Statutes
Art. 1
Name, Seat, Accounting Year
1. The name of the Association shall be “European Dental Association (EDA)”. It shall be registered in the Register of Associations of the local court in Kempten.
2. The seat of the Association shall be Kempten/Allgäu.
3. The accounting year shall be the calendar year.
4. At its ordinary meeting on 5 July 2003, the general assembly of members of EDA adopted the amendment to its Statutes, as well as its Rules of Procedure and its Election Regulations.
Art. 2
Purpose of the Association
1. The purpose of the Association is to provide scientific and practical support at a very high level of quality to all sub-disciplines of dentistry that are relevant to dental practice. These sub-disciplines include in particular:
- Preventive dentistry
- Operative dentistry
- Endodontics
- Paediatric dentistry
- Preventive functional treatment of the masticatory system
- Orthodontics
- Periodontology
- Functional rehabilitation of the masticatory system
- Aesthetic dentistry
- Fixed restoration
- Removable restoration
- Dental surgery
- Dental implantology
- Implant-supported restorations
- Geriatric prosthodontics and stomatology
- Dental materials science and technologies
- Dental workplace ergonomics
- Design and organisation of dental offices
- Dental technology
More specifically, it shall be the task of the Association to promote research findings obtained at national level and abroad and to communicate them to the members of the Association and to other interested parties.
2. The Association shall promote specialised undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education in the various branches of dentistry by developing guidelines for such education.
3. As a basis of such undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education, it is the aim of the Association in its capacity as an umbrella organisation to achieve a merger of national and international dental organisations representing various sub-disciplines.
4. The Association shall certify the structured postgraduate and continuing education of dentists who undergo qualified training to become specialists in the various sub-disciplines. Details with regard to the appointment of a European Dental Association (EDA) Specialist in … shall be governed by the guidelines laid down for the sub-discipline concerned. The aim of such appointments is to promote specialised qualifications based on proven up-to-date theoretical knowledge and practical skills, with the objective of achieving a particularly high standard of competency in dental practice. Candidates will have to pass a theoretical and practical examination to prove their competency.
5. The Association shall influence, and participate in, the drafting and safeguarding of quality standards, shall promote proper working and economic conditions in dental practice, and shall draw up and update a state-of-the-art directory of dental services.
6. Establishment of a system of experts If a member of the Association is engaged as an expert and receives a fee for this activity, such fee shall not fall to the Association, but to the member concerned.
Art. 3
Non-Profit Status and Assets of the Association
1. In the framework of its activities defined in Art. 2 above, the Association shall exclusively and directly pursue non-profit-making purposes, as defined in the German Fiscal Code in the section on “Tax-Favoured Purposes” (Section 51 ff.). The Association’s activities are charitable and are not designed to make any profit.
2. The Association’s assets shall be accrued from membership fees, donations, subsidies and contracts, as well as from interest earned on interest-bearing asset investments.
3. The Association’s funds shall be used exclusively for the purposes provided for in the Statutes and to cover the associated business expenses. The Association shall not distribute any profits to its members or third parties. The members of the Association shall not receive any payments from funds of the Association.
4. No-one shall benefit from unreasonably high fees or from Association expenses incurred for purposes other than the Association’s purposes as defined above. The reimbursement of expenses shall be subject to the current version of the travel expense regulation of the Bavarian Dental Association, unless the General Assembly specifically provides otherwise.
5. When a member leaves the Association or when the Association is dissolved, assets that have been contributed shall not be refunded.
6. Any amendment to the purpose of the Association shall be subject to the provisions stipulated in Art. 3(1) above.
Art. 4
Affiliations of the Association
The Association may be cooperatively affiliated to other professional associations, and it may admit other associations or federations as members. Furthermore, the Association shall be entitled to conclude association agreements with associations and federations in both EU and Non-EU countries. By virtue of a resolution adopted by the General Assembly, the Association may become affiliated to another international society or another international association.
Art. 5
Members of the Association
1. The following persons shall be eligible for membership in the Association:
1.1 Duly qualified dentists residing in EU countries.
1.2 Duly qualified dentists residing in non-EU countries, providing that their qualification is equivalent to that of German dentists. The Executive Board shall decide on the equivalence of qualifications and the admission of candidates.
1.3 Any researcher with an equivalent academic education.
1.4 Dental technicians with a German apprenticeship diploma or an equivalent qualification. The Executive Board shall decide on the equivalence of qualifications and the admission of candidates.
1.5 Any individuals or legal entities that are prepared to support the Association’s objectives actively or materially. The Executive Board shall decide on their admission.
2. Individuals – from Germany and other countries – who have rendered outstanding services in the Association’s field of activities, may join the Association as corresponding members.
3. Honorary members shall be appointed by the General Assembly with a two-thirds majority, upon a proposal submitted by the President of the Association.
4. In order to join the Association, candidates must file a written application, which shall be decided by the Admissions Committee. Candidates who have been turned down by the Admissions Committee shall be entitled to file an appeal, which shall be decided by the subsequent General Assembly. The Assembly’s decision shall be final.
5. Membership shall terminate through resignation, expulsion or death; membership of legal entities shall also terminate when the latter lose their legal status. If a member gives notice of withdrawal from the Association, termination of membership shall not be effective before 31 December of the year of notice. Any member wishing to withdraw from the Association must notify the President of the Association in writing (by registered letter), giving three months’ notice.
6. The Executive Board shall decide on the expulsion of members. Members who have severely violated the Association’s objectives and interests, or who no longer meet the statutory membership requirements, or who are in arrears with their membership fees for 3 months, may be expelled by the Executive Board, effective immediately.
7. Prior to resolving to expel members, the Executive Board shall give the members concerned an opportunity to justify their actions or to comment on the allegations made. Members shall be entitled to challenge a resolution for their expulsion by lodging an appeal within 4 weeks after having been notified of their expulsion. A decision on such an appeal shall be adopted by the subsequent General Assembly. The member’s rights and obligations shall be suspended until the date of the General Assembly following the expulsion.
Art. 6
Bodies of the Association
The Association shall have the following bodies:
(a) the General Assembly
(b) the Executive Board
(c) the committees. Art. 7 General Assembly
1. All ordinary members of the Association shall form part of the General Assembly, with one vote each.
2. A General Assembly shall be held at least once a year. The Executive Board may decide not to hold the annual General Assembly in the country where the Association has its seat but in any other European country in which at least one institutional member is domiciled. General Assemblies shall be convened by the Executive Board by sending written invitations including the agenda to members 4 weeks in advance. This four-week period shall start to run on the day following the date on which the letter of invitation is postmarked. The letter of invitation shall be deemed to have been received by a member when it is sent to the last address communicated in writing by the member to the Association. The Executive Board shall appoint a person to chair the General Assembly.
3. An extraordinary General Assembly shall be convened whenever this is required in the interest of the Association. Upon the written request of at least 30 per cent of all ordinary members of the Association, the Executive Board shall convene an extraordinary General Assembly within a period of 6 weeks. As a rule, such a meeting shall be convened by sending a letter, with the agenda, to members 4 weeks in advance. In their request, members must specify the agenda item they wish to be addressed at the meeting.
4. General Assemblies that have been duly convened shall have a quorum regardless of the number of members present. Unless the General Assembly specifically provides otherwise, resolutions shall be voted by show of hands and adopted by a majority of the votes cast. In the event of an equal number of votes being cast in favour and against, the resolution put to the vote shall not be adopted.
5. In derogation of (4) above, amendments to the Statutes shall require a majority of three-quarters of the votes cast at the General Assembly.
6. A resolution to dissolve the Association shall require at least 50 per cent of the votes of all the ordinary members.
Art. 8
Role of the General Assembly
1. In its capacity as the Association’s supreme decision-making body, the General Assembly shall, as a matter of principle, be responsible for all matters, unless certain matters have been assigned under this Statute to another body of the Association. The General Assembly shall elect the Executive Board from among its ordinary members. The persons who receive the largest numbers of votes shall be elected. Voting shall be by secret ballot.
2. Members of the Executive Board may be voted out of office by the General Assembly. In derogation of (1) above, the majority of the votes of all members of the Association shall be required for this purpose.
3. The General Assembly shall decide on motions filed by members who are to be expelled from the Association by virtue of an Executive Board resolution.
4. The General Assembly shall be the addressee of the annual report to be presented by the Executive Board, as well as the auditor’s report, and shall vote on the release of the Executive Board members from responsibility for the management of the Association in the preceding year.
5. The General Assembly shall decide on the Association’s budget which shall be presented annually by the Executive Board.
6. The General Assembly shall decide on any amendments to the Statutes.
7. More specifically, the annual accounts and the annual report shall be submitted in writing to the General Assembly for approval and for granting release to the members of the Executive Board from responsibility for the management of the Association in the preceding year. The General Assembly shall appoint two auditors who shall not be members of the Executive Board or of any of the bodies appointed by the Executive Board and who must not be employees of the Association. The task of the auditors shall be to audit the accounting records of the Association, including the annual accounts, and to submit a report of their findings to the General Assembly. The auditors shall have access to all of the accounting records of the Association. The Executive Board may decide to entrust this task to an independent certified auditor.
8. The General Assembly shall also decide on other matters such as:
(a) Exemptions from charges;
(b) Responsibilities of the Association;
(c) Affiliation to other associations;
(d) Membership fees and the regulations governing membership fees;
(e) Amendments to the Statutes;
(f) Expense allowances;
(g) Election regulations;
(h) Rules of procedure.
9. Furthermore, it can decide on any other matters submitted to the General Assembly by the Executive Board or by the Association’s members.
Art. 9
Executive Board
1. The Executive Board shall include at least 7 persons: the President, the Vice-President, the International Coordinator, the Treasurer, the Secretary, as well as 2 additional members. A majority of the members of the Executive Board must be dentists in private practice. The term of office of the Executive Board members shall be 4 years; they shall be eligible for re-election. When their term of office has expired, the incumbent members of the Executive Board shall stay in office until their successors have been elected.
2. The President shall be elected by the General Assembly by separate ballot.
3. The Executive Board shall decide on all matters relating to the Association, except for matters that require a resolution to be adopted by the General Assembly. The Executive Board shall execute the General Assembly’s resolutions.
4. The Executive Board shall meet at the request of one Board member after consultation with the other Board members. Board members shall be invited in writing to attend Board meetings no later than 7 days before the date of the meeting.
The Executive Board shall have a quorum when the majority of its members are present. The Board shall decide by a majority of the votes cast. In the event of an equal number of votes being cast in favour and against, the resolution put to the vote shall not be adopted. In urgent cases, the Executive Board may also adopt resolutions in writing or by telephone, providing that all Board members have given their consent to this procedure either in writing or by telephone. Resolutions adopted by the Executive Board in writing or by telephone shall be put down in writing and signed by all members of the Executive Board. Allowance shall be made for the use of new communications media.
5. The Association shall be represented in court and out of court by the President and the Vice-President, with either of them separately having sole power of representation. Only the President or the Vice-President or the Treasurer shall be authorised to draw on the bank accounts of the Association.
6. The Executive Board may resolve to appoint a full-time Executive Secretary as an authorised representative (as defined in Section 30 of the German Civil Code) to manage the Association’s day-to-day business as well as the Association’s full-time staff. Decisions on the conclusion and termination of employment contracts or on the admission and expulsion of members shall be reserved to the Executive Board.
7. The Executive Secretary shall be obliged to attend General Assemblies and shall be entitled and – at the Board’s request – obliged to attend the meetings of the Executive Board. The Executive Secretary shall have the right to speak at all meetings and be accountable to the bodies of the Association.
8. The Executive Board shall be entitled on its own accord to carry out amendments to the Statutes requested for formal reasons by supervisory, judicial or fiscal authorities. Members shall be informed about these amendments at the next General Assembly.
9. The Executive Board shall be exempt from any liability.
Art. 10
Committees
The Association may establish the following statutory committees:
10.1 Admissions Committee
10.2 European Affairs Committee
10.1 The Admissions Committee
The Admissions Committee shall be made up of the EDA’s President, the Vice-President and an additional member to be appointed by the Executive Board. The Admissions Committee shall examine membership applications and decide whether applicants should be admitted.
10.2 The European Affairs Committee The task of the European Affairs Committee shall be to plan and coordinate the Association’s European activities. The members of the European Affairs Committee shall be appointed by the Executive Board. Each European country that is represented by members in the Association should be represented by at least one member in the European Affairs Committee. The tasks of the Committee shall be to organise the Association’s European integration, to prepare and implement its European expansion, to establish contacts with other European dental organisations, and to ensure that the Association’s objectives will gain currency in Europe.
10.3 Resolutions and meeting rules of the Committees At the request of the Executive Board, the Committees can be enlarged at any time by co-opting or appointing representatives from other professional associations or experts. The Committees shall keep minutes of their meetings and submit them to the Executive Board. The rules applying to invitations for meetings of the Executive Board shall also apply to Committee meetings. In exceptional cases, Committee meetings may also be convened by the Executive Board.
Art. 11
Minutes
Resolutions adopted by the Executive Board and by General Assemblies shall be recorded in the minutes, which shall be made available for inspection by members upon request. Said minutes shall be signed by the Association’s President or, in his absence, by his deputy, the Vice-President (German Civil Code, Section 58 No. 4).
Art. 12
Funding of the Association
1. The cash and physical resources required for the operation of the Association shall be raised in particular from:
(a) fees charged by the Association for its activities in the field of basic and continuing dental education;
(b) membership fees;
(c) donations;
(d) contributions by third parties, e.g. voluntary welfare organisations.
2. Members shall pay their membership fees as fixed by a resolution of the General Assembly.
3. Should the Association be dissolved, its assets shall be transferred to “Ärzte ohne Grenzen (Médecins sans Frontières)”. The implementation of resolutions concerning the future use of the Association’s assets shall be subject to their prior approval by the Inland Revenue office.
4. Each founder member shall grant the Association a loan of EURO 511.29, which is equivalent to DM 1,000.00. The Executive Board shall decide on the repayment of this loan.
Art. 13
Entry into Force
This amendment to the Statutes shall enter into force on the date of its entry in the Register of Associations.
Riva del Garda, 5 July 2003
(Dr. Norbert Feigele)
(Mr Christian Berger)
(Mr Per Fossdal)
(Dr. Peter Roth)
(Dr. Matthias Richter)
(Dr. Salvador Congost)
(Prof. Dr. Johann Müller)
B. Rules of Procedure of 5 July 2003
General Provisions
1.1 The General Assembly shall be opened and adjourned by the President or – in the absence of the President – by the Vice-President, who shall chair the Assembly. Should both the President and the Vice-President be unable to attend the Assembly, the Executive Board shall designate one of its members to chair the Assembly.
1.2 After opening the Assembly, the Chairperson shall establish the existence of the quorum and ascertain that the Assembly has been properly convened in accordance with the provisions of the Statutes.
1.3 The General Assembly shall have a quorum regardless of the number of members present.
1.4 In accordance with the Statutes, the Executive Board shall convene the General Assembly at least four weeks before the date of the Assembly; the notification shall include the agenda, and it shall specify the date and venue of the Assembly.
1.5 The President shall prepare the General Assembly and draw up the necessary documents and proposals, as instructed by the Executive Board.
Setting the agenda
2.1 After opening the General Assembly, the Chairperson shall announce the agenda. The Assembly Chairperson shall read out all the motions on the agenda that have been received within the prescribed time.
2.2 Before embarking on the agenda, the General Assembly shall designate a minute-taker by acclamation, and the minutes of the previous General Assembly shall be read out, unless these minutes were previously sent to all members by circular letter and thus approved.
2.3 Members’ proposals to amend the agenda must reach the Executive Board or the Executive Secretary no later than two weeks before the Assembly.
Rules and regulations
3.1 The Assembly Chairperson shall ensure that the General Assembly can proceed without disturbance. Should the Assembly not proceed in conformity with the Statutes and the Rules and Regulations, the Assembly Chairperson shall be authorised to suspend the proceedings. The General Assembly may also decide to suspend the proceedings if this seems useful for other reasons, or if members table a motion to this effect.
3.2 The Assembly Chairperson shall remind speakers whose speech departs from the item of the agenda under debate to keep to the point; after two fruitless reminders, speakers may be ruled out of order.
3.3 Participants who speak without having been given the floor, who personally offend others in their comments or who heckle, or who in any other way grossly disregard parliamentary custom and practice, shall be reprimanded and, in case of a repetition of such behaviour, called to order by the Assembly Chairperson. Speakers who commit such violations of the Rules and Regulations may also be ruled out of order by the Assembly Chairperson.
3.4 Any participant who grossly disturbs the proper conduct of the Assembly may be barred from the Assembly and asked to leave the assembly room by the Chairperson. If necessary, the General Assembly shall decide on this matter by a simple majority.
Conduct of debates
4.1 The Assembly Chairperson may ask another member of the Executive Board to support him or her by keeping a list of speakers.
4.2 The Assembly Chairperson shall be entitled to take the floor without being on the list of speakers and, in exceptional cases, may give the floor to another member of the Executive Board, a committee chairperson or a rapporteur to speak on the point under debate. Any speech by a member on any item of the agenda shall not exceed five minutes. Priority shall be given to any member who requests the floor to raise a point of order. Motions on procedure and points of order must be made in due form.
4.3 The Assembly Chairperson shall grant permission to speak to members on the list of speakers in the order in which they have requested the floor. The Chairperson may depart from this rule with the consent of the members on the list of speakers.
4.4 Exceptions to the general order of speakers may be granted to:
4.4.1 the President or a rapporteur speaking on behalf of the Executive Board,
4.4.2 any member who requests the floor on a point of order.
4.5 The Assembly Chairperson shall close the debate when there are no more requests to speak.
4.6 Only after the closure of the debate on an item of the agenda shall members be given the floor for personal statements. In such personal statements, members shall be given an opportunity to repudiate attacks made on them personally during the debate or to correct their own comments.
Procedural proposals and points of order
5.1 Procedural proposals and points of order may only deal with one of the following points:
5.1.1 limitation of the time allotted to speakers,
5.1.2 closure of the list of speakers,
5.1.3 closure of the debate,
5.1.4 immediate vote on the proposals under discussion,
5.1.5 referral, postponement or adjournment of the agenda item under debate,
5.1.6 return to the agenda,
5.1.7 suspension of the sitting,
5.1.8 infringements of the Statutes, the Rules of Procedure and the Election Regulations.
5.2 Procedural proposals and points of order may only be put forward by ordinary members and only by participants who are not directly involved in the question under debate.
5.3 If a member requests closure of the list of speaker, the list shall be read out and closed, and the floor shall only be given to members who were already on the list of speakers when the request was made. Members who are on the list of speakers may not make a procedural proposal or a point of order with the aim of shortening the debate.
5.4 If a motion is tabled on a procedural matter or a point of order, the floor may be given not only to the person presenting the motion but also to one speaker in favour and one against the motion.
5.5 If a member requests a return to the agenda, the debate shall be closed; only the rapporteur or the Executive Board may reserve the right to speak.
Voting procedures
6.1 Before opening the vote on a resolution of the General Assembly, the Assembly Chairperson shall read out the wording of the proposed resolution. The Chairperson may also request the member presenting the resolution or another member of the Executive Board to read out the text of the proposal.
6.2 Members may request the floor for a procedural proposal or a point of order regarding the wording of a motion. Before voting on the proposed resolution, a common understanding must first be reached on the wording of the resolution.
6.3 If several motions have been tabled that deal with the same matter, they shall be voted on in the order in which they have been tabled, unless one of the motions is more comprehensive and thus makes the other motions superfluous. In case of doubt, the Assembly Chairperson shall decide:
6.3.1 in what order proposals will be voted on, and
6.3.2 which of the proposals is most comprehensive.
6.4 Except where stipulated otherwise in the Statutes, the Assembly shall take its decisions by a simple majority of the valid votes cast. In the event of an equal number of votes being cast in favour and against, the question put to the vote shall not be adopted.
6.5 As a general rule, voting shall be by show of hands. If requested by one third of the members present, voting must be by secret ballot.
6.6 In the case of secret ballots, ballot papers that do not clearly indicate the will and the intention of the voter shall not be counted.
6.7 Once the voting procedure has commenced, no member shall be given the floor to speak, not even on procedural proposals or points of order.
6.8 It shall be up to the Assembly Chairperson to decide on the order in which a proposal will be voted on:
6.8.1 those in favour,
6.8.2 those against, and
6.8.3 abstentions.
6.9 The results of the votes shall be recorded in the minutes.
7. These Rules of Procedure shall also apply mutatis mutandis to the meetings of the Executive Board and the Committees of the Association, unless the Executive Board adopts its own rules of procedure in accordance with Section A No. 21.2.4.
These Rules of Procedure were adopted by the General Assembly on 5 July 2003 in Riva.
C. Election Regulations
1. General provisions
The following provisions shall apply to the election of the members of the Executive Board and, where applicable, to the election of the external auditors.
2. Election Committee
2.1 For the conduct of elections of office-holders, the General Assembly shall elect, ad hoc and by acclamation, an Election Committee that shall be composed of a chairman, who shall be in charge of the elections, and at least two assistants. Only ordinary members shall be eligible to be members of the Election Committee. The Executive Secretary shall prepare the elections and monitor the ballots as well as the counting of the votes.
2.2 The number of ordinary members present who are eligible to vote shall be established prior to the elections. Ballot papers shall be distributed only to members who are entitled to vote. Sponsoring and corresponding members shall not be eligible to vote. Where necessary, the Chairman of the Election Committee may decide that members must show their eligibility to vote in a clearly visible way.
3. Election proposals
3.1 Election proposals may be submitted to the Chairman of the Election Committee either in writing or orally. The names of the candidates nominated shall be made known to the General Assembly in an easily accessible way. In accordance with the Statues, only ordinary members shall be able to stand, or be nominated, as candidates in elections.
3.2 Eligible members who are absent may only be nominated if they have submitted a written declaration stating that they are willing to accept the office if elected.
3.3 Only members who are present and have declared that they are willing to accept the office, if elected, and incumbent members of the Executive Board who are unable to attend for good cause and who have declared in writing that they are willing to accept the office, if re-elected, can stand as candidates for Executive Board posts.
3.4 Should an eligible member who has been nominated refuse to stand as a candidate, this shall be made clearly visible through a modification on the list of candidates that must preclude any ambiguity.
3.5 Should the Chairman or other members of the Election Committee stand as candidates, they shall resign their offices on the Election Committee and be replaced by other members elected by acclamation by the General Assembly.
4. Debate
As soon as the Chairman of the Election Committee has ascertained that there are no more nominations of candidates, the debate shall commence. It shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules of Procedure.
5. Voting procedure
5.1 After the closure of the debate, the Chairman of the Election Committee shall open the voting procedure. Once the voting procedure has commenced, no member may interrupt it by requesting to speak or submit proposals, not even procedural proposals or points of order. The voting for each office shall be separate and by secret ballot, unless otherwise provided for in the Statutes or the Election Regulations.
5.2 Separate ballot papers – each with a different colour code – shall be used for each vote.
5.3 Ballot papers that do not clearly indicate the voter’s intention shall be invalid.
6. Election of the Executive Board members and of the auditors
6.1 The members of the Executive Board shall be elected by the General Assembly by secret ballot; candidates shall be elected if they obtain a simple majority of the votes cast; their term of office shall be four years. Voting may be by acclamation if no member present at the General Assembly objects to such a procedure and if only one candidate has been proposed for an office. If two or more candidates have been proposed for an office, voting shall always be secret ballot.
6.2 Obtaining a simple majority means obtaining more than half of the valid votes cast. If no candidate obtains an absolute majority of the votes cast at the first ballot, a second ballot shall be conducted between the two candidates who have obtained the largest number of votes. In this second ballot, the candidate with the largest number of votes shall be elected.
6.3 The next vote for an Executive Board office shall not commence before the results of the previous vote have been declared.
6.4 The election of the additional members of the Executive Board may be “en bloc”. Those candidates who have obtained the largest number of the valid votes cast shall be elected. Each member who is entitled to vote shall have one vote for each of the additional Executive Board members provided for in the Statutes. If the candidates obtain an equal number of votes, there shall be a second ballot. If no candidate obtains a majority at this second ballot, the election shall be decided by drawing lots.
6.5 The auditors shall be elected by acclamation.
7. Declaration of the election results
The Chairman of the Election Committee shall announce the election results orally and record them in writing. The election documents (ballot papers, etc.) shall be handed over to the elected Executive Board in a closed envelope.
8. Challenging the elections results
The elections may only be challenged within a period of 7 days after the announcement of the election results by the Chairman of the Election Committee.
These Election Regulations were adopted by the General Assembly on 5 July 2003.
D. Regulations Governing Membership Fees
In accordance with the Statutes, the Association adopts regulations governing membership fees and collects from its members annual fees to cover its expenses. The level of these fees shall be fixed by the General Assembly.
The annual membership fees shall be payable in the first quarter of each year.
The annual membership fee shall amount to:
(a) € 1,000.00 for ordinary members that are legal entities providing continuing education (associations, institutions, companies, organisations, societies, dental boards, universities, etc.);
(b) € 150.00 for ordinary members who are individuals (natural persons);
(c) € 200.00 for dental laboratories (not providing continuing education) with 1-5 employees;
€ 500.00 for dental laboratories (not providing continuing education) with 6-10 employees;
€ 1,000.00 for dental laboratories (not providing continuing education) with 11-20 employees;
€ 2,000.00 for dental laboratories (not providing continuing education) with more than 20 employees.
Members who are admitted to the Association after 30 June of a given year shall pay half of the annual membership fee for that year.
No further reductions of the annual membership fee shall be available to members who join the Association at a later date.
At their request, members who have closed their dental offices or who have become occupationally disabled may, as corresponding members, be exempted from having to pay membership fees. Such applications shall be decided by the Executive Board.
The amounts of the annual membership fees may be modified by a resolution of the General Assembly.
These Regulations were adopted on 5 July 2003 by the General Assembly in Riva.