Membership shall be open to legal entities which are meeting the following requirements:
- to be legally established in accordance with the laws and practice of their country of origin,
- to be non-profit distributing organisations,
- to be so organised and financed as to be able to take into consideration and/or to represent the national interests of those industrial domains which make use of techniques within the Technical Field of the Association,
- to provide the financial resources for sharing the work of the Association and implementing the decisions reached by the General Assembly.
Membership shall not be open to bodies whose activities are wholly or mainly of commercial or trade character.
Type of Members
The Association shall be composed of :
- Full members :
a) legal persons or groups of legal persons being wholly or mainly concerned with the scientific and technical aspects related to the Technical Field of the Association,
b) legal persons which contain a department wholly or mainly concerned with the scientific and technical aspects related to the Technical Field of the Association.
- Associate members :
c) legal persons which contain a department covering only a part of the scientific and/or technical aspects related to the Technical Field of the Association,
d) legal persons intending to establish a body or a department covering the scientific and/or technical aspects related to the Technical Field of the Association.
The admission of members shall be decided by the General Assembly on the proposal of the Board of Directors. The decisions of the General assembly shall be sovereign and without appeal.
Associate members whose activities have developed to meet the qualification for full membership shall become full members.
There cannot be associate members in a country where full members have already been admitted.
Fees
Members of the Association shall pay a subscription fixed every year by the General Assembly, on the proposal of the Board of Directors.
An entrance fee, fixed by the General Assembly on the proposal of the Board of Directors, shall be paid on election to membership.