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How is ETSI funded?
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How is ETSI funded?
ETSI is:
a not-for-profit organization
established under French law
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Where does the money come from?
57 %
10,5 %
20 %
9,5 %
3 %
Members’ contributions
Partners’ contributionsPartnership projects, EF3GPP
EC/EFTAInfrastructure, activities, special projects
Commercial activitiesSales, Plugtests™, Forapolis…
Miscellaneous
(2010 figures)
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Members (Full or Associate) Unit of contribution (UoC)
• First unit of contribution (BMF) 6000 € in 2010• Subsequent units of contribution 3380 € in 2010• Includes ETSI Documentation Service (EDS)
Number of units may be:• 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 24 30 37 45• depending on member’s global turnover• determines also Voting Weight• e.g. Alcatel-Lucent (France) pays 45 units, has voting weight of 45
• i.e. [6000 + (44 x 3380)] = 154 720 €
• e.g. Checkpoint Systems (Germany) pays 2 units, has voting weight of 2• i.e. 6000 + 3380 = 9380 €
• e.g. CML Microcircuits (UK) pays 1 unit, has voting weight of 1• i.e. 6000 €
Any balance at year-end is returned to Members as a credit note Observers (in 2010) 4000 €
Membership contributions
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Membership contributions - other than Administrations
ECRT in 106 euro Number of Units
SME, User, “Additional membership” 1
up to 135 2
136 to 200 3
201 to 450 6
451 to 700 9
701 to 1350 13
1351 to 2000 18
2001 to 3500 24
3501 to 5000 30
5001 to 8000 37
above 8000 45ECRT: Global electronics communications-related turnover
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1 Unit contributors
SME and Micro-enterprise members shall, after presenting evidence to the Director-General, contribute 1 unit (SME and Micro-enterprise as defined by the European Commission)
User Associations or Trade Associations shall contribute 1 unit Companies with more than one membership from the same
corporate group may either:a) Not consider the ECRT relating to transactions between companies
of the same group (sometimes known as intra-company trading) when determining the class of contribution, or
b) Declare a “multiple membership” consisting of a “group” membership, with its ECRT assessed using the entire group’s accounts, and one or more “Additional” membership(s) which shall contribute 1 unit
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Definition: The worldwide turnover generated by all the member’s products
and services for which ETSI is competent for developing standards.
In the event that it is not possible to determine a Member’s ECRT from publicly available information, the Member will agree with the Director General on the appropriate class of contribution which should apply.
Further details - Annex 2 of the ETSI Rules of Procedure
“Electronics Communications Related Turnover”
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Special cases
The first unit of contribution may be reduced for: not-for-profit User Associations Universities and Public Research Bodies Micro-enterprises
In practice, this means they pay one unit of contribution, the price of which is determined by the General Assembly For 2010:
• Non-profit User Associations: €2000• Universities and Public Research Bodies: €2000• Micro-enterprises: €3000
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GDP in 109 euro Number of Units
up to 7 1
8 to 23 2
24 to 40 3
41 to 55 6
55 to 70 9
71 to 135 13
136 to 200 18
201 to 350 24
351 to 500 30
501 to 800 37
above 800 45 GDP: Gross Domestic Product
Membership contributions - Administrations
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1 Unit contributors (Administrations)
When a country has more than one Administration member, one of those members shall contribute according to the scale set out above and the other Additional membership(s) shall contribute 1 unit
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Participation in 3GPP
Companies wishing to participate in 3GPP by means of their ETSI membership are required to pay a minimum of 3 Units of Contribution Reduced to 2 units for SMEs, Micro-enterprises, Users, Universities
and Public Research Bodies Special conditions apply for companies and administrations with
multiple memberships
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Year 2010 budget (-7% cf. 2009)
Income
k€
Member/Observer funding
13122
EC/EFTA
4614
Forapolis & Interopolis
1717
Partners’ contributions
1851
EF3GPP
610
Sales (standards/algorithms)
260
Plugtests™ income
240
Financial income
150
Miscellaneous
480
Members’ voluntary funding
100
Total income
23144
Expenditure k€
Staff costs 11806
Experts costs 4185
Travel 1286
Maintenance (IT & buildings) 1280
Depreciation 742
System development (outsourced) 535
Meetings & hospitality 475
EF3GPP 530
EC special projects 283
Provisions 450
Other 1572(fees, taxes, post & telecoms, corporate comms etc)
Total expenditure 23144Source: Document ETSI/GA54(09)11