About the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Founded in 1919, ICC is the world business organization, headquartered in Paris, France. Its purpose is to promote an open international trade and investment system and the market economy in the context of sustainable growth and development. It makes rules that govern the conduct of business across borders. It provides essential services, foremost among them the ICC International Court of Arbitration, the world's leading institution of its kind.
ICC rules of business conduct are used by bankers, traders and businessmen worldwide. Its celebrated code of practice, ICC Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (know as UCP600), is the world's most widely used commercial code. Other prominent ICC rules include: ICC Uniform Rules for Contract Guarantees (URCG), ICC Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees (URDG), ICC Uniform Rules for Collections (URC 522), and Uniform Rules for Bank-to-Bank Reimbursements under Documentary Credits (URR 725).
Today ICC groups thousands of member companies and associations from over 130 countries. National committees in all major capitals coordinate with their membership to address the concerns of the business community and to put across to their governments the business views formulated by ICC.
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