Process
Members and applicant members have to annually declare their ECRT and the Secretariat has to assess these declarations on behalf of the General Assembly.
Membership care collects and checks the declarations and justifications. When additional information is needed, the member official contact will be contacted.
The ECRT is entered in the Secretariat's database, but it is not public information.
The class of contribution and the ME/SME status are public information.
ECRT
To assess the ECRT declared by a Member it is necessary to identify
A) the range of its activities
B) the list of companies covered by the Membership
A) Range of the activities
As specified in the rules, the Member's Electronics Communications Related Turnover (ECRT) is defined as the worldwide turnover generated by all the member's products and services for which ETSI is competent for developing standards.
Electronic communication is defined in the framework directive:
'Electronic communications networks means transmission systems and, where applicable, switching or routing equipment and other resources which permit the conveyance of signals by wire, by radio, by optical or by other electromagnetic means, including satellite networks, fixed (circuit- and packet-switched, including Internet) and mobile terrestrial networks, electricity cable systems, to the extent that they are used for the purpose of transmitting signals, networks used for radio and television broadcasting, and cable television networks, irrespective of the type of information conveyed.'
GA 43 specified that ECRT is to be considered to include the proportion of revenues from ICT products and services (as defined in the Framework Directive) that depend on deliverables developed by ETSI, and the previous work of CEPT, in the past and/or currently under development. Products and services which do not depend on ETSI standards must not be included in the ECRT.
B) List of companies covered by the Membership
The RoP state that 'Members should take reasonable care to ensure that the declared ECRT covers all business units of their company that intend to participate in ETSI activities.'
GA 43 specified that participants may represent the part of a corporate group that is included within the scope of the corresponding ECRT assessment.
It is important to identify the scope of the membership.
Single membership
Only one company (or company of a group) is ETSI member
The company applies for ETSI membership and declares its worldwide ECRT
Only delegates from this ETSI member company can participate in the technical work.
Multiple membership
a) several companies of a group are ETSI members with individual participation
b) there is a group membership with its ECRT assessed using the entire group's account Companies with more than one membership from the same corporate group may:
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.
ETSI member companies assess their ECRT excluding the internal company trading (blue arrows).
Delegates from the parent company and/or Subsidiary 2 may not attend meetings or open ETSI OnLine accounts.
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.
The ETSI group member (generally the parent company) pays a contribution based on the entire group accounts
Subsidiaries 1 and 3 (Additional Members) pay 1 Unit of contribution
Note: The additional membership must be confirmed by the Group membership official contact.
Delegates from subsidiary 2 may also attend meetings and open EOL accounts.
For definitions in relation to the member categories of ETSI please refer to Annex 1 of the RoP in the ETSI Directives.
For further reference, please see the following documents: