How to become a member
1) For professional companies, the fees in any year are calculated on the basis of the published financial results of the financial year 24 months before. Turnover in €, as indicated in the table below, is the basis for fee calculation. Companies are required to provide a copy of the published P/L accounts and balance sheet, authorised (signature & stamp) by a senior officer of the company. In case the corporate turnover includes revenues from other sectors than aquaculture, a statement to this fact and amount, authorised by a senior representative, is required.
Professional Companies
| Turnover Millions | € Fee | Votes |
| up to 12.5 | €500 | 1 |
| 12.5-25 | €1,000 | 2 |
| 25-50 | €1,500 | 3 |
| 50-100 | €2,000 | 4 |
| 100-199 | €3,000 | 6 |
| 200-399 | €4,500 | 9 |
| 400-799 | €7,000 | 14 |
| 800-1599 | €10,000 | 20 |
| 1,600-3,200 | €15,000 | 30 |
| >3,200 | €20,000 | 45 |
2) For RTD institutes/Universities, the fees are calculated on staffing levels of persons (researchers/technicians working on aquaculture) in the previous year. Institutes/ Universities must provide a statement to this effect, authorised (signature and stamp) by a senior representative.
Research Organisations
| Research personnel | Fee | Votes |
| 1-5 | €500 | 1 |
| 6-10 | €1,000 | 2 |
| 11-20 | €1,500 | 3 |
| 21-40 | €2,000 | 4 |
| 41-80 | €2,500 | 5 |
| 81+ | € 3000 | 6 |
3) Associations, Federations and Civil Society organisations that are representative of aquaculture pay a block fee of € 500 each year and have 5 votes.
4) Associate Members (individual persons) pay an annual fee of €100 but have no voting rights.
What are the responsibilities of Membership?
Membership of EATIP - which is a registered non-profit Association - has the obligation of payment of an annual fee, on the basis of a system that is fixed and approved by the General Assembly, which is composed of EATIP member organisations. A member that does not honour its annual paymnent will be considered to have resigned.
Members can resign at any time from EATIP by providing - by registered post - a signed letter addressed to the chairperson. Resignation only takes effect at the end of the financial year during which the resignation was communicated.
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