THE CHAMBER

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Alcoy is a Corporation constituted under Public Law and groups together natural persons and body corporates who carry out commercial and industrial activities within the limits of the municipality of Alcoy.

Currently, Chambers of Commerce are regulated by the law known as a Ley 3/1993 Básica de las Cámaras oficiales de Industria Comercio y Navegación de España (Basic Law for Official Chambers of Industry, Commerce and Navigation of Spain) which was fully ratified by the Spanish higher court known as the Tribunal Constitucional.

Sin embargo la existencia de las Cámaras de Comercio en nuestro país es mucho más antigua.

Nonetheless, the existence of Chambers of Commerce in our country goes back a long time. The Alcoy Chamber of Commerce and Industry dates from November 1886, when a group of Alcoy businessmen met and resolved to create the chamber. The minutes of the meeting dated January 27, 1887 reflect the formal approval given to the statutes and the first board of directors was elected on February 6, 1887.

At that time 120 entrepreneurs were members of the chamber according to the entries dated February 14 1887 in the first Register Book.

More than one century has passed since its inauguration and there are currently more than 4,000 registered members in the Alcoy Chamber of Commerce.

Throughout the evolution of the economy in Alcoy, the presence of the Chamber of Commerce has been permanent and it ha played a significant role in local development; it is the wish of its current governing body to continue this mission.

Nonetheless, as was the case in the beginning as it is now, little has changed and we can summarise the Chamber's goals thus:

• The representation, promotion and defence of the general interests of Commerce and industry.
• The offering services to companies.
• To act as advisory bodies and intermediaries in relation to matters concerning the various Public Administrations.