Eurochambres


Eurochambres is the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry. The association is one of the largest business representative organisations in Brussels, representing over 20 million companies through 45 members and a European network of 1,700 regional and local Chambers. More than 93% of these businesses are small and medium sized enterprises.
Eurochambres' direct members are national associations of Chambers of Commerce based in 26 European Union countries, European Free Trade Association countries, and some Eastern European, Western Balkans and Mediterranean countries.
Eurochambres represents, serves and promotes European Chambers of Commerce and Industry through lobbying, development of projects and services to members.

History

Eurochambres was founded 28 February 1958 as the "Conférence Permanente des Chambres de Commerce et d’Industrie de la CEE" by six members with the mission to promote the views of Chamber organisations on the unification of national legislation at the European level and to form opinions regarding the modifications to be made to commercial legislation. An important objective of the Conférence was also to bring closer competences in order to provide an example of the European cooperation of the highest quality level. The Conférence Permanente held its first assembly in Strasbourg on 28 February 1958. Initial members were national association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Netherlands. The year 1961 saw the creation of the first technical committees and 4 new members joined. A permanent Secretariat was created in 1977.
Eurochambres, the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry was registered as an international non-profit organisation in Belgium in 1977. The network expanded progressively to 43 national associations plus 2 transnational organisations of Chambers from an enlarged Europe.
In 2008, Eurochambres organised the first "" that gathered some 774 European businesses of all sizes and from all sectors in the European Parliament hemicycle in Brussels. The opening session was led by Hans-Gert Pöttering, José Manuel Barroso, Hervé Novelli and Pierre Simon. Three sessions of debates and votes followed, each in the presence of a Member of the European Parliament and a European Commissioner. Further editions of the event were also organised in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016, in coordination with the European Parliament.

Current leadership

Information from official website.
Currently Eurochambres has 45 members, 43 of them being national chambers and 2 transnational chambers:
CountryName of organisationStatusDate of affiliation
AlbaniaUnion of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of AlbaniaAffiliated member10 October 2002
ArmeniaChamber of Commerce and Industry of ArmeniaAffiliated member20 October 2004
AustriaAustrian Federal Economic ChamberFull member22 November 1966
AzerbaijanChamber of Commerce and Industry of the Azerbaijan RepublicAffiliated member20 May 2005
BelarusBelarusian Chamber of Commerce and IndustryAffiliated member10 October 2002
BelgiumFederation of Belgian Chambers of CommerceFull member28 February 1958
Bosnia and HerzegovinaForeign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and HerzegovinaAffiliated member19 October 2001
BulgariaBulgarian Chamber of Commerce and IndustryFull member3 October 1994
CroatiaCroatian Chamber of EconomyFull member13 April 2000
CyprusCyprus Chamber of Commerce and IndustryFull member10 May 1974
Czech RepublicCzech Chamber of CommerceFull member3 October 1994
EstoniaEstonian Chamber of Commerce and IndustryFull member7 October 1993
FinlandFinland Chamber of CommerceFull member9 April 1987
FranceChambre de commerce et d'industrie de France - CCI FranceFull member28 February 1958
GeorgiaGeorgian Chamber of Commerce and IndustryAffiliated member20 October 2004
GermanyAssociation of German Chambers of Industry and CommerceFull member28 February 1958
GreeceUnion of Hellenic Chambers of Commerce and IndustryFull member30 August 1961
HungaryHungarian Chamber of Commerce and industryFull member20 April 1990
IrelandChambers IrelandFull member30 August 1961
IsraelFederation of Israeli Chambers of CommerceCorrespondent member28 April 1967
ItalyAssociation of Italian Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Craft and AgricultureFull member28 February 1958
KosovoKosova Chamber of CommerceAffiliated member16 October 2015
LatviaLatvian Chamber of Commerce and IndustryFull member7 October 1993
LithuaniaAssociation of Lithuanian Chambers of Commerce, Industry and CraftsFull member7 October 1993
LuxembourgChamber of Commerce of the Grand-Duchy of LuxembourgFull member28 February 1958
MacedoniaEconomic Chamber of MacedoniaAffiliated member22 May 2003
MaltaMalta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and IndustryFull member5 October 1989
MoldovaChamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of MoldovaFull member10 October 2002
MontenegroChamber of Commerce and Industry of MontenegroAffiliated member12 October 2006
NetherlandsNetherlands Chamber of CommerceFull member28 February 1958
NorwayFederation of Norwegian Commercial and Service EnterprisesAffiliated member1 December 1967
PolandPolish Chamber of CommerceFull member17 October 1991
PortugalPortuguese Chamber of Commerce and IndustryFull member28 November 1980
RomaniaChamber of Commerce and Industry of RomaniaFull member7 October 1993
RussiaChamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian FederationCorrespondent member23 April 1993
SerbiaChamber of Commerce and Industry of SerbiaAffiliated member19 October 2001
SlovakiaSlovak Chamber of Commerce and IndustryFull member7 October 1993
SloveniaChamber of Commerce and Industry of SloveniaFull member8 December 1992
SpainSpanish Chamber of CommerceFull member1 December 1967
SwedenAssociation of Swedish Chambers of Commerce and IndustryFull member1 December 1967
SwitzerlandChambers of Commerce and Industry of SwitzerlandCorrespondent member10 May 1974
TurkeyUnion of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of TurkeyAffiliated member17 June 1966
UkraineUkrainian Chamber of Commerce and IndustryAffiliated member10 October 2002
Forum of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of CommerceCorrespondent member15 October 2010
Network of Insular Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the EUCorrespondent member4 October 2006

Its General Secretariat office is based in Brussels, Belgium.