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2. Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) / Micro-Enterprise(ME)
3. Universities / Public Research Bodies
5. Group and multiple membership
6. Participation in ETSI Partnership Projects
8. Definitions in relation to the member categories of ETSI
My Organization is a Public Administration responsible for the regulation of electronics communications and related areas in my country
Administration: Defined as the part of the public administration responsible for the regulation of electronics communications and related areas in a country.
For an Administration, the class of contribution is determined according to the latest published or available figure of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of its country (please see Annex 2 of the ETSI Rules of Procedure).The class of contribution for Associate member Administrations may be adjusted by the Director-General taking into account any particular circumstances.
Another Administration in my country contributes according to the GDP of the country
When a country has more than one Administration member, one of those members shall contribute according to the scale set out in Annex 2 of the ETSI Rules of Procedure and the Additional Membership(s) shall contribute 1 unit.
2. Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) / Micro-Enterprise (ME)
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· less than 250 employees (SME) / less than 10 employees (ME)
· annual turnover not exceeding € 50 million or balance sheet not exceeding € 43 million (SME) / annual turnover or balance sheet not exceeding € 2 million (ME)
· an ‘autonomous' enterprise, i.e. you have a holding of less than 25% of the capital or voting rights (whichever is the higher) in one or more other enterprises and/or outsiders do not have a stake of 25% or more of the capital or voting rights in your enterprise (for both SME/ME)
According to Clause 6 of Annex 2 of the ETSI Rules of Procedure, SME members shall, after presenting evidence to the Director-General, contribute 1 unit. Micro-Enterprises shall contribute a reduced unit. Please ensure you complete and sign the linked SME/ME declaration form.
3. Universities / Public Research Bodies
Universities and Public Research Bodies shall be entitled to pay a reduced first Unit of Contribution.
The member's Electronics Communications Related Turn Over (ECRT) is defined as the worldwide turnover generated by all the member's products and services related to Article 2 'Purpose' and Article 3 'Scope of activities' of the ETSI Statutes:
a. In accordance with ETSI Rules of Procedure article 10.3, all members should regularly inform the Director-General of their current ECRT.
b. In the case where the Member's ECRT is not able to be determined from publicly available information, the Member will agree with the Director General on the appropriate class of contribution which should apply.
c. In the event that a member is not able to declare its ECRT and is not willing to agree with the Director General on the appropriate class of contribution which should apply then it shall be assigned the highest class of contribution. i.e. 45 units.
d. The Rules of Procedure, Annex 2, clause 6f) state that where a Member company is part of a corporate group with one membership only, the ECRT is based upon the worldwide turnover generated by the entire corporate group's products and services related to electronic communications, not simply that of the Member company.
e. Where more than one company from a corporate group is an ETSI Member, the sum of ECRTs declared by these companies shall be equal to or greater than the ECRT calculated on the basis of the entire corporate group.
f. When considering what ECRT to declare, members should take into consideration the entire turnover related to electronic communications related products, components and services, regardless of technology or standard used. This should of course include turnover related to the entire range of technologies and services standardized by ETSI in the past and/or currently under development, and the previous work of CEPT. Gross turnover or revenue, and not net income, should be considered.
At the global level, the Institute shall contribute to world-wide standardization in the fields described above to produce and perform the maintenance of the technical standards and other deliverables which are required by its members.
In addition, the Institute shall be open to co-operation with other organizations when appropriate.
The activities of the Institute shall contribute to the production and the promotion of new harmonized world-wide standards and furthermore shall build upon world-wide standards, existing or in preparation.
5. Group and multiple membership
Companies with more than one membership from the same corporate group may either:
a) Declare multiple memberships excluding the ECRT relating to transactions between companies of the same group (sometimes known as intra-company trading) when determining the class of contribution. The sum of Class of Contributions and ECRTs, respectively, for the multiple memberships shall always be equal to or greater than the Class of Contribution and ECRT for a membership determined using the worldwide turnover generated by the entire corporate group's products and services related to Article 2 'Purpose' and Article 3 'Scope of activities' in the ETSI Statutes.
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b) Declare a multiple membership consisting of a 'Group' membership, with its ECRT determined using the worldwide turnover generated by the entire corporate group's products and services related to Article 2 'Purpose' and Article 3 'Scope of activities' in the ETSI Statutes, and one or more 'Additional' membership(s) which shall contribute 1 unit each.
In order to comply with Article 8.3 of the ETSI Rules of Procedure to ensure appropriate storage of corporate group data in the ETSI membership database and corresponding update of corporate group or company information in case of changes from mergers and acquisitions or divestitures, you are requested to provide:
· the name of the organization holding the group membership, the related additional members and/or any other affiliates of the group [applies to corporate groups];
· the name of each individual member and/or any other affiliates being part of the same group [applies to multiple memberships (individual members of the same group)];
6. Participation in ETSI Partnership Projects
Exceptionally, the General Assembly may decide that the right to participate in a Partnership Project is subject to the payment of a minimum contribution to the ETSI budget.
ETSI member participation in 3GPP™ is subject to a minimum of 3 units of contribution, except for SMEs, Micro-Enterprises, Users, universities and public research bodies who pay 2 units of contribution.
Associate members shall commit themselves to contribute to the relevant work, to make use, to the extent practicable, of the relevant standards produced, and to support those relevant standards for use as the basis for world standards and recommendations.
An Associate member has the right to participate in the work of ETSI by attending meetings of the General Assembly, Special Committees and all technical bodies.
8. Definitions in relation to the member categories of ETSI
Administration: An Administration is defined as the part of the public administration responsible for electronics communications and related areas in a country.
Other Government Body: An Other Government Body is defined as any other governmental organization or agency not covered by the Administration category above.
National Standards Organization: A National Standards Organization is a standards organization whose function is to carry out at national level the activities related to standstill, public enquiry, establishment of the national position for the vote on draft European Standards as well as the transposition and withdrawal of national standards; and which is normally recognized by its Government as being authorized to make them available to the public at the national level.
Consultancy Company/Partnership: A Consultancy Company/Partnership is defined as any legally-established consultancy company/partnership concerned with telecommunications and related areas.
Manufacturer: A Manufacturer is defined as a company having a substantial capacity to develop and/or produce and/or install and/or maintain products to be used in, or directly or indirectly connected to, an electronics communications network.
An association or organization of such Manufacturers also falls within this category.
Network Operator: A Network Operator is defined as an operator of an electronics communications network or part thereof.
An association or organization of such Network Operators also falls within this category.
Research Body: A Research Body is defined as any legally established research body concerned with electronics communications and related areas. A Public Research Body is a not-for-profit research organization whose main stakeholders are in the Public sector.
Service Provider: A Service Provider is defined as a company or organization, making use of an electronics communications network or part thereof to provide a service or services on a commercial basis to third parties.
An association or organization of such Service Providers also falls within this category.
University: Any not-for-profit institution for higher education or postgraduate training having the legal power to award first and/or higher degrees.
User: A User is an organization making use of services in the field of electronics communications and related areas, whose main interest in electronics communications standards is in that capacity.
An association or organization of such Users also falls within this category.
Additional membership: Any additional membership(s) covering a specific activity and/or local unit that an ETSI member chooses to hold in addition to its "group" membership for which its contribution has calculated using Annex 2.
Group membership: The "primary" membership for a company for which the Class of Contribution has been determined using the group's global accounts in accordance with Annex 2.
SME (Small and Medium Enterprise): An organisation, company or partnership that satisfies to EC definition of an SME.
Micro-Enterprise: An organisation, company or partnership that satisfies to EC definition of a Micro-Enterprise.