International Chamber of Commerce UAE Chapter issued the following announcement on May 27.
As business associations see an uptick in fake documentation to obscure the origin of counterfeit products due to the global health crisis, Swiss, Italian and French chambers of commerce are the latest members to enter the International Certificate of Origin (CO) Accreditation Chain managed by ICC’s World Chamber Federation (WCF).
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The approval was made during an ICC WCF International CO Accreditation Committee meeting, which was held virtually on 19 May 2020.
With their newly established status as accredited members of the International CO Accreditation Chain, 70 French chambers, 18 Swiss chambers and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Handicraft and Agriculture of Mantua in Italy can now benefit from the use of ICC’s internationally-recognised CO label. This certified mark assures banks, businesses, customs administrations and traders that their COs have been issued according to the utmost stringent and harmonised certification standards, based on the ICC WCF International CO Guidelines.
Commenting on the affiliation of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Switzerland (SIHK), Chamber President Luca Albertoni said:
“We are very proud to be part of the ICC WCF CO Chain. This means global recognition of the quality of the work done by the Swiss Chambers of Commerce and Industry to support international trade.”
SIHK represents cantonal and regional chambers of commerce in Switzerland and applied on their behalf. The decision to apply and join the CO Chain was taken unanimously by the chamber group, who are organised as private law associations with a voluntary membership.
Vincent Subilia, Director General of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce and Industry said:
“As major CO issuers, Swiss chambers are delighted to join such a valuable network and thus continue to play an instrumental role as business support organisations – especially in today’s disrupted economic environment – for the benefit of our member companies.”
The announced additions to the CO Chain come as welcome news, as the World Health Organization issues warnings over the growth in fake products, such as medicines, linked to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. With an increase in counterfeit goods and the business concern regarding the purchase of such goods as the crisis continues, chambers who are part of the CO Chain can assure their stakeholders with certainty that regulations are being met.
The new members of the ICC WCF International CO Accreditation Chain include:
In Switzerland:
Aargauische Industrie- und Handelskammer
Camera di commercio, dell’industria, dell’artigianato e dei servizi del cantone Ticino
Chambre de commerce et d’industrie du canton de Fribourg
Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie du Jura
Chambre de commerce, d’industrie et des services de Genève
Chambre neuchâteloise du commerce et de l’industrie
Chambre valaisanne de commerce et d’industrie
Chambre vaudoise du commerce et de l’industrie
Glarner Handelskammer
Handels- und Industrieverein des Kantons Bern – Berner Handelskammer
Handelskammer beider Basel
Handelskammer und Arbeitgeberverband Graubünden
Handelskammer und Arbeitgebervereinigung Winterthur
Industrie- und Handelskammer St. Gallen-Appenzell
Industrie- und Handelskammer Thurgau
Industrie- und Handelskammer Zentralschweiz
Solothurner Handelskammer
Zürcher Handelskammer
In France (with the Paris Chamber of Commerce as the National Coordinating Body):
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Loir-Et-Cher
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Martinique
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Guyane
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ain
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ile De La Reunion
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Troyes Et Aube
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Charente
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Cantal
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nice Cote D’Azur
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bayonne Pays Basque
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Le Mans Sarthe
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Cher
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vendee
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Creuse
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Touraine
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tarbes Et Hautes-Pyrenees
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Normandy
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Haute-Loire
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Allier
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tarn
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vaucluse
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ardennes
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nantes Saint-Nazaire
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Landes
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Cetes D’Armor
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marne En Champagne
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ardeche
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Aisne Hauts De France
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Amiens-Picardie Hauts-De-France
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Artois
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Grand Hainaut – Hauts De France
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Grand Lille Hauts-De-France
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Littoral Hauts De France
Chamber of Commerce and Industry De L’oise
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ariege
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nord Isère
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Aveyron
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Toulouse
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limoges Haute-Vienne
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Haute-Savoie
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Puy De Dome Clermont Auvergne Metropole
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Loiret
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nouvelle Caledonie
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mayenne
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Morbihan
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Gard
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Indre
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Pau Bearn
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Drome
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Lot
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Herault
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Yonne
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nievre
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Jura
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Doubs
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Territoire De Belfort
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Haute-Saone
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Deux-Sevres
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Beaujolais
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Iles De Guadeloupe
Chamber of Commerce and Industry La Rochelle
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dordogne
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Lot-Et-Garonne
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Savoie
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marseille-Provence
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Aude
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Gers
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hautes-Alpes
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Montauban Et Tarn-Et-Garonne
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Métropolitaine Bretagne Ouest
In Italy (with UnionCamere as the National Coordinating Body):
Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Handicraft and Agriculture of Mantua
Created by the ICC WCF in 2012, the CO Chain today includes 665 chambers from 25 countries. Through the creation of the Chain, ICC WCF aids chamber leaders in promoting the use of universal certification standards and processes, to better serve the global trading community as a whole.
Original source: https://iccwbo.org/media-wall/news-speeches/european-chambers-join-certificate-of-origin-accreditation-chain-amid-rise-in-false-trade-documents/
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