Discussion of EU policy proposals at conference where EU Commission officers were invited as speakers (https://iccwbo.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/Programme-Tokyo-2023-Competition-Conference.pdf)
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: 33-43 avenue du Président Wilson
Post Code: 75116
City: Paris
Country: FRANCE
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EU Office
Address: 33-43 avenue du Président Wilson
Post Code: 75116
City: Paris
Country: FRANCE
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 5
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 5
Members F T E: 0.5
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: ICC is headquartered in Paris (France) but it comprises a network of 89 National Committees around the world. Many of them are also established within Chambers of Commerce.
More information can be found at this link: https://iccwbo.org/national-committees/