Forum Libéral Européen European Liberal Forum a Non-Profit

1 Forum Libéral Européen 2 European Liberal Forum 3 4 A non-profit association under Belgian law, founded by private deed dated 21 September 2007, published in the 5 appendices of the Moniteur Belge dated 26 September 2007, under number 07144686. 6 Registered on the Trade Register under company number 0892.305.374. 7 Of which the articles of association have been modified by virtue of the minutes of the following general assemblies: 8 1) General Assembly of 25 January 2008, published in the appendices of the Moniteur Belge 29 July 2008 (under 9 number 08131859); 10 2) General Assembly of 09 October 2009, published in the appendices of the Moniteur Belge 22 October 2009 (under 11 number 09154710); 12 3) General Assembly of 01 October 2010, published in the appendices of the Moniteur Belge 26 January 2006 (under 13 number 11014040); 14 4) General Assembly of 16 September 2011, published in the appendices of the Moniteur Belge 30 December 2011 15 (under number 11197449); 16 5) General Assembly of 27 April 2012, published in the appendices of the Moniteur Belge 17 December 2012 (under 17 number 12208414); 18 6) General Assembly of 26 April 2013, published in the appendices of the Moniteur Belge 17 December 2012 (under 19 number 14003661); 20 7) General Assembly of 25 April 2014, published in the appendices of the Moniteur Belge 21 May 2015 (under 21 number 15072958); 22 8) General Assembly of 19 September 2014, published in the appendices of the Moniteur Belge (see No12); 23 9) Board meeting of 12 June 2015, published in the appendices of the Moniteur Belge (under number 15147970); 24 10) General Assembly of 22 April 2016, published in the appendices of the Moniteur Belge (see No 12); 25 11) General Assembly of 23 September 2016, published in the appendices of the Moniteur Belge (see No 12); 26 12) General Assembly of 12 May 2017, published in the appendices of the Moniteur Belge (under number 27 15072958); 28 13) General Assembly of 20 April 2018, published in the appendices of the Moniteur Belge 20 August 2018 (under 29 number 18131812); 30 14) General Assembly of 26 April 2019, published in the appendices of the Moniteur Belge (under number 31 19094403). 32 As a result of which this coordination of the text has been drawn up: 33 ______________________________________________________________ 34 COORDINATION OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AS OF 12 June 2020 35 ______________________________________________________________ 36 37 CHAPTER I – NAME, REGISTERED OFFICE, PURPOSE AND TERM OF THE ASSOCIATION 38 Article 1 – Name 39 A European foundation under the form of a Belgian non-profit association is hereby formed in accordance with the 40 Regulation n° 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the statute and 41 funding of European political parties and European political foundations, and the Belgian law of 27 June 1921 on 42 the non-profit associations, the foundations, the European political parties and the European political foundations, 43 as modified by the Belgian law of 25 December 2016. Its name is "European Liberal Forum" in English and "Forum 44 Libéral Européen" in French, also identified as "liberalforum.eu" in English and "forumliberal.eu" in French, 45 abbreviated as ‘ELF-FLE’ hereinafter referred to as the "Association". Both the full and the abbreviated names may 46 be used indistinguishably. 47 All acts, invoices, announcements, publicity, letters, orders and other documents issued by the Association, shall 48 indicate the full name or the abbreviated name of the Association preceded or followed by the words "vereniging 49 zonder winstoogmerk" or "association sans but lucratif" or the abbreviation "VZW" or "ASBL", as well as the indication 50 of the registered office of the Association. 51 The Association is governed by the Belgian Act of 27 June 1921, as amended by the Act of 2 May 2002, (the "Act"). 52 The logo of the Association shall consist of the following word and picture mark: 1 53 54 55 Depending on the background, the logo may be used in its original colours, in black and white or in any other shading 56 in order to obtain sufficient contrast with the background. 57 Article 2 – Registered office 58 The registered office of the Association is located at Rue d’Idalie 11-13, B-1050 Ixelles in the legal arrondissement 59 of Brussels. The registered office may be transferred to any other location in the Brussels Region by a decision taken 60 by the Board of Directors. The decision to move the registered office must be published in the Annexes to the Belgian 61 Official Gazette (i.e. Moniteur Belge). 62 63 Article 3 – Purpose and objectives 64 The Association has as a non-profit purpose to bring together national political foundations and think tanks in the 65 European Union, the EU candidate countries, EEA member states and the EU neighbourhood countries who, within 66 the framework of liberal, democratic and reformist ideals, wish to contribute to the European Union. The Association 67 observes the values on which the Union is founded, as expressed in Article 2 Treaty on the European Union, namely 68 respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the 69 rights of persons belonging to minorities. 70 The Association is the official European political foundation of the ALDE Party. The Association’s governing bodies, 71 as well as the financial accounts and day-to-day management, are separated from the ALDE Party. Through its 72 activities, within the aims and fundamental values pursued by the Union, the Association underpins and 73 complements the objectives of the ALDE Party. 74 To achieve this purpose, the Association will: 75 - serve as a framework for national political foundations, think tanks, networks and academics and leading liberal 76 personalities to work together at European level; 77 - develop close working relationships with and among its Members, the parliamentary Group that represents the 78 member parties of the ALDE Party in the European Parliament, the liberal, democrat and reform groups and 79 alliances in other international fora and Liberal International, and the youth organisation of the ALDE Party; 80 - observe, analyse and contribute to the debate on European public policy issues and the process of European 81 integration, through education, training, research and the promotion of active citizenship within the European 82 Union, particularly with regards to young Europeans; 83 - strengthen the liberal, democrat and reform movement in the European Union and throughout Europe; 84 - seek a common position, as a transfer of experience gained from the contracting Members, on all important matters 85 affecting the European Union; 86 - develop cooperation in order to support liberal democracy throughout Europe and its neighbourhood; 87 - inform the public and involve it in the construction of a united European democracy; 88 - support and co-sponsor European seminars and conferences and studies on such issues between the 89 aforementioned stakeholders. 90 The Association may carry out all operations and conduct all activities, both in Belgium and abroad, which directly 91 or indirectly increase or promote its purpose and objectives. 92 93 Article 4 – Term 94 The Association is incorporated for an unlimited period of time. 95 96 CHAPTER II - FULL AND AFFILIATE MEMBERS 97 Article 5 – Criteria for Full and Affiliate Membership, categories of Members and rights and obligations of Full and 98 Affiliate Members 99 Membership of the Association is open to those national political foundations, associations, and think tanks that 100 promote liberal, democrat and reform ideals and values and accept these Articles of Association, the Internal 101 Regulations of the Association, the policy programmes of the Association and adhere to the Stuttgart Declaration of 102 the ALDE Party, asbl. As an exception to the foregoing, full membership is automatically granted to the President of 103 the ALDE Party, aisbl, and the signers of the founding act. 104 The Association has Full and Affiliate Members, which are natural persons or legal entities lawfully established in 105 accordance with the laws and customs of their country of origin. The Association shall be composed of at least seven 106 Full Members. 2 107 Full Members have to be based in the European Union, in an EU candidate country, in an EEA member state, in an 108 EFTA member state, or in an EU Neighbourhood country. 109 New applicants shall first be admitted as Affiliate Members. Affiliate Members based in the EU shall be subject to 110 pay half the minimum Full Membership fee, Affiliate Members not based in the EU are exempt from membership 111 fees. They have the right to take part in the meetings of the General Assembly and to voice their opinion. They do 112 not have the right to vote. Affiliate Members can apply for Full Membership after having actively participated in a 113 minimum of three European Liberal Forum events or decide to remain Affiliate Members. 114 If a candidate Member does not dispose of a legal status in accordance with the laws and the customs of its country 115 of origin, it shall, in its written application for membership, appoint a natural person, who will act on behalf and for 116 the account of all the members of such candidate Member, in his/her capacity of common proxyholder. 117 Full Members shall pay a membership fee. The minimum fee shall be 500 EUR corresponding to one delegate, the 118 fee of 2 500 EUR for three delegates, and a fee of 5 000 EUR for five delegates, with the exception of the President of 119 the ALDE Party, asbl, and the signers of the founding act.

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