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2016PROGRAMME OF ACTION

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FOREWORD BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL . . . . . . . . . .2

THE VOICE OF WORLD BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

A global business network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Writing rules for business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Policy advocacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Working with the United Nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Resolving disputes worldwide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

A global forum for chambers of commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

ICC COMMISSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Arbitration and ADR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Banking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Commercial Law and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Corporate Responsibility and Anti-corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Customs and Trade Facilitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Digital Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Environment and Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Intellectual Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Marketing and Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Trade and Investment Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

ICC SPECIAL PROJECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

ICC G20 CEO Advisory Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

ICC World Trade Agenda (WTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

NATIONAL COMMITTEES AND MEMBERSHIP . . . . . . . . 16

GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

ICC COMMERCIAL CRIME SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

International Maritime Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Financial Investigation Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Counterfeiting Intelligence Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

ICC DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

ICC International Court of Arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

ICC International Centre for ADR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

ICC Training and Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

ICC Institute of World Business Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

ICC Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

ICC Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

WORLD CHAMBERS FEDERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

ATA Carnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Certificates of origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Programmes and partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

World Chambers Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

THE ICC NATIONAL COMMITTEE NETWORK . . . . . . . . 22

Direct members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

CHAIRMANSHIP AND SECRETARY GENERAL . . . . . . . 23

INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE . . . . . . . . 24

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2016PROGRAMME OF ACTION

We are the world business organization.


FOREWORD BY THE SECRETARY GENERALThroughout 2015, ICC played a central role in representing business interests in a range of major global intergovernmental processes that will shape international commerce for many years to come . We also broadened the scope of our activities to support business growth and productivity—most notably with the launch of our new online professional education platform, the ICC Academy .

We enter 2016 amid an increasingly uncertain global outlook: weak global growth, wild swings on stock markets, and a plummeting oil price have all raised concerns about a fresh financial crisis . As the world business organization—representing companies large and small in over 130 countries—we remain committed to promoting a global agenda that enables private sector growth and job creation .

A particular priority must be to reinvigorate trade growth which effectively flat-lined during 2015 . Less trade means lower growth, less employment and fewer opportunities for the world’s poorest to escape poverty . Working with our members and national committees, we will be active in making the case for polices to reverse this trend—from measures to ease the supply of trade credit through to a strengthened world trade agenda .

In keeping with our founding mission to promote responsible business, ICC is also firmly committed to playing a central role in the implementation of the United Nation’s 2030 development agenda . Since the turn of the millennium, the world has seen extreme poverty more than halved . Business has been central to this success story, and—with the right support—can play a greater and more constructive role in realising growth and development opportunities in the future . We look forward to working with you to realise the vision of a brighter and more prosperous future for all .

ICC PROGRAMME OF ACTIONThe Programme of Action presented in the following pages sets out a detailed work plan for ICC during 2016 . ICC’s commissions, national committees and worldwide membership participate in shaping recommendations and rules that support private sector led growth and development .

Across all areas of our work, we aim to work in partnership with governments, international organizations and civil society to foster global policy solutions to issues that transcend national borders . Our work in 2015 on issues from climate change to Internet governance shows the growing importance of this approach .

Our programme this year incorporates a detailed overview of ICC’s dispute resolution activities—profiling our efforts to enhance the quality and reach of these vital services that remain the bedrock of our value proposition for global business .

THE VOICE OF WORLD BUSINESSThe International Chamber of Commerce is the voice of world business .

ICC champions open cross-border trade and investment, the market economy system and global economic integration as essential contributors to sustainable growth, job creation and prosperity . ICC’s global network comprises over 6 million companies, chambers of commerce and business associations in more than 130 countries .

Because national economies are now so closely interwoven, government decisions have much stronger international repercussions than in the past .ICC expresses business views that support multilateralism as the best way to find effective solutions to global challenges, based on the principles of open markets and rules-based trade and investment .

A GLOBAL BUSINESS NETWORKICC has direct access to national governments through its global network of national committees that brings together ICC member companies, business associations and chambers of commerce .This network represents ICC at the national level by acting as a liaison between ICC’s Paris-based international secretariat and ICC members .ICC national committees convey ICC global policy views to their respective governments . In turn, ICC’s international secretariat carries ICC policy directly to intergovernmental organizations on issues that affect business’ capacity to conduct cross-border transactions .Close to 3,000 business experts feed their knowledge and experience into crafting ICC policy .

ICC activities cover a broad spectrum, from arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution to making the case for open international trade and investment and business self-regulation, offering training, and combating commercial crime .

WRITING RULES FOR BUSINESSICC has a long history of developing voluntary rules, guidelines and codes to facilitate business and spread good practice . Examples of these include:

ICC’s URBPO: the first-ever Uniform Rules for Bank Payment Obligations (BPOs), a 21st century standard in supply chain finance that governs Bank Payment Obligations transactions worldwide .

ICC Incoterms® rules: standard international trade definitions used every day in thousands of contracts to define the responsibilities of buyers and sellers .

ICC model contracts that make doing international business easier, especially for small- and medium-sized companies that cannot afford big legal departments .

The Consolidated ICC Code of Advertising and Marketing Communication Practice: the global foundation for national self-regulatory systems that monitor marketing practices .

POLICY ADVOCACYICC develops global business policy views on key issues that affect companies’ ability to trade and invest across borders, and meet the challenges and opportunities of an increasingly integrated global

ICC staff campaigned for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

John Danilovich


ICC COMMISSIONSICC commissions are specialized working bodies composed of business experts nominated by ICC national committees that examine major issues of practical concern to world business and that work together to address cross-cutting subjects . They prepare policy products, including statements to inform and shape intergovernmental discussions and resulting policy, as well as rules and codes to facilitate international business transactions .

Arbitration and ADR

MANDATEAs a forum for pooling ideas on issues relating to international arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution, the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR aims to:

› Draft and amend ICC’s Arbitration, Mediation, Expert, Dispute Board and other forms of dispute resolution rules .

› Study the juridical and other aspects of arbitration and other modes of international dispute settlement, and examine them in view of current developments .

› Provide reports, guidelines and best practices on a range of topics of current relevance to the world of international dispute resolution, with a view to improving ICC dispute resolution services .

› Create a link among arbitrators, counsel and users to enable ICC dispute resolution to respond effectively to users’ needs .

› Promote ICC’s various dispute resolution services globally .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Position the ICC Report on Decisions as to Costs

in International Arbitration as a major contribution to on-going discussions on this subject .

› Assess through empirical research the use of arbitration in the banking and financial sectors, identify the expectation of those sectors and make recommendations for a more efficient use of arbitration with a view to promoting the use of ICC Arbitration, with input from financial institutions and representatives from the Banking Commission .

› Evaluate the intended purpose of the Emergency Arbitrator proceedings under the 2012 Arbitration Rules compared to practical experience so far, and analyse the experience of other institutions offering emergency arbitrator proceedings .

› Complete the update of the Report on IT and

Arbitration and introduce boilerplate clauses on the use of IT in arbitral proceedings .

› Work on a third edition of the Guide to National Procedures for Recognition and Enforcement of Awards under the New York Convention and continue the cooperation with UNCITRAL in promoting the NY Convention .

› Explore the use of arbitration and mediation in antitrust follow-on actions in collaboration with the ICC Commission on Competition .

› Pursue the collaboration with the ICC Commission on Taxation on the use of arbitration/mediation in tax dispute resolution .

› Revise the Rules of ICC as Appointing Authority in UNCITRAL or other Ad Hoc Arbitration Proceedings .

› Study the probative value of witness evidence in international arbitration .

› Launch and promote the new ICC Dispute Board Rules .

economy .These issues include: banking, commercial law and practice, competition policy, corporate responsibility and anti-corruption, customs and trade facilitation, the digital economy, environment and energy, intellectual property, marketing and advertising, taxation, and trade and investment policy .

ICC policy advocacy, which often takes the form of policy statements to influence intergovernmental discussions, is developed through ICC commissions, specialized working bodies composed of business experts .The strength and legitimacy of ICC policy derive from rigorous development through extensive consultation with member companies via the ICC global network .

ICC policy recommendations are communicated to both national governments and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) — including the United Nations (UN) and the World Trade Organization — and forums such as the G20 .They are intended to reflect a broad business consensus as represented by ICC, while at the same time making a meaningful contribution to the policy debate from a global business perspective .

WORKING WITH THE UNITED NATIONSICC enjoys a close working relationship with the UN . Since 1946, ICC has held consultative status with the UN’s Economic and Social Council .With IGOs increasingly involved in matters of concern to the business community, it is important that business representatives be “at the table” when these issues are discussed .

ICC’s longstanding consultative status at the UN and its considerable experience as the voice of business in international negotiations enable it to bring the views of world business to the UN .Extensive consultation with its worldwide, multi-sectoral membership lends ICC’s views special authority and legitimacy .ICC’s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York provides the liaison between ICC and the UN system .

RESOLVING DISPUTES WORLDWIDEThe ICC International Court of Arbitration is the most trusted system of arbitration in the world, with arbitration under its rules on the increase .Since 2009, the Court has received new cases at a rate of more than 750 a year .The ICC International Centre for ADR has also developed a full range of other dispute resolution services for international commerce based on the ICC Mediation Rules, the ICC Rules for Expertise, the ICC Dispute Board Rules, and the DOCDEX Rules for the settlement of disputes arising out of the use of documentary instruments .

A GLOBAL FORUM FOR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCEThrough the ICC World Chambers Federation (WCF) — ICC’s worldwide network of chambers of commerce — ICC fosters interaction and exchange of best practice among chambers all over the world . WCF strengthens links among chambers, enabling them to improve their performance and develop new products and services to offer their members .

ICC Secretary General John Danilovich addressed the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit

ICC’s 2015 International Mediation Competition was the largest and most diverse to date


Banking

MANDATETo serve as a global forum and rule-making body for banks worldwide, with particular focus on the financing of international trade .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Organize the ICC Banking Commission annual

meeting in Johannesburg (South Africa) and use this opportunity to promote ICC and the Banking Commission’s work in Africa .

› Pursue the development of a set of uniform rules for international factoring, in partnership with Factor Chain International .

› Expand and refine the scope of the ICC Trade Finance Register .

› Make recommendations to the Business 20/G20 process on key issues related to trade finance and actively contribute to the WTO Expert Group on Trade Finance .

› Address regulatory challenges facing trade finance in the various expert forums of the Banking Commission and ensure appropriate action by the national and supranational regulatory agencies, including through coordinated initiatives with other organizations .

› Provide business input on compliance issues related to financial crime risks including “know your customer” and anti-money laundering regulations, and contribute to the global dialogue with the Wolfsberg Group and the Financial Action Task Force .

› Prepare the 2016 edition of the ICC Global Survey on Trade Finance and other market intelligence and analysis to support ICC contributions on trade finance in key international forums .

› Issue official opinions on queries on ICC banking rules .

› Finalize and promote the industry-wide and ICC-led

Global Supply Chain Finance (SCF) Forum’s draft terminology for SCF practice .

› Provide business views on export finance issues through the ICC Export Finance Working Group, a global platform for medium- and long-term export finance banks .

› Explore ways to develop non-traditional institutional investment in trade finance, possibly including through the creation of rules or guidelines .

› Help promote the ICC Academy educational offering in trade finance .

Commercial Law and Practice

MANDATETo set global business standards for international B2B transactions and provide world business input on commercial rules developed by intergovernmental organizations .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Prepare and launch new model contracts and guides,

including on consultancy and construction joint ventures, and refresh existing publications to reflect current business practices, notably the increasing importance of sales of digital goods and on-going issues related to retention of title .

› Make business recommendations to improve the international legal framework for public procurement .

› Continue to provide global business views to European legislators on the proposal for a regulation to introduce contract rules for online purchases .

› Conduct in consultation with the Banking Commission a global survey on the ICC Uniform Rules on Demand Guarantees (URDGs) to evaluate users’ acceptance of URDGs as the worldwide standard on demand guarantees .

› Finalize and disseminate the ICC guide on Transport and the Incoterms® 2010 Rules and continue to develop practical tools and expert guidance to promote the effective use of the Incoterms® 2010 rules globally .

Competition

MANDATETo ensure that business needs and markets are taken into account in the formulation and implementation of competition laws and policies .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Promote the version of the ICC Antitrust Compliance

Toolkit for small- and medium-sized enterprises and continue to engage with the International Competition Network (ICN), the European Commission Directorate for Competition (DG COMP), and other competition agencies, through open dialogue and thought leadership, on the importance of compliance programmes as a tool for competition law enforcement .

› Organize the 8th ICC-ICN roundtable at the ICN Annual Conference in Singapore and enhance ICC’s participation in ICN key initiatives, thereby further establishing ICC’s role as the main business interlocutor of the ICN .

› Develop an advocacy guide to help further promote the ICC recommendations on best practice for the creation and reform of specific merger control regimes, and pursue a dialogue with selected competition authorities and governments .

› Organize a seminar for judges and other stakeholders to exchange views on legal review and best practice in due process .

› Complete ICC recommendations on the improvement of the European Competition Network (ECN)

Model Leniency Programme and elaborate recommendations regarding cooperation between antitrust enforcement agencies in the cartel area, in particular with regards to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) .

› Prepare a discussion paper on the use of arbitration and mediation in antitrust follow-on actions

Corporate Responsibility and Anti-corruption

MANDATETo develop policy recommendations and practical tools from a global business perspective on corporate responsibility and fighting corruption .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Prepare an ICC business integrity compendium of ICC

anti-corruption guidelines and rules .

› Begin work towards developing guidance for companies on conflicts of interest .

› Shape G20/Business 20 anti-corruption policy, drawing from ICC’s anti-corruption tools as a basis for concrete action by business for fighting corruption .

› Uphold the approach taken by the UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights, with a view to ensuring the balance between the corporate responsibility to respect human rights and the State duty to protect these rights, and provide business views into the UN discussions on a possible international legally binding instrument .

› Provide global business input into international initiatives on corporate responsibility and anti-corruption, including the implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Incoterms® 2010

by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

The Incoterms® rules have been used worldwide for 80 years in international and domestic contracts for the sale of goods


Development (OECD) Anti-Bribery Convention and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises .

› Liaise with the ICC Academy on its development of online anti-corruption training based on the ICC Ethics and Compliance Training Handbook .

› Contribute global business views on corporate responsibility reporting .

› Promote the broadest use of the ICC Anti-corruption Third Party Due Diligence Guide for SMEs .

Customs and Trade Facilitation

MANDATETo promote simplified customs and transport policies and procedures as well as other measures to facilitate international trade .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Support the ratification of the World Trade

Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement by mobilizing ICC’s global network, and encourage public-private dialogue towards commercially meaningful implementation by providing practical guidance, including by feeding the commission’s work into the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation .

› Develop, jointly with the Commission on Trade and Investment Policy, an ICC position on preferential rules of origin .

› Provide on-going input into the work of the World Customs Organization (WCO), including on customs valuation, classification and trade facilitation .

› Finalize and disseminate the ICC guide on Transport and the Incoterms® 2010 Rules in collaboration with the ICC Commission on Commercial Law and Practice .

› Contribute input on the dematerialization of customs and transport documentation and procedures, in coordination with the ICC Commission on the Digital Economy .

› Promote the policy statements on transfer pricing and customs value, the misuse of customs valuation databases, non-preferential rules of origin, and making transport greener and smarter, including ICC input to on-going discussions on trade facilitation and climate change .

Digital Economy

MANDATETo promote the global development of the digital economy and continued growth of its underlying information and communication technologies (ICTs) and related business models, through private sector policy leadership, regulatory advocacy and the promotion of best practice .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Prepare an action plan to highlight global business

priorities and the contribution of the digital economy to economic growth, social development and job creation . Offer guidance to governments supported by a compendium of business actions and practices, to be used for ICC high-level intergovernmental engagement, including the G20, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, OECD 2016 Ministerial, WTO, and others .

› Develop an ICC privacy toolkit aimed at small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to provide a resource for companies to uphold privacy standards throughout business activity and enhance consumer and business confidence through effective privacy practices .

› Continue to support cyber security initiatives and explore ways to mitigate the risks of cybercrime for e-business, consumer and business confidence as well as threats to business models and new technologies in the areas of Internet of things, machine to machine etc .

› Work with the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD to develop an appendix to assist business in applying the OECD cyber security Guidelines .

› Advocate cross-sectoral and global business priorities on privacy policy and regulatory frameworks in regional forums [European Union, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and others] .Explore policy interoperability to simplify administrative procedures for business across different legal systems .Encourage all stakeholders to promote the appropriate protection of personal data in light of its nature and sensitivity across its life-cycle, to promote trust in new digital services (e .g . cloud computing, e-mobility, e-health solutions) .

› Advance business-government dialogue to encourage greater alignment between e-government and e-business objectives, including by providing input into the development of global standards for dematerialization aimed at linking current regional initiatives to avoid fragmentation in too many competing regional standards .

› Provide practical policy inputs on topical issues that can help ICC demonstrate the value and necessity of a multistakeholder approach to Internet and ICT policies . Apply these practical global business inputs where possible to intergovernmental discussions and to reinforce the viability of multistakeholder entities such as the Internet Governance Forum .

› Contribute to the transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) from the US government to a globally inclusive multistakeholder organization, working with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to ensure business input and support for ICANN multistakeholder oversight of the Domain Name System, while ensuring its secure, stable and resilient functioning .

Environment and Energy

MANDATETo develop policy recommendations and tools to address major global environmental and energy issues, including climate change, green economy, sustainable development, and to make a substantive contribution to key intergovernmental discussions in these areas .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Develop and promote global business priorities on

resource and energy efficiency, including on enabling investment conditions, the water-energy nexus, and the efficient use/re-use of rare raw materials .

› Ensure that global business priorities on climate change—realting to mitigation, adaptation/resilience, technology, markets and investment with a focus on innovation, finance, energy access, trade and substantive business engagement—are integral to the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Paris outcome .

› Update the ICC Green Economy Roadmap, to include key success factors for effective public-private partnerships as a means to implement and scale up solutions that advance economic growth, societal development and environmental stewardship .

› Provide practical guidance to companies on implementing the new ICC Charter for Sustainable Development to shape their sustainability strategies .

› Offer business input and expertise to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), including to the International Resource Panel, the Climate Investment Funds, the UNEP/United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Green Industry Platform, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the environment/energy aspects of the SDGs/2030 Development Agenda .

ICC launched its Cyber security guide for business at the Global Conference on Cyberspace 2015

ICC Secretary General John Danilovich and Chairman Terry McGraw discussed

climate change issues with Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC

Executive Secretary

An Unusual Funeral by Huzzatul Mursalin, took first prize in the inaugural ICC Photographic Award


Intellectual Property

MANDATETo promote efficient intellectual property (IP) systems that support international trade, encourage investment in creation and innovation, and facilitate sustainable economic development .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Issue a report on specialized IP jurisdictions around

the world and practical experiences of these to assist countries setting up courts/jurisdictions specific to IP .

› Help negotiators in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change understand the importance of enabling frameworks for technology development and dissemination and the role of IP in this process .

› Monitor and provide business perspectives on technology and IP-related issues in UN processes relating to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development .

› Analyze trends in labelling and packaging requirements having an impact on trademark use in different sectors .

› Continue to raise awareness of the role IP plays in the innovation process through promotion of the series of ICC research papers and the innovation principles for high-technology industries .

› Coordinate business input on the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing at regional and international levels, and raise business awareness of the impacts of the EU regulation on access and benefit sharing .

Marketing and Advertising

MANDATETo promote high ethical standards in marketing by business self-regulation through the Consolidated ICC Code of Advertising and Marketing Communications Practice and formulate world business positions and initiatives to address government actions that affect marketing and consumer protection .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Participate in the APEC Committee on Trade and

Investment project on common advertising standards and work with ICC’s global network and partners to contribute to capacity-building activities that improve understanding of responsible marketing and the Consolidated ICC Code, which are the foundation of nationally-implemented programmes .

› Complete a study to ensure that the Consolidated ICC Code remains future-proof and fit-for-purpose, and as required develop new or update existing policy materials to facilitate the interpretation and broader application of the Code principles .

› Use the ICC policy statement on Freedom of commercial communication as a basis to demonstrate the benefits of self-regulation as an effective policy alternative in countries where broad regulatory restrictions are being considered that abridge this freedom and risk having detrimental effects on open markets, cross-border trade and consumer choice .

› Contribute world business perspectives and raise awareness of the Consolidated ICC Code as the global reference for effective marketing and advertising self-regulation, in relation to work being carried out by intergovernmental organizations such as the OECD and UNEP .

› Advance Consolidated ICC Code communication efforts by seizing opportunities to enhance engagement and strengthen self-regulation in developing markets, and by featuring the Code and its translations at relevant international events on self-regulation .

Taxation

MANDATETo promote transparent and non-discriminatory treatment of foreign investments and earnings that eliminates tax obstacles to cross-border trade and investment .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Monitor implementation of the G20/OECD Base

Erosion and Profit Shifting Project (BEPS) outcomes and provide further views into G20/OECD follow-up deliberations – including on the BEPS multilateral instrument to modify bilateral tax treaties .

› Contribute – in cooperation with the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR – to UN and OECD deliberations on effective tax dispute resolution mechanisms .

› Lead global business input into the work of the UN Committee of Experts in Tax Matters and its sub-committees – including on dispute resolution, royalties and the taxation of technical services .

› Develop principles on responsible taxation for companies and tax administrations alike that could provide guidance for a company’s policy/code of conduct .

› Promote ICC recommendations on transfer pricing in relevant intergovernmental policy processes, including the OECD, the WCO, the UN and the G20, and explore a possible ICC position on substance requirements for transfer pricing .

› Continue to provide business input on indirect taxation from a global business perspective, including VAT-related issues .

Trade and Investment Policy

MANDATETo promote cross-border trade and investment by business and an open global economy to foster job creation, sustainable development, and improve living standards .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Elaborate policy positions to shape the ICC World

Trade Agenda, and G20 and Business 20 deliberations on trade and investment, by contributing to the development of a robust 21st Century global trade and investment policy agenda .

› Foster progress towards a high-standard multilateral framework for international investment; as well as towards enabling regulatory frameworks for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), including investment in infrastructure, as a vehicle for advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) .

› Develop policy positions on mega-regional agreements negotiations and their potential impact on the multilateral trading system .

› Support plurilateral approaches to liberalize trade in environmental goods, and trade in services

› Advocate in favour of effective provisions for arbitration and “Investor-State Dispute Settlement” in coordination with the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR .

An ICC Conference on Access and Benefit Sharing provided guidance to help business comply with new EU Regulation

A WORLD OF INFLUENCE GLOBAL BUSINESS ADVOCACY

A unique network with the power to influence policy in more than

130 countries


ICC SPECIAL PROJECTS AND GROUPSICC special projects are intended to complement ICC commission work by increasing the outreach of policy products developed by commissions .

Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP)

MANDATETo raise awareness of the economic and social harm of counterfeiting and piracy and to petition for greater commitments by local, national and international authorities in the enforcement and protection of intellectual property rights .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Publish country reports on the value of IP, the

economic and social risks from counterfeiting and piracy, and recommendations for improving IP enforcement regimes — and distribute to key intergovernmental organizations, plurilateral bodies such as the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, G20 and BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), and national governments .

› Promote a high-standard set of proactive IP rights enforcement measures to national governments, including legislation on the use of proceeds of crime and improving IP rights enforcement in free trade zones .

› Work with key supply chain actors, including intermediaries, to improve protections against the infiltration of counterfeiting and piracy and to promote best practice .

› Cooperate in the organization of conferences and meetings in collaboration with the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Trademark Association, the WCO and Interpol .

› Work to strengthen anti-counterfeiting measures in the areas of customs, trademark package, goods in transit and copyright issues, in particular with the EU .

› Continue to broaden the reach of the BASCAP “I Buy Real, Fakes Cost More” campaign to national governments and national anti-counterfeiting associations .

› Encourage intergovernmental organizations and national governments to better inform consumers of the health and safety risks associated with counterfeit and pirated products .

Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS)

MANDATETo promote global business priorities on the range of Internet governance and information and communications technology issues that contribute to economic and social development, in forums established by the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), and preserve the multistakeholder approach to these issues .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Ensure business engagement remains coordinated

and inserted into the decision-making on Internet governance following the December 2015 High Level World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) review statement of the UN General Assembly . Convene business across the membership and insert these perspectives in the WSIS follow up institutions, including UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCTAD), the Economic and Social Council and UN General Assembly as well as the ITU, and UNESCO .

› Select and present private sector candidates for the 2016 Multistakeholder Advisory Group for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), and ensure business voices are influencing the shape of the 2016 IGF in Mexico and that business plays its part in the on-going success of this important multistakeholder forum .

› Provide a representative to ensure the broad business perspective is taken into account in the on-going deliberations and transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) function and engage in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to promote accountability efforts and support a secure, stable, and resilient Domain Name System .

› Advocate ICC Commission on the Digital Economy policy positions and ensure the key role of business in innovation, economic and social development as well as job creation is considered in global discussions and events on Internet governance and ICTs for development .

ICC G20 CEO Advisory Group

MANDATETo provide a CEO-led platform to leverage ICC’s policy work and pursue progress on international business priorities through the work of the G20 on an on-going basis .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Develop and consolidate global business policy views

on key issues for global business on the G20 agenda .

› Conduct a globally inclusive appraisal of business views on G20 priorities, including consultations with businesses worldwide .

› Produce distinctive reports that complement ICC policy recommendations, including new editions of the ICC G20 Business Scorecard and the ICC Global Survey of G20 Business Policy Priorities .

› Ensure effective world business input into the work of the G20, including by communicating business priorities at CEO-level to G20 leaders, sherpas and ministers .

› Strengthen ICC’s position as the indispensable representative of world business vis-à-vis the G20, leading up to the G20 Leaders Summit in China in 2016, by working with the Chinese government, business associations and others .

› Strengthen ICC’s role in providing continuity and being the voice of world business in the B20 process, including by continuing to act as the Secretariat of the B20 International Business Advisory Council (IBAC) .

ICC World Trade Agenda (WTA)

MANDATEIn partnership with the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry, enable global business leaders to define multilateral trade negotiation priorities and help governments set a trade and investment policy agenda for the 21st century that contributes to sustainable economic growth and quality job creation .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Promote WTA business priorities in relevant forums,

including Business 20 and G20 discussions, and in particular at the WTO .

› Continue to mobilize world business in support of a robust 21st Century trade and investment policy agenda, with a particular focus on SMEs and chambers of commerce .

BASIS member Jimson Olufuye delivered a closing ceremony speech on behalf of business at the 2015 Internet Governance Forum


PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONSMANDATETo convey world business views to the UN through representation at intergovernmental deliberations and through substantive engagement with UN agencies, departments, funds and programmes .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Represent ICC at UN meetings in New York and

elsewhere, including the UN Global Compact Board, UNIDO’s Green Industry Platform and the Multistakeholder Advisory Group to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) .

› Mobilize ICC policy and global networks to provide business sector input to UN intergovernmental processes including: the High-Level Political Forum on sustainable development, Financing for Development, Disaster Risk Reduction, Least Developed Countries, the World Summit on the Information Society and annual meetings of ECOSOC .

› Support ICC’s international secretariat in the planning and design of all ICC activities relating to the implementation of the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda .

› Coordinate the engagement and tasks of the Global Business Alliance for Sustainable Development by 2030, a diverse group of major international private sector organizations which aims to make effective, concrete and long-term contributions to the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda .

› Collaborate with member states, UN agencies, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders to participate and co-organize events around issues relevant to the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda . Launch annual Seminar Series with Mission of Korea on “Trade, Development, and Law in the Context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda” .

› Continue to serve as organizing partner for the business and industry major group, at the High-Level Political Forum, and as Chair of the Business Steering Committee for Financing for Development and the Business Steering Committee for Landlocked Developing Countries .

› Monitor the activities of the different UN bodies and alert ICC international secretariat, national committees and chambers on issues that are of major concern to the global business community .

› Provide business speakers to UN high-level meetings through engagement with ICC’s international secretariat and global networks .

NATIONAL COMMITTEES AND MEMBERSHIPMANDATETo strengthen ICC representation across the globe by fostering effective working relations between ICC national committees, direct members and the ICC international secretariat in Paris .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Support national committees in the promotion of ICC

products and services and in increasing the number of active ICC members .

› Improve the implementation of the ICC Charter between national committees and the ICC World Council .

› Provide updated practical guidance for national committees, including through the ICC Guide to running a national committee .

› Increase opportunities for interaction and exchange of best practice within the ICC global network, by way of training sessions, regional consultative groups and other mechanisms .

› Bring added value to national committees, including through the “My ICC” portal, by centralizing and sharing information through ICC’s global networks .

GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONSMANDATETo increase awareness of ICC’s role as the world business organization and to promote its policies, rules and services to internal and external audiences .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Execute global campaigns aimed at shaping key

policy processes and raising visibility of ICC as the world business organization .

› Expand ICC’s suite of promotional and informational materials to showcase ICC achievements, value proposition and products .

› Leverage print and broadcast media as well as ICC’s own media platforms (including the ICC website) to position ICC as the premier source of business views on ICC priority issues such as the implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement .

› Highlight ICC’s role in shaping business recommendations to G20 leaders .

› Drive the strategic placement of ICC opinion articles and letters to top-tier international publications and news wires .

› Manage ICC social media campaigns to engage members, media and general public and drive traffic to the ICC website .

› Promote the expanding international reach of ICC and the ICC International Court of Arbitration .

ICC COMMERCIAL CRIME SERVICESMANDATE › To help businesses fight all types of commercial crime

including maritime piracy, fraud in international trade, insurance fraud, financial instrument fraud, money laundering and product counterfeiting .

International Maritime Bureau (IMB)

› Implement new systems to match case characteristics of recent trading fraud and disseminate information to members .

› Use the extensive database of the CCS to provide half yearly reports analysing trends, high risk areas and methods used to target banks, insurance companies traders and shipping companies, to enable members to optimize their due diligence resources .

› Provide ship chartering experience reporting in order to complement existing loss prevention services to ship owners and charterers .

› Develop an industry supported sustainable global piracy reporting system with the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre playing a key role .

Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB)

› Offer a dedicated service to banks in emerging markets to help with anti-money laundering and know-your-customer due diligence checks .

› Establish a secure online portal for the exchange of information with members .

Counterfeiting Intelligence Bureau (CIB)

› Strengthen the online Hologram Image Register (HIR) – the only resource of its kind in the world – to significantly increase registrations of holograms worldwide .

› Develop a system, in collaboration with BASCAP, to enable transport intermediaries to conduct due diligence on exporters of counterfeit or mis-described goods .

› Offer services to brand owners to identify websites offering or distributing counterfeit products .

Harsh Pati Singhania, President of ICC India led an Asia Pacific regional meeting of ICC national committees

Francois Georges, Secretary General of ICC France spoke to media during the Business and Climate Summit


ICC DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICESMANDATEIn today’s global economy, international commercial disputes are commonplace . Resolving these disputes is vital to trade and investment . ICC Dispute Resolution Services perform this critical role, giving business partners a wide choice of administered procedures for settling disputes outside the courts .

ICC Dispute Resolution Services provides services through two main bodies:

• the ICC International Court of Arbitration

• the ICC International Centre for ADR

› The Court and the Centre each are mandated to market and promote their services, and enhance their visibility worldwide .

ICC International Court of Arbitration

ICC Arbitration, the flagship of ICC Dispute Resolution Services carries the hallmark of the ICC International Court of Arbitration: a world leader in resolving international commercial disputes . Since its creation in 1923, the Court has administered almost 22,000 cases from across the world .

The Court confirms, appoints and replaces arbitrators, and decides on challenges made against them . It monitors the arbitral process to ensure it is performed quickly, efficiently and correctly . The Court also scrutinizes and approves draft arbitral awards, primarily to ensure their quality and enforceability .

The Court’s secretariat is the main link between parties, arbitrators and the Court and manages around 1,500 cases at any given time through nine teams with offices in Paris, Hong Kong and New York (through its US SICANA Inc .) .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Consolidate and enhance its position as the leading

dispute resolution institution worldwide

› Study and implement the opening of new offices in Brazil and China .

› Continue to promote the ICC Arbitration Rules 2012 which meet the growing complexity of today’s business transactions and the demand for greater speed and cost-efficiency .

› Work closely with the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR to launch its new products .

› Develop regional outreach by creating more awareness:

• With the help of Regional Directors in Asia, Latin and North America and MENA

• With the support of ICC national committees

• Through partnerships with local institutions to strengthen regional presence

› Reach a more varied audience e .g . in-house counsel .

› Explore new areas for development e .g . climate change-related disputes .

› Specifically address the younger generation:

• Develop the network through the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF) fast approaching 10,000 members

• Organize trainings and conferences

• Organize and host pre-moots and moot competitions

• Host university and law school visits to the Court and the International Centre for ADR

› Provide educational services:

• Host events (training programmes, conferences, topical colloquia)

• Seek new speaking opportunities for members of the Court Secretariat

› Support national committee events (trainings, workshops) .

ICC International Centre for ADR

The International Centre for ADR administers all non-arbitration proceedings filed at ICC . The Centre provides services under the Mediation Rules, the Expert Rules, the Dispute Board Rules and the DOCDEX Rules and provides information about said rules and services .

These proceedings are set in place to help international business to resolve their disputes in a cost-effective and time-efficient manner . The Centre’s extensive experience and know-how is a valuable resource for facilitating parties’ dispute resolution proceedings efficiently .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Organize the annual ICC Mediation Conference in

autumn 2016 .

› Organize the annual ICC Mediation Competition from 5 to 10 February 2016, hosting over 500 participants in mock mediation sessions, training programmes and social events .

› Organize the Mediation Round Table on 4 February 2015, the forum for discussion on the best practices among the practicing mediators .

› Continue to support the implementation of the new Expert Rules, Dispute Board Rules and DOCDEX rules all launched in 2015 and organize further launch events, trainings and conferences .

› Promote use of mediation in the business disputes, particularly within the companies .

› Enhance the Centre’s presence in the Americas, Asia and Africa with the help of Regional ICC Dispute Resolution Services Directors in Asia, Latin and North America and MENA and with the support of ICC national committees .

ICC Training and Conferences

ICC Training and Conferences’ objective is to share ICC’s dispute resolution expertise with a wider audience, through events such as training seminars and conferences .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Increase the availability of ICC events in countries

where there is a particular need for training on ICC dispute settlement and arbitral procedure .

› Broaden the visibility of annual regional conferences on ICC Arbitration, with special emphasis on the New York conference and highlight the Asian conference by rotating the host country between Singapore and Hong Kong .

› Provide more roundtables and sessions for corporate counsel .

ICC Institute of World Business Law

The Institute provides innovative research and training for the legal profession, business executives, and academics interested in the development of international business law, and particularly international arbitration .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Launch the ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy in

the MENA and Latin America, to improve the legal knowledge and develop the practical skills of native practitioners in these regions who wish to pursue their careers as arbitrators .

› Continue to expand and strengthen the network of Institute members to experienced practitioners of international business law worldwide .

› Develop a level-3 Contracts training for experienced professionals to meet an increasing demand on the market .

ICC dispute resolution-related events in 2015 gave insight into ICC arbitral procedures and latest developments

Below from left: Andrea Carlevaris, Secretary General of the ICC Court, Alexis Mourre, President of the ICC Court, and Ana Serra e Moura, ICC Counsel


BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTThe role of the Business Development Department is to develop ICC products and services that will bring increased value to users, including ICC members and the ICC global network . This will broaden the availability of ICC publications, trainings, conferences, certifications and online programmes in all regions of the world .

ICC Publications

MANDATETo expand the reach of ICC publications to make ICC work accessible to a larger audience, and provide essential tools for conducting international business and facilitating cross-border trade and investment .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Develop a modern and state-of-the-art tool providing

easy access to ICC’s entire digital content .

› Work closely with ICC commissions to identify new content and new authors .

› Work directly with experts to identify new books and series within the scope of ICC .

› Strengthen relations with national committees through direct channels .

ICC Academy

MANDATETo become a global leader in the provision of business education that contributes to the expansion of cross-border trade and investment, including through a series of specialized certification programmes recognized by business worldwide .

PROJECTS FOR 2016 › Consolidate the position of the newly created ICC

Academy in the business education market with its dynamic digital platform including innovative tools for combining digital learning and group-based project work .

› Enlarge the offering by creating new curricula on ICC core topics, together with world-class experts and practitioners, incorporating insights from senior business leaders and policymakers .

› Enrich the professional individual membership programme though new offers and services .

› Ensure that ICC national committees play a key role in supporting and promoting the ICC Academy, and benefit from its future development .

WORLD CHAMBERS FEDERATION (WCF)MANDATETo be the global forum for chambers of commerce and industry, facilitating the exchange of best practice and the development of new global products and services for chambers, as well as fostering international partnerships between global business stakeholders and chambers, including transnational chambers .

ATA Carnet

› Support customs authorities and business organizations in implementing the ATA system for the duty and tax-free temporary admission of goods in Brazil and Saudi Arabia .

› Encourage new countries to ratify the Convention on temporary admission (Istanbul Convention) and implement the ATA System, with priority markets being the Philippines, Qatar and Vietnam .

› Move forward the digitization of the ATA Carnet, starting with issuance data, and cooperate with the World Customs Organization to link it to the global e-ATA Carnet System .

Certificates of Origin

› Increase the number of International Certificates of Origin (COs) Accreditation Chain member chambers .

› Reinforce chambers staff competency and professionalism in CO issuance through the CO online training and international certification programme and through the release of a new version of the International CO Guidelines .

› Advocate and promote the acceptance of electronic COs by customs, reinforced through the use of the CO verification website .

› Promote the role of chambers as customs partners in the issuance of preferential COs .

› Develop a trusted traders certification system and accompanying online platform .

Programmes and Partnerships

› Invite chambers to nominate candidates for election to the WCF General Council (2017-19)

› Manage the global nomination network for the annual Oslo Business for Peace Awards .

› Promote business opportunities available to chambers and companies as part of WCF’s partnership with the “International Festival of Business” and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games business programme together with the Brazilian and Rio chambers .

› Establish WCF online business matching and chamber information service offerings .

› Develop programmes, online training and printed materials to promote the role of chambers, tailored to audiences in both developed and developing economies .

World Chambers Congress

› Co-organize the 10th World Chambers Congress in Sydney, Australia, 19-21 September 2017 .

› Prepare the 2017 edition of the World Chambers Competition .

› Select the co-organizer of the 11th World Chambers Congress to be held in the Americas in 2019 .

Above: A Certificate of Origin and ATA Carnet Council meeting took place on 18-21 November 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Left: The 9th World Chambers Congress in Turin, Italy drew 1,100 participants from 113 countries

ICC’s state-of-the-art Hearing Centre is located in the heart of Paris


THE ICC NATIONAL COMMITTEE NETWORKICC’s influence around the world is due in large part to its global network of national committees and groups . Located in close to 90 countries, they voice the interests of global business to their national governments and provide input to ICC’s policy work .

ICC Albania

ICC Algeria

ICC Argentina

ICC Australia

ICC Austria

ICC Bahrain

ICC Bangladesh

ICC Belgium

ICC Bolivia

ICC Brazil

ICC Bulgaria

ICC Burkina Faso

ICC Canada

ICC Caribbean

ICC Chile

ICC China

Chinese Taipei Business Council of ICC

ICC Colombia

ICC Costa Rica

ICC Croatia

ICC Cuba

ICC Cyprus

ICC Czech Republic

ICC Denmark

ICC Dominican Republic

ICC Egypt

ICC Estonia

ICC Finland

ICC France

ICC Georgia

ICC Germany

ICC Ghana

ICC Greece

ICC Guatemala

ICC Hong Kong, China

ICC India

ICC Indonesia

ICC Iran (Islamic Republic)

ICC Ireland

ICC Israel

ICC Italy

ICC Japan

ICC Jordan

ICC Korea

ICC Kuwait

ICC Lebanon

ICC Lithuania

ICC Luxembourg

ICC Macedonia

ICC Malaysia

ICC Macao

ICC Mexico

ICC Monaco

ICC Morocco

ICC Netherlands

ICC New Zealand

ICC Nigeria

ICC Norway

ICC Pakistan

ICC Palestine

ICC Panama

ICC Paraguay

ICC Philippines

ICC Poland

ICC Portugal

ICC Qatar

ICC Romania

ICC Russia

ICC Saudi Arabia

ICC Serbia

ICC Singapore

ICC Slovakia

ICC Slovenia

ICC South Africa

ICC Spain

ICC Sri Lanka

ICC Sweden

ICC Switzerland

ICC Syria

ICC Thailand

ICC Tunisia

ICC Turkey

ICC Ukraine

ICC United Arab Emirates

ICC United Kingdom

ICC United States

ICC Uruguay

ICC Venezuela

In countries where no national committee exists, companies and business associations can join ICC individually by becoming direct members . ICC membership is currently bolstered by direct members in over 40 countries .

DIRECT MEMBERSAfghanistan

Andorra

Angola

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Belarus

Bermuda

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Botswana

Congo (Rep . of the )

Congo (The Dem . Rep . of the)

Côte d’Ivoire

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gibraltar

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

Iraq

Jamaica

Korea (DPR)

Latvia

Liberia

Libya

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Moldova

Mongolia

Montenegro

Mozambique

Myanmar

Nepal

Nicaragua

Oman

Peru

Seychelles

Sudan

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Turkish Cyprus

Uganda

Vietnam

Zambia

CHAIRMANSHIP AND SECRETARY GENERAL

CHAIRMAN HAROLD MCGRAW IIIHarold (Terry) McGraw III became Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce on 1 July 2013 . Mr McGraw is Chairman Emeritus of McGraw Hill Financial, Inc . He served as non-executive Chairman of the Company from November 2013 to April 2015, and Chairman, President and CEO of the company from 1999 .

HONORARY CHAIRMAN GERARD WORMSGerard Worms became Honorary Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce on 1 July 2013 . He is also Chairman of ICC France and Honorary Chairman of Coe-Rexecode . Mr Worms is a Commander of the French Legion of Honour .

VICE-CHAIRMAN FREDERICO CURADOFrederico Curado became Vice-Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce on 1 July 2015 . Mr Curado has been an executive officer of Embraer S .A . since 1995, and President and Chief Executive Officer since 2007 .

FIRST VICE-CHAIRMAN SUNIL BHARTI MITTALSunil Bharti Mittal became Vice-Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce on July 1, 2013 and First Vice Chairman on the 18 March 2015 . He is the Founder & Chairman of Bharti Enterprises which has interests in telecom, retail, realty, financial services, renewable energy and agri-products . Bharti Airtel, the group’s flagship company is the world’s third largest telecommunication company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa . Sunil is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, one of India’s highest civilian awards .

VICE-CHAIRMAN DENNIS NALLYDennis M . Nally became Vice-Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce on 1 July 2015 . Mr Nally is Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers International, the coordinating and governance entity of the PwC network .

SECRETARY GENERAL JOHN DANILOVICHJohn Danilovich became Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce on 30 June 2014 . Mr Danilovich is a global business leader with extensive experience in trade-related issues . He has also had a long career as an international diplomat .


THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (ICC)ICC is the world business organization, a representative body that speaks with authority on behalf of enterprises from all sectors in every part of the world .

The mission of ICC is to promote open international trade and investment and help business meet the challenges and opportunities of an increasingly integrated global economy . Its conviction that trade is a powerful force for peace and prosperity dates from the organization’s origins early in the 20th century . The small group of far-sighted business leaders who founded ICC called themselves “the merchants of peace” .

ICC has three main activities: rule setting, dispute resolution, and policy advocacy . Because its member companies and associations are themselves engaged in international business, ICC has unrivalled authority in making rules that govern the conduct of business across borders . Although these rules are voluntary, they are observed in countless thousands of transactions every day and have become part of the fabric of international trade .

ICC also provides essential services, foremost among them the ICC International Court of Arbitration, the world’s leading arbitral institution . Another service is the World Chambers Federation, ICC’s worldwide network

of chambers of commerce, fostering interaction and exchange of chamber best practice . ICC also offers specialized training and seminars and is an industry-leading publisher of practical and educational reference tools for international business, banking and arbitration .

Business leaders and experts drawn from the ICC membership establish the business stance on broad issues of trade and investment policy as well as on relevant technical subjects . These include: banking, commercial law and practice, competition policy, corporate responsibility and anti-corruption, customs and trade facilitation, the digital economy, environment and energy, intellectual property, marketing and advertising, taxation, and trade and investment policy .

ICC works closely with the United Nations, the World Trade Organization and intergovernmental forums including the G20 .

ICC was founded in 1919 . Today its global network comprises over 6 million companies, chambers of commerce and business associations in more than 130 countries . National committees work with ICC members in their countries to address their concerns and convey to their governments the business views formulated by ICC .

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