Article 4: Membership of the Council


The EFCATS Council is composed of two parts having equal numbers of members and which shall serve for two years.

  1. The first half is elected by direct voting of all the type a (see Article 2) members, and will be indicated hereinafter as Council members directly elected.
  2. The second half of the Council, indicated hereinafter as national delegates, is formed by one member per country or per group of countries, each of these second type of delegates designated in a written form from the national catalysis organisation (member of EFCATS, type b in Article 2) which they are representing. Alternates duly approved by the national organisations may attend in place of their representative.

Members of the Council directly elected cannot be also national delegates and one country or Institution cannot be represented by more than 3 members in the Council.