The Paphos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) is a private corporate body functioning under special law The Chambers of Commerce and Industry Act of 1968 (Law 56/1968) and is financially independent, free of any influence by the state. The Chamber is funded by its members’ subscription fees, the revenue of issuing Certificates of Origin and through income generated from a number of services it provides. The PCCI is the Paphos Union of Cypriot businessmen, the interests of whom it promotes by submitting to the government and the Parliament through the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) the members’ positions on matters in which they are involved, while, through its participation in tripartite bodies and committees, it conveys and promotes the views of the business community. The PCCI was founded in 1952 under the name “Paphos Federation of Trade & Industry”, and in 1963 a new structure was adopted, which remains in operation to date, under the name of: “Paphos Chamber of Commerce and Industry”, and joined the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) power. In 1968, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Law of 1968 (Law 56/1968) was passed that regulates the establishment and operation of the Local Chambers and the powers and responsibilities provided by law to the Chamber’s of Commerce and Industry.The CCCI – Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry – consist of all local Chamber’s and is essentially the Federation of the Local Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCIs) which operate in Nicosia, Limassol, Famagusta, Larnaca and Paphos. The local CCI’s have a geographical coverage of their respective districts. The membership of the CCCI exceeds 8,000 enterprises from the whole spectrum of business activity. Affiliated to it are more than 140 Professional Associations from the trade, industry and services sectors.