Presentation | Spheres of activity | Role of the different authorities | ACFCI's delegation in Brussels

The Assembly of French Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ACFCI) is the national public establishment responsible for the direction and amalgamation of the French Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI).

  

The AFCI groups together 148 metropolitan and overseas local chambers, as well as the 21 regional chambers, thus representing 1,800,000 French companies. .

  

The ACFCI is the intermediary between all the CCIs and the French and European Public Authorities, international organisations and large public or private partners. To this end, the ACFCI is represented in Brussels, in the Chamber House, by its European Affairs Department.

Its task is to provide guidance, support and advice to the chambers within their spheres of activity : economic observation, company development, territorial and infrastructural development, continuing professional education.

To this end, it facilitates the sharing of skills and experience by means of an intranet network for the chambers of commerce and industry.

Its organisation is a manifestation of its tasks of representation and support to the chamber network.

Around the president, elected by his or her peers (all the Heads of the local and regional Chambers), the institutional organisation assures the political functions of the Assembly :

-The Board analyses and proposes motions
-The General Assembly, consisting of all the Heads of Chambers, determines objectives on strategic issues and votes on budgets
-The Steering Committee is in charge of the follow-up and continuity of decisions
-The Advisory and Regulatory Committees transmit opinions and reflections upstream.

The services of the ACFCI fall under the responsibility of a chief executive officer. The ACFCI, with 180 direct collaborators and several associate organisations, constitutes a large resource and advice centre for the entirety of the CCIs.