Kaliningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry www kaliningradcci

Kaliningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry www. kaliningrad-cci. ru

Kaliningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry PRESENT KCCI`s Mission: Forming and developing the favorable business environment to improve the living standards of the residents of Kaliningrad Region Kaliningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Branch-offices: The region’s largest towns: Chernyachovsk and Sovetsk, which is right at the border with Lithuania Membership: 300 entrepreneurs and business-associations of the Kaliningrad Region 2

Kaliningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry PRESENT KCCI`S MEMBERS Since January 2010 KCCI has been the member of the KCCI consists of 244 members International Chamber of Commerce – World Business Organization Quality Management System ü The Kaliningrad CCI became the first Russian CCI, certified according to the standards of international Quality Management System ISO 9001: 2008 ü Certifying authority TUV NORD CERT Gmb. H INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION “INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS AND TRADE” was founded Collaboration with the “ENTERPRISE EUROPE NETWORK RUSSIA” 3

Kaliningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY Collaboration ü 30 agreements with similar foreign business associations from 14 countries of Europe and CIS ü Intention to broaden the region of collaborating with the chambers of various European countries, including Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands Ways of Communication ü Internal and external trade missions ü Russian and International Fairs ü Russian and International Conferences ü Russian and International Fora ü Russian and International B 2 B Data Exchange ü Russian and International B 2 B Industry-Specific Data Exchange ü Searching for Russian and International Business Partners through the system of regional CCI and foreign representatives 4

Kaliningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY Trade missions in 2011: ü Trade mission from Minsk (Belarus), 9 February ü Trade mission to Olsztyn (Poland), 18 March ü Trade mission to Vilnius (Lithuania) 27 -29 April ü Trade mission from Minsk (Belarus), 12 May ü Trade mission to Gdansk (Poland), 20 May ü Trade mission from Elblag (Poland), 24 May ü Trade mission to Klaipeda (Lithuania), 3 -4 June ü Trade mission from Gdansk (Poland), 11 -12 July ü The presentation of the Kaliningrad region in Region Blekinge, Karlskrona (South Sweden), 12 -15 October ü The presentation from Bellegprom (light industry) (Belarus), 22 November ü Trade mission to Suwalska Special Economic Zone (Poland), 13 -15 December Total: 11 trade missions in 2011 International Fora in 2011: ü “Export Finance I”, Kaliningrad (Russia), 29 November International Fairs in 2011: ü «MECSPE» , Parma, (Italy), 24 -26 March ü «MACEF» , Milan, (Italy), 8 -11 September ü «Host» , Milan, (Italy), 21 -25 October 5

Kaliningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY International Fora in 2012: ü “Baltic Business Forum – Gdansk 2012”, Export Finance II, Gdansk (Poland), 9 February International Fairs in 2012: ü International “GREEN WEEK Berlin 2012”, (Germany), 20 -29 January ü «MACEF» , Milan, (Italy), 26 -29 January 6

Kaliningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY Implemented international projects ü Project on exchange of the experience with the Southern Sweden CCI “New Bridges” ü Project on the formation of “the Baltic Cities Network” with participation of Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and the Kaliningrad region Current international projects ü Collaboration with the Nordic Council of Ministers Future International Projects ü The program of trans-border co-operation Lithuania – Poland – Russia 2007 -2013 Total 6 applications 7

Kaliningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry FUTURE Goals for 2012 ü To diversify the range of services provided by the Chamber Achievements: ü Activities in the field of development and protection of intellectual property rights ü Investment project planning and marketing analysis ü Forming foreign language courses ü Accreditation in the RF CCI Prospective development: ü Intellectual property ü Venture crediting ü Transfer of technologies ü Assisting regional government and employee associations 8

Kaliningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry CUSTOMS UNION RUSSIA-BELARUS-KAZACHSTAN Since January 1 st 2012 - New Common Free Market Zone Since 2015 union Eurasian economic The Kaliningrad region: Agreement of the Customs Union on the Special Economic Zones June, 18 2010 Customs and tax privileges for companies of he SEZ are maintained until 2016 9

Kaliningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry New Law № 409 – FZ January 7, 2012 the new federal law № 409 came into force Purpose of the new law is to adjust the old Law № 16 -FZ in accordance with the legal rules of the Customs Union Role of the KCCI is to confirm the origin of the Kaliningrad articles and issue of the expert reports for this purposes 10

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