Chamber of Commerce and Industry Aix Marseille Provence

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Aix Marseille Provence (CCIAMP), originally known as the Marseille Chamber of Commerce, later as the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marseille Provence (CCIMP), is the oldest Chamber of Commerce in the world, established in 1599. The Marseille Chamber also invented the phrase "Chamber of Commerce." According to the Chamber, it was originally created to protect French merchant vessels from Piracy in the Mediterranean. However, the City Council briefly abolished the Chamber in the mid-1600's, during The Fronde, in a failed uprising of the nobility against the King. In 1660, after Louis XIV laid siege to the city and invaded it, occupying the city for 5 days, he re-certified the Chamber. During the French Revolution, the Chamber – along with every other Chamber in France – was again abolished, but was reestablished in 1802. Today, it is a participant of the Council of Europe initiative Routes of the Olive Tree.

Originally, the institution was housed in the Palais Communal. Later it moved to the Hôtel de Ville. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was headquartered in a temporary building at the Place Général de Gaulle. In 1852, the architect Pascal Coste was selected to build the Palais de Bourse et Commerce, inaugurated on September 10, 1860 by Napoleon III and Eugénie de Montijo. The building, also known as the Marseille Stock Exchange Building, has been the headquarters of the CCIAMP ever since.