During a meeting of the BLCCA Steering Committe on 12 October, the committee members unanimously decided to grant the status of associated bilateral chamber to four Belgian-Luxembourg Chambers of Commerce abroad: the Belgian-Luxembourg American Chamber of Commerce, the Belgian American Chamber of the South, the Chilean-Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (BELGOLUX) and the Belgo-Luxembourg-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Belgalux). All four Chambers are located on the American continent.