The Paris Chamber of Commerce (french: Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Paris or ''CCIP'') is a
chamber of commerce
A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a form of business network. For example, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to ad ...
of the
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
region.
It defends the interests of companies of the city of Paris, and provides services to these companies.
Since 2013 it has been a division of the
Paris Île-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The Paris Île-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (french: Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de région Paris - Île-de-France, italic=no) is a French chamber of commerce that supports businesses in Paris and the Île-de-France, ...
.
History
The CCIP was created on 25 February 1803 by
Napoleon
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and is the successor to the
Guild
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s of the ''
Ancien Régime
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''.
It was initially located in the
préfecture
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* the ''chef-lieu de département'', the commune in which the administration of a department is located;
* the ''chef-lieu de région'', the commune in which the administration of a region is l ...
, before transferring to the building now occupied by the
Paris Bourse
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, and then to the
Hôtel Potocki
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The palace was once the location of the fashionable salon of Countess Emanuela Po ...
.
On 1 January 2013 the Paris Île-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry was created, combining eight chambers of commerce of the area in and around Paris.
The merger brought together the six departmental CCI (Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Val d'Oise, Yvelines Versailles) and the two territorial CCI (Seine-et -Marne and Essonne).
On 1 January 2013 the ''CCI départementale de Paris'' was created as a division of the ''CCI de région Paris Ile-de-France''.
It has its headquarters at 2 Place de la Bourse and provides operational services at the
Bourse de commerce. As of 2015 there were 36 elected officials and a staff of 125 people. The CCI Paris acts as an advocate for business in Paris, and provides support to company creators, marketers and business leaders.
Universities managed by the CCIP
The Paris Chamber of Commerce owns many of the city's leading ''
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''. The Chamber'
full listincludes many of France's most famous graduate business schools and engineering schools.
Some of the better known schools include:
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ESCP Business School
ESCP Business School (french: École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris) is a French business school and ''grande école'' founded in Paris and based across Europe with campuses in Paris, Berlin, London, Madrid, Turin, and Warsaw. It is consist ...
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HEC Paris
HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Fi ...
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ISTM Institut Supérieur de Technologie et de Management
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Chambers of commerce
Economy of Paris
Organizations established in 1803
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