WHETHER YOU KNOW THAT:

• The Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a member of the International Chamber of Commerce and World Chamber Federation, the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Eurochambres), Black Sea Economic Co-operation Business Council, the Association of the Central European Initiative Chambers of Commerce, other influential international organizations, representing  business interests of the members.
• The Chamber officials are members of 70 government commissions on trade and economic cooperation.
• To facilitate exports of Ukrainian goods and services the Ukrainian CCI and regional Chambers have their representatives in many countries.
• Admission to membership of the Chamber is carried out by regional Chambers of Commerce and Industry (according to the Law of Ukraine “On the Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Ukraine”, Art. 13). Members of regional Chambers are simultaneously the members of the Ukrainian CCI.

CHAMBERS OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE TODAY:

• Represent and protect legitimate interests of their members;
•  Render practical assistance to entrepreneurs in conducting trade and economy transactions in internal and external markets.
• Promote development of foreign economic relations, exports of Ukrainian goods and services.
• Represent economic concerns of the Chamber members in Ukraine and overseas.
• Coordinate interaction of entrepreneurs and the State in the name of the bodies.
• Organize professional training and training of Ukrainian specialists concerning business and competition development in Ukraine and abroad.
• Render reference and other services for implementation of business activity in Ukraine and abroad.
• Carry out independent analysis of parliamentary bills on the development of international economic relations and other issues of business activity and also to the questions, concerning rights and interests of businessmen.
• At Ukrainian and foreign businessmen request carry out the expertise of quality, quantity and completeness of goods (including export and import) and define their value;
• Issue certificates of origin of the goods and other documents related to foreign economic activities.

Who can be a Member of the Kherson CCI
Members of the Kherson Chamber of Commerce and Industry can be legal entities who are established and operate according to the Ukrainian legislation, citizens of Ukraine who are registered as entrepreneurs and their associations. All of them enter the Chamber on a voluntary basis.
How to become a Member of the Chamber
To become a member a company is to apply to the Chamber, submitting an application and a copy of the certificate thereto of its state registration.
Members are adopted by the Presidium or the Council of the Chamber with further notification of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The date of paying the membership fee is the juridical date of entry into the Chamber and simultaneously into the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Rights and Duties of the Chamber Members

The members of the Kherson CCI are entitled:

• to submit to the governing bodies of the Chamber proposals on the issues pertaining to the activities of the Kherson CCI respectively;
• to get necessary assistance from the Kherson CCI in the issues within its competence;
• to enjoy services of the Chamber on a priority basis and on beneficial terms specified by the Chamber governing bodies.

The members of KCCI commit themselves:

• to give active assistance to carrying out missions and functions of the Chamber;
• to pay entry and membership fees;
• to exercise their duties on principles of respect to the partner, to abstain from unfair competition.

Termination of the Membership
A member of the Chamber may terminate his membership in the regional chamber of commerce and industry by submitting a written notice. In this case he also ceases being a member of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The member of the Chamber who failed to pay his annual fees may be expelled from the membership in the regional chamber and the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Should a member of the Chamber do not perform his duties ensuing from his membership in the Chamber; the body which took the decision to adopt him into the members may take a decision of his expulsion.

To become a member of the Kherson CCCI it is necessary for you to provide the following documents:

• Application for entering (Download).
• Copy of the State Registration Certificate, certified by the wet stamp, date, and a signature of the director.
• The filled Form of the Enterprise, the member of the Kherson Chamber of Commerce and Industry. (Download).
• Advertising materials of manufactured production, provided services or price lists if they are.