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Welcome to European Business Chamber

Your voice for business

The chamber at a glance

EBC membership groups,  thousands of companies of every size in over 130 countries worldwide. They represent a broad cross-section of business activity including manufacturing, trade, services and the professions. Through membership of EBC, companies shape rules and policies that stimulate international trade and investment. These companies in turn count on the prestige and expertise of EBC to get business views across to governments and intergovernmental organizations, whose decisions affect corporate finances and operations worldwide.

How does membership with the European Business Chamber help members compete?

A membership with the Chamber gives:

Credibility

For over 20 years, the Chamber has served as one of the largest business association in Europe. Through consultation and research, in collaboration with its members, the Chamber speaks for thousands of business people. Because of the Chamber’s longstanding track record and who it represents, it is seen as the authoritative voice on all business matters.

Advocacy

The Chamber interprets issues and communicates members’ views to policymakers. Our expert policy staff work directly with our members on issues that matter most business; this means that members are steering the debate.

Information

For members, the Chamber provides up-to-date information on policy and legislative changes that affect business. Members receive informed analysis by Chamber economists and policy experts. The Chamber gives members an early warning system of upcoming developments.

Influence

Representing 440,000 businesses of all sizes, in all sectors, in all regions, the membership network forms the basis for its authoritative voice. Given its size, constituencies, history, and track record, becoming a Chamber member is a sound business investment. Members can count on the Chamber’s network of qualified staff, corporate volunteers, and Board of Directors to act as credible voices on issues that matter most to business.

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Who can become a member?

- Corporations and companies in all sectors;
- National professional and sectoral associations;
- Business and employers federations;
- Law firms and consultancies;
- Chambers of commerce;
- Individuals involved in international business.

How does membership work for you? 

EBC members belong to an organization representing businesses from all sectors all over the world. EBC is the only world business organization. It promotes business enterprise and investment as the most effective way of raising living standards and creating wealth. EBC works for the liberalization of trade and investment within the multilateral trading system.

Being a member of EBC enables you to take part in the work of commissions and special working groups, composed of a total of more than 500 business experts who regularly meet to scrutinize proposed international and government initiatives affecting their subject areas. Members of EBC learn what really matters for their companies at an early stage and win time to make the right decisions.

Through EBC's many working bodies, members shape policy and elaborate its rules. EBC gives priority to the issues that most urgently concern its members. It is the members who set EBC's agenda.

EBC members are at the forefront of business self-regulation. EBC is world leader in setting voluntary rules, standards and codes for the conduct of international trade that are accepted by all business sectors and observed in thousands of transactions every day.

Member companies and business associations are instrumental in the development of such key international trading instruments as Incoterms, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credit (UCP 500) and GUIDEC (a set of guidelines for ensuring trustworthy digital transactions over the Internet).

EBC's privileged links with major international organizations, including the specialized agencies and the World Trade Organization, allow the organization to effectively represent the interests of its members in international fora. EBC members prepare business positions for submission to international organizations and also, through the global network of national committees, to governments.

By being part of EBC, members gain influence both at national and international level.

EBC offers members many of the advantages of belonging to a prestigious club and the chance to forge business relationships at the highest level at exclusive EBC events.

How to join EBC

There are two ways to become a member of EBC:
1. Through affiliation with an EBC national committee or group
2. By direct membership with the EBC International Secretariat when a national committee/group has not yet been established in your country/territory.

What is the cost of EBC membership?

National committees pay an annual subscription to EBC's International Secretariat in Stuttgart to meet the organization's administrative expenses. The rate is proportionate to the economic importance of the country they represent. National committees are financially independent of the central body and are free to establish the level of their own membership subscriptions.

Direct members fall into two categories with their annual dues as follows:
- 2500 EUR per year for 'local' members, i.e. local chambers of commerce, local companies, professional individuals;
- 4000 EUR per year for 'national' members, i.e. national chambers of commerce, national trade associations, national business organizations, as well as companies with a predominant international activity, and occupying a leading position in the country.

Who can establish a national committee?  

Business and trade associations as well as individual companies and firms can apply for approval from EBC Council to establish a national committee.

 The EBC Council considers the following criteria before giving its approval:
- Members of the proposed national committee must represent the main economic forces in the country concerned, which in turn should adhere to market economy principles;
- The national committee must be able to participate regularly and effectively in EBC's work


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