An Association called “Associazione Italiana di Assemblaggio ( AIdA) ” is founded; its registered office is in Milan, Via Passo Pordoi 10, c/o PubliTec.

Associazione Italiana di Assemblaggio (AIdA) operates with the greatest transparency and is a non-profit association.

AIdA’s purposes are:

• To contribute to promoting growing economic, professional and cultural cooperation and integration in Italy and worldwide.
• To promote and give full value in Italy to applications, studies, research and industrial and scientific advances in the realm of assembly technologies, machinery, equipment and systems.
• To make its members’ initiatives and activities known.
• To provide information and support, promote and carry out training in assembly technologies, machinery, equipment and systems.
• To promote, at national and international level, the exchange of information among the production industry, teaching and university-level research.
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Membership in the Association is open to any supplier of systems and solutions for assembling and material handling: manufacturers, system integrators, suppliers of turnkey assemblies and sub-assemblies. Ordinary membership is open to all those being involved, interested and having problems connected with the world of assembling and material-handling.
Subscribing membership is open.
The ordinary members who have signed the articles of association jointly with this Charter are regarded as founding members.
Membership has no time limit and implies equal rights and obligations for all members.

To be admitted to the Association, interested parties shall submit an application on the prepared form and signed by their legal representative.
The application shall specify the type of business, attest to knowledge of this Charter and commitment to abide by the same and by any decision made by the competent organs. Any further information that might be useful for application examination. The Steering Committee can turn down the application within 90 days from submittal, stating the grounds on the basis of morals and reputation and of the applicant’s avowed interest as regards the Association’s purposes.
Members are entitled to participate in the Association’s activities, to be called to office as per this charter and to receive the services that are the object of the Association’s activity.

Members undertake to:

• Remit the membership fees to the Association as set forth in the bylaws.
• Refund any expense incurred by the Association on their behalf and upon their request.
• Abide by the Charter and decisions of the Association’s organs.

Members who do not comply with their obligations or act counter to the Association’s purposes so as to harm the Association’s interests can be excluded from AIdA.
Such exclusion can also be decided by the Steering Committee if a member no longer satisfies the provisions set forth for membership, if the member’s business is wound up or declared bankrupt. Exclusion shall be decided by the Committee with a majority of three-quarters of the attending committee members.
An excluded member can appeal against the decision stating the grounds therefor within 30 days from the date of exclusion.

• A Chairman, coopted by the Steering Committee; it remains understood that he can be appointed when the Association is formed by an absolute majority of those attending. Each member has equal voting rights.
• A Chairman’s Committee, composed of the Chairman and 4 members of the Steering Committee (two Vice-Chairmen, appointed by the Steering Committee, and two members appointed by the Chairman).
• 4 elected members

1. Directs and organizes the Association’s activity.
2. Carries out the decisions taken at members’ meetings.
3. Deliberates on the meeting’s venue and sets forth the rules governing the meetings’ orderliness.
4. Deliberates on the admission and exclusion of members.
5. Sees to the ordinary and extraordinary management of the Association and is enabled to grant total or partial proxies to the Chairman and other committee members or, when necessary, to external experts.
6. In exceptionally urgent cases, makes decisions falling within the members’ meeting competence, and then submits them to the meeting for approval.
7. Sees to the relationships with national and international bodies, as per the rules set forth in the bylaws.
8. Draws up the bylaws for implementation of this charter and submits them to the meeting for approval.
9. Sees to the ordinary administration.
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1. Legally represents the Association to third parties and in court.
2. Convokes and chairs the members’ meeting and the Steering Committee
3. Issues the necessary instructions to implement the decisions made by other organs of the Association.
4. Fulfils the tasks with which he has been entrusted by the Steering Committee.
5. Suggests a Secretary to be appointed by the Steering Committee and hires the Association’s employees.
6. Supervises the keeping and filing of documents and, with the Secretary’s aid, keeps the minutes of the members’ and Steering Committee’s meetings.
7. Watches that the Association’s purposes and interests are fulfilled.
8. Grants special proxies after authorization by the Steering Committee.

The Secretary is selected by the Steering Committee. As directed by the Chairman, he implements the decisions concerning the Association’s activity and manages the economic-financial affairs with the rights, powers and duties as set forth by the Steering Committee.
The Secretary supervises the Association’s operations and assists the Chairman to promote its activity and growth. He participates, without voting rights, in the members’ and Steering Committee’s meetings.
Financial transactions – payments, withdrawals and movements of deposits in the Association’s banking or postal accounts are carried out by the Secretary up to a maximum amount to be determined by the Steering Committee. Transactions for larger amounts are carried out by the Chairman or by the Secretary upon Chairman’s proxy.

1. The membership fees.
2. The operating surplus.
3. Any capital-account contribution.
4. Revenue from such initiatives as conferences and events.

In case of withdrawal or exclusion, members cannot ask for a share in the common funds nor apply for reimbursement of their fees.

The Association is forbidden to hand out revenues or surpluses, also in an indirect way, or funds and reserves during the Association’s life, except when required by law.

Membership Fees, 2002
Ordinary-membership fee is 550.00 euro per year to be paid upon submittal of membership application or renewal, plus 25.00 euro per year and per employee, to be paid in two installments in May and September. For firms having more than 66 employees, the total fee is 1600.00 euro per year, inclusive of the fixed fee. For ordinary members only, the fixed fee for the first year is increased by 150.00 euro against the cost of the membership plaque. Ordinary membership fees will be debited by monthly installments starting with the month of March. The yearly fee for subscribing members is 100.00 euro, due upon submittal of application.

In compliance with Art. 10 of Law 675/96, we advise that the data that are requested with the application and any other datum obtained during membership will be entered in AIdA’s databank for the purpose of dealing with the Association’s relationships under any angle. The undersigned states to be in agreement with the above and specifically to approve, in compliance with Art. 1341 of the Civil Code, and to be committed to comply with the provision of the AIdA Charter.