Fees

 
 
 
 
 

This page sets out the fees payable by:

  1. Members and associate members
  2. Not-for-profit user associations, universities, public research bodies and Micro-Enterprises
  3. Governmental organizations
  4. Observers

Members and associate members

Members' and associate members' fees are calculated by class. The class is derived from the member company's annual ECRT band (Electronics Communications Related Turnover). Each class corresponds to a number of units. This number determines the contribution payable. SMEs, Micro-Enterprises, user and trade associations, and university and public research bodies come under class 1.

The cost of the first unit of contribution is 6,000 € (except for universities, public research bodies, not-for-profit user associations and Micro-Enterprises). The cost of each additional unit is 3,380 €.

Annual fees for members and associate members

Class** ECRT
Millions of euros		 Number of units Annual
contribution € *
1 SMEs, user and trade associations, additional membership 1
 6,000
Micro-Enterprises 3,000
Universities, public research bodies and not-for-profit user associations 2,000
2 Up to 135 2 9,380
3 136 to 200

3

 12,760
4 201 to 450

6

 22,900
5 451 to 700

9

 33,040
6 701 to 1,350

13

 46,560
7 1351 to 2,000

18

 63,460
8 2,001 to 3,500

24

 83,740
9 3,501 to 5,000

30

 104,020
10 5,001 to 8,000

37

 127,680
11 Above 8000

45

 154,720

*Excluding VAT.                        Download above fees table in 

**For full details of how the class is determined, see Rules of Procedure, Annex 2 in the ETSI Directives.

Any ETSI member that participates in 3GPP™ will be subject to a minimum of 3 units of contribution except SMEs, Micro-Enterprises, users, universities, and public research bodies; these will be subject to a minimum of 2 units (according to the table above).

However, these minimum contribution levels need not apply where administrations or companies with more than one membership make an overall contribution that exceeds 20k€ multiplied by the number of 3GPP memberships held by the administrations or companies.

Not-for-profit user associations, universities, public research bodies and Micro-Enterprises

For not-for-profit user associations, universities and public research bodies there is a flat rate of 2,000 € per year. For Micro-Enterprises there is a flat rate of 3,000 € per year.

Definition for SMEs and Micro-Enterprises - see also definition published by EC

Head count Annual turnover Autonomous / Partner / Linked - refer to definition published by EC (p. 16)
Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME)  < 250  ≤ €50 million

Autonomous: My enterprise holds less than 25% (capital or voting rights) in another and/or another holds less than 25% in mine.
Micro-Enterprise (ME)  < 10  ≤ €2 million

Autonomous: My enterprise holds less than 25% (capital or voting rights) in another and/or another holds less than 25% in mine.

Governmental organizations

For governmental organisations, the class of contribution is determined by the gross domestic product of their country.


Class of Contribution GDP in 109 of euros Number of units
1 up to 7 1
2 8 to 23     2
3 24 to 40 3
4 41 to 55 6
5 56 to 70 9
6 71 to 135 13
7 136 to 200 18
8 201 to 350 24
9 351 to 500 30
10 501 to 800 37
11 Above 800 45

Observers

For observers there is a flat rate of 4,000 € per year.

Members and observers that join ETSI during the second half of the year are entitled to a 50% rebate on the above fees.