The purposes of the Comité Colbert, an association founded in 1954 that comes under the French law of July 1, 1901, shall be to: 1- Represent artisanal, commercial or industrial businesses in France that have earned an international reputation, operate primarily in the sectors of creation and/or hospitality and have agreed to collaborate to find solutions to problems inherent to their business activity 2- Implement all possible means to encourage businesses in these sectors to start exporting or to expand their export activities, thereby promoting the prestige of France in the world. 3- Examine and take all possible measures to ensure the development of the crafts used to make products – essentially by hand – and provide services of outstanding quality, thanks to a highly qualified labor force with a long-established reputation, and to adopt any approach or take any action that may contribute directly or indirectly towards the attainment of the aforementioned purposes (...)