Transcript ICC’s mission ICC was created in 1919 by a handful of entrepreneurs to:  promote cross-border trade and investment and the multilateral trading.

ICC’s mission
ICC was created in 1919 by a handful of entrepreneurs to:
 promote cross-border trade and investment and the multilateral
trading system
 represent business all over the world
ICC members
ICC has hundreds of thousands of members in 130 countries:
 Companies
Of all sizes and from all sectors
 Chambers of commerce
Regional, national and local
 Business associations
National and sectoral
and worldwide offices in over 90 countries
ICC member companies
Examples of some well-known ICC members from different sectors:
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ICC offices around the world
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Why global networks?
• Networks essential in any business to gain information,
knowledge, contacts and trust
• Even small businesses look to export markets: global
networks can help
• Improved communications make information on markets
and opportunities more easily available
• Networks being increasingly used in business as basis
for marketing, innovation, new business models
Global networks
Global networks can help on two levels
 Create tools and frameworks to support market
access
 Business opportunities and development for
individual businesses
Global networks can help build trust
Tools and frameworks
What tools and frameworks have been created by
global business networks to support market access?
 International trade transactions
 Customs facilitation
 Dispute resolution
 Policy frameworks
International trade transactions (1)
Incoterms (International Commercial Terms)
• Standard trade definitions most commonly used in
international sales contracts e g . EXW (Ex works), FOB
(Free on Board), CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight), DDU
(Delivered Duty Unpaid), and CPT (Carriage Paid To)
• Devised by ICC using network of trade specialists and
interested parties
• Since 1936, updated six times to keep pace with the
development of international trade. Current version:
Incoterms 2000 (being revised).
International trade transactions (2)
Model contracts and clauses
• Developed by ICC network of lawyers and experts
worldwide
• Neutral framework for international contracts : even-handed
agreement acceptable to both sides ; no bias for any one
particular legal system
• Examples: Global sourcing ; Commercial
Agency; Confidentiality; Distributorship; Franchising;
Mergers and Acquisitions; International Sales; Share
Purchase; Intermediaries Selective Distributorship; Electronic
Contracting; Trademark Licence; Technology Transfer;
Subcontracting
International trade transactions (3)
Rules for documentary credits
• Letters of credit used in international trade
transactions to ensure payment and contract
performance
• ICC through network of trade finance specialists has
issued standardized rules Uniform Customs and Practice
for Documentary Credits
• Regular revisions by ICC: current version is UCP600
Customs facilitation (1)
ATA Carnet
• International customs document
• Permits duty-free and tax-free temporary import of goods
for up to one year.
• Covers commercial samples, professional equipment,
goods for presentation or use at trade fairs, exhibitions
• Network of customs authorities and national issuing
organizations coordinated by ICC-WCF
Customs facilitation (2)
Certificate of Origin (CO)
 Attests that goods in a particular export
shipment are wholly obtained or produced or manufactured or
processed in a particular country (country of origin).
 Important to determine what duty will be assessed on the
goods or whether goods may be legally imported.
 Issued by network of chambers of commerce and trade
associations
 ICC World Chambers Federation International Certificate of
Origin Guidelines : first international procedures and
guidelines manual
Dispute resolution
• Contracts essential basis for business transactions:
need to forsee resolution of disputes
• In 1921, ICC network of businesses realized need to
create alternative dispute settlement procedures for
businesses trading internationally
• ICC dispute settlement services : trusted system
created by a business network for businesses
• Mediation, arbitration, conciliation
Policy framework
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Businesses work within framework of
national, regional and international rules
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Rules have important effects on business and market
access eg trade, investment,intellectual property, tax,
competition, environment, customs, transport,
marketing, e-business
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Networks of businesses work with governments to help
shape these rules: ICC (international/multisectoral eg
UN, WTO etc); chambers of commerce and
trade/professional associations (sector specific issues
and national/regional level)
Business opportunities and development
How can global networks help
 create business opportunities ?
 develop individual businesses ?
World Chambers Congress
• Takes place every 2 years in a different region of the
world: Kuala Lumpur, 3-5 June 2010
• Brings together nearly 2000 chamber and
business representatives from over 100 countries
• Excellent networking platform and exhibition space
• Focus on role of women in business
and intellectual property
Electronic marketplaces/info exchange
Internet = new opportunities for information exchange and
contacts BUT problem of trust.
World Chambers Network website platform for exchange
of business information between chambers and their
member companies worldwide
 The Global Business Exchange (GBX) – business
opportunities from member chambers worldwide on easyto-search online database.
Partnership with Openentry – market access for SMEs.
 International trade information - country reports, trade
and customs information, etc. produced by chambers of
commerce, and available online.
Chambers IP programmes
• Many chambers and business organisations offer IP
support programmes for businesses
• ICC IP tool-kit for chambers – listing of types of IP
support offered by different chambers around the world
 Helps businesses identify
chambers that can help them
 Helps chambers set up their own initiatives
Counterfeiting and piracy
• ICC BASCAP initiative provides platform to connect and
mobilize businesses across industries, sectors and national
borders in the fight against counterfeiting and piracy.
• Website rich source of information
• IP guidelines for business:
what businesses can do to protect their own creativity and
innovation and lower the risk of using counterfeit materials or
infringing other companies’ IP rights
• BASCAP supports local groups and initiatives in different
countries
Business/professional associations
• Networks of people
• Trust building
• Information exchange
• Learn from each others’ experiences
• Force for change
For more information
Thank you for your attention
Daphne Yong-d’Hervé
[email protected]
ICC : www.iccwbo.org
World Chambers Federation:
http://www.iccwbo.org/wcf/id8856/index.html
Commission on Intellectual Property:
http://www.iccwbo.org/policy/ip/id3060/index.html