"European
and Mediterranean Association for
Environmental
Education, Assessment
and Protection"
ENEAP
1.
Name, Seat, Business Year
1.1 The Association
bears the name "The European and Mediterranean Association for
Environmental Education, Assessment and Protection - ENEAP".
1.2 The seat of the Association is Ioannina (
1.3 The financial year is the
calendar year.
2. Objective
of the ENEAP
2.1. The objective of
the ENEAP is
a) to bring together its members and other
interested persons from broad scientific disciplines, of politics and economics
to examine the current problems of environmental monitoring protection in the
European region and especially in the Mediterranean area. They shall
investigate solutions to these problems on regional, national and global basis.
For this purpose the ENEAP shall make a critical
appraisal of the problems concerning the protection of man, animals and plants from harmful
effects of chemicals and physical agents, both natural and man-made.
b) to give suggestions and recommendations concerning
environmental quality and safety so as to support the regulatory bodies of the
various European Countries to make proper decisions regarding the evaluation of
safety of chemicals and physical agents.
c) To
develop new approaches in Teaching Environmental Sciences in all levels of
education.
2.2 The ENEAP
is a non-profit organisation, in accordance with European law and the
regulations for non-profit organisations and it has no intention to make
profit. All the income and assets of the ENEAP shall
only be used for purposes which are in accordance with its statute and to meet
the necessary expenses incurred in this regard including administrative
expenses. No part of the assets of the Association will be turned over to any
member at the termination of the membership or at the liquidation of the
Association.
3. Membership
3.1. The Association consists of:
a) Full members
b) Without vote
c) Honorary member
3.2. Full members of the ENEAP are
people from science, industry and politics interested in environmental
problems. They should act as individuals and not represent views of any social,
political or national groups. Persons are admitted to full membership, upon the
proposal of a member, by the decision of the executive committee.
3.3. Honorary members are persons
who have rendered meritable services to Environmental
Monitoring and Protection and to the ENEAP. They are
admitted to the Association on the decision of the Executive Committee which is
subject to approval by the General Body.
4.
Membership fees
4.1. The annual fee for a full member is 50.00 Euros
and for supporting members, 100.00 Euros
4.2. Honorary members and full
members above 65 years of age are exempted from membership fees.
4.3. Voluntary contributions or
donations by members, non-members and organisations may be accepted by the
Association.
4.4. The annual fee for students
and post graduated students is 25 Euro.
5.
Termination of Membership
5.1 The membership terminates
a) in case of
death of the member
b) by
written withdrawal from the Association of individuals or members representing
organisations
c) in
case of expulsion by decision of the General Body, upon proposal of the
Executive Committee
d)
if a member is in arrears of
his/her, dues for more than two years
6.
Organs of the ENEAP
6.1 The Organs of the Association are:
a) the General Assembly and
b) the
Executive Committee.
7.
General Assembly meeting
7.1 The General Assembly meets at least annually. The meeting
is to be convened by written invitation of all the members by the General
Secretary at least 6 weeks before the date of the meeting. The invitation is to
be accompanied by the agenda and eventual motions in writing.
7.2 The duties of the General Assembly
are:
a) acceptance of the report of the Executive Committee on the
activities of the previous year
b) acceptance of the report of the treasurer and approval of the annual account for the year as well as approval of the work of the Executive Committee
c) to elect the President, Vice-President, General Secretary
and other members of the Executive Committee
d) to take decisions on
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the expulsion of the members
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the admission or expulsion of
the honorary members
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the amendment of the statutes of
the Association
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the liquidation of the
Association
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as well as the important matters
concerning the Association which may be presented to by the members or the
Executive Committee.
7.3. Extraordinary meetings of the General Assembly are to
be convened by the Executive Committee if the interests of the Association so
require it or if 1 /3 of the full members request it by writing to the General
Secretary giving therein the purpose and reasons for the request. The meeting
will be convened as under § 7.1.
7:4. The President shall preside
over the General Assembly meetings. In case he is prevented from doing so, the
meeting will be presided over by the Vice-President or by any other member of
the Executive Committee in the order outlined in § 8 of the statute:
7.5. The General Body constitutes a quorum regardless of the
number of members present. Each full member present has one vote. Minutes of
the General Assembly meeting have to be prepared and kept. They have to be
signed by both the General Secretary and the President of the Association.
Decisions will be taken by simple majority of the members present. In case of
equality of votes, voting shall be repeated two more times, and after that it
will be decided by lottery.
7:6. Α two-thirds majority of the
members present is necessary for revision the statute. The majority required to
take §3.2 and §10.2 is given in the respective paragraphs.
8.
The Executive Committee
8.l. The Executive
Committee consists of
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the President
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the Vice-President
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the General Secretary
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the Treasurer
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and three other members.
8.2. The executive Committee is to be
elected by General Assembly. The term of office of the Executive Committee is
two years.
8.3. The President alone or the
General Secretary along with the Treasurer shall represent the Association
legally and extra judicially.
8.4. The Executive Committee handles
the affairs of the Association. It may adopt rules of procedure.
8.5. The members of the Executive
Committee handle the business of the Association without any financial
recompense. The exceptions to this are the General Secretary and Treasurer whose
expenses incurred at the services of the Association may be reimbursed.
8.6. The President may appoint
committees consisting of members to look after the interests of the
Association.
9. Reports and Publications
The
Association will report at least half yearly on scientific works, lectures,
meetings and other activities related to environmental protection significant
to the European region. The publications will be in English, Italian, France, German, Greek, Spanish, or any other language spoken
in the European region.
10. Dissolution of the Association
10.1. The decision to dissolve the Association can only be
taken during an extraordinary meeting of the General Body, which has to be
convened specially for this purpose at least one month before the date of the
meeting. At least 50 % of the full members must be present or represented at
this meeting. Members not able to attend may vote by proxy if they have
authorised in writing a member present.
10.2. The decision to dissolve the Association requires a
three fourth majority of the votes cast. In case there is no quorum because 50%
of the full members are not present or not properly represented, α second
meeting has to be convened. The second meeting is a quorum regardless of the
number of members present.
10.3. The same General
Assembly, which decides on the dissolution of the Association, shall decide on
the use of the assets of the Association.
11. Place of Performance and Jurisdiction
The place of
performance for any transaction resulting from this statute as well as the
place of jurisdiction is Ioannina (
