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EUROPEAN MICROLIGHT
FEDERATION
Statutes – 08 October 2005
1. Name, Seat
1.1.
The organisation bears the name
"EUROPEAN MICROLIGHT FEDERATION", and is hereafter referred to as the
“EMF”. It has its seat at 96 bis, rue Marc Sangnier 94700 Maisons Alfort,
France. The Office of the General Secretary may be located in another European
member country.
2. Aims
2.1.
The general aim of the EMF is to
promote and protect microlighting (using the description of a microlight to be
found in paragraph (e) of Annex II of
Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
15 July 2002 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a
European Aviation Safety Agency)[1] ), which is taken to include all aircraft
types, in Europe and to actively participate in the formulation of regulations and
actions that may concern this activity so as to ensure its welfare and the free
movement of microlights. In order to achieve this aim, as an independent,
self-governing and non-profitmaking umbrella association for national
microlight associations in Europe, the EMF seeks, in particular, to consult
with all relevant regulatory authorities in Europe for the benefit of
microlighting. It will endeavour to cooperate with the Fédération Aéronautique
Internationale (FAI), with Europe Air Sports (
3. Representation
3.1.
Either the President or the General
Secretary may represent the EMF for legal purposes (whether in relation to
court proceedings or otherwise), although the General Secretary may only
provide representation in the President's absence.
4. Membership
4.1.
Full
Membership of the EMF is open to all microlight associations or
microlight groups within National Aero Clubs in:
4.1.1.
each Member State of the European
Union (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom)
4.1.2.
each New Member State of the
European Union (Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,
Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia)
4.1.3.
each Member State of Applicant
countries of the European Union (Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey)
4.1.4.
each Member State of the European
Economic Area (Norway, Iceland and
Liechtenstein)
4.1.5.
4.2.
Associate
Membership is open to other microlighting organisations which
are not eligible for Full Membership as referred to in 4.1 above.
4.3.
Admission
of Members will be decided by the General Conference of the
EMF. Organisations which wish to join
the EMF shall apply to the General Secretary. The Executive Committee will
examine this candidature and present the latter at the next General Conference.
The General Conference may approve the Membership on condition that an official
representative of the candidate country is present at this General Conference.
4.4.
Termination
of Membership will be the result of:
4.4.1.
Written notice by the Member
concerned; such a notice shall be given by registered mail to the Office of the
General Secretary not less than two months before the end of the calendar year.
4.4.2.
Exclusion by a two-thirds majority
vote within the General Conference, in cases where the Member has breached the
statutes or other provisions or resolutions of the EMF or else caused
significant harm to the EMF or to any of its members.
5. Subscription
5.1.
All Members must pay an annual
subscription, proportional to the number of votes to which they are entitled,
the amount of which will be set by the General Conference. Members which have
not paid their annual subscription fee by a date fixed for that purpose by the
General Conference, have no right to vote until their accounts have been
settled.
6. Language
6.1.
The official language of the EMF is
English.
7. General Conference
7.1.
The
General Conference is the assembly of Members’ delegates.
Each Member will send a maximum of two delegates, of whom one is entitled to
vote. These delegates will normally include the President of the Member
association. The timings relating to the
General Conference will be as follows:
7.1.1.
The General Conference will meet at
least once a year in the country of a Member association.
7.1.2.
The date and place will be
determined by the EMF President at least 3 calendar months in advance.
7.1.3.
At least two calendar months before
the date fixed for a meeting of the General Conference, the General Secretary
will invite all Members to send him the points they wish to be included in the
agenda of the next General Conference.
7.1.4.
At least one calendar month before
the date fixed for the meeting of the General Conference, the General Secretary
will send all Members the agenda, including the items presented by the Members
or by the Executive Committee, as well as the reports of specialist or other
Committees.
7.2.
Quorum
of the General Conference requires at least one third
of Full Members to have each sent a delegate. If no quorum is obtained at any
time new invitations must be issued, whereby the new conference will be quorate
regardless of the numbers of delegates attending.
7.3.
The
Work of the General Conference is to take all final EMF
decisions on subjects relating to the EMF and its dealings and relationships
with any other person or body and, in particular, to:
7.3.1.
approves minutes of earlier General
Conferences
7.3.2.
adopt resolutions on the acceptance
or exclusion of Members
7.3.3.
determine the level of the
membership subscription
7.3.4.
approve new tasks proposed by the
Members
7.3.5.
create and disband Committees
7.3.6.
approve or rejects reports made by
the Executive Committee and other EMF Committees
7.3.7.
Reach decisions on all EMF projects
7.4.
The
Statutes may be approved, altered, modified or revoked by a
majority of not less than 75% of the votes of Full Members present at a General
Conference provided that due notice of any such proposals has been given in
accordance with paragraph 7.1.4.
8. Annual General Meeting (
8.1.
Once a year the General Conference
must convene as an Annual General Meeting (
8.1.1.
to elect, by a simple majority of
the votes of Full Members present at the General Conference and entitled to
vote, the following officers, to serve until the next
8.1.1.1.
a President.
8.1.1.2.
a Vice-President
8.1.1.3.
a General Secretary
8.1.1.4.
a
Treasurer.
8.1.2.
to approve the Treasurer’s Report
& Accounts
8.1.3.
to set the annual budget of the EMF.
9. Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM)
9.1.
On request by at least one-third of
the Full Members, an EGM will be held within three months of the date in which
the President receives this request. The EGM shall have a notice period for
invitation of at least two calendar months. The General Meeting conditions are
applicable accordingly.
10. Voting
10.1.Each Full
Member has one vote plus one further vote for each 500 paid-up microlight
members at the end of the previous calendar year. Although a Full Member can
permit another Full Member who is present to represent him by proxy, no Full
Member may represent more than one other Full Member. In the event that a Full
Member has outstanding debts in relation to the EMF and has not provided proof
that these debts have been paid off by the time a meeting starts, the Full
Member will forfeit his vote, is not entitled to be represented by proxy, nor
can he represent anyone else.
10.2.When voting,
a simple majority of votes cast by present and represented Full Members is
necessary; and in the case of tied voting, the President has the casting vote.
In the case of decisions affecting the national, legal, financial or structural
matters of a Member, unanimity is required.
10.3.Voting must
be carried out publicly, although in the case of elections or on request by a
Full Member it may be carried out secretly.
10.4.Each year
Full Members must provide the General Secretary with a statement of membership
numbers verified by an independent auditor.
11. Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is composed of the President,
the Vice-President the General Secretary and the Treasurer. Its role is to enable day-to-day business
that already has or does not require the approval of the Members to be
conducted and to prepare for the General Conference, Annual General Meeting and
any Extraordinary General Meetings. The President has the casting vote in
Executive Committee decisions.
Paris, 08 October 2005
D. Méreuze : President
Rieteke van Luijt : Vice President
Jan Fridrich : Vice-President
K. Negal :General Secretary & Tresurer