Functioning Rules
The fundamental policy rules can be found in EPCA’s Articles of Association.
The fundamental policy rules can be found in EPCA’s Articles of Association.
In accordance with the mission statement, EPCA offers to its members global networking opportunities. EPCA also communicates matters of interest and relevance to its members with a view to exchange opinions and experiences and to permit the performance of comparative studies within the framework of the industry.
The EPCA policy is decided by its Board of Directors, composed of a maximum of 18 members. These members are elected by the Ordinary General Meeting of Full Members amongst member company representatives. They sit on the Board period of 3 years and may stand for re-election at the end of the initial term of office.
The Executive Committee is composed of the President, one or two Vice-presidents and the Treasurer. The committee supervises the daily management of the Secretary General and assists same where appropriate.All Executive Committee Members are members of the Board.
The Board establishes the yearly accounts and budgets and proposes same for approval, together with the EPCA membership fees, to the Ordinary General Meeting of Full Members. The Board decides in which projects of interest to the industry EPCA should participate, establishes the EPCA meeting fees and assists the Secretary General in the organisation of the business sessions of the Annual Meetings.
The Secretary General takes care of the daily management of the Association, executes the decisions taken by the Board and the Logistics Committee. He/she proposes such actions to the Board, the Executive Committee or the Logistics Committee as he/she deems fit for the benefit of EPCA and its Members.
The Official Representative (O.R.) of each member company plays a key-role in the communication between EPCA and its members. He/she is part of the top management of the member company. He/she and his/her staff assure the transmission of EPCA information to the relevant units within the company.