Membership

Members of the Bremen Cotton Exchange

Ordinary and Associated Members

1. The Members of the Bremen Cotton Exchange are either Ordinary or Associated Members.
2. Ordinary Members may be:
   • any firm registered in a commercial or comparable registry in an EU or EEA-country carrying on business in the cotton trade (Member Firms);
   • any firm registered in an EU or EEA-country and engaged in the first stage of processing cotton, cotton waste, and linters (Member Firms);
   • any legal representative of a firm which is an Ordinary Member of the Bremen Cotton Exchange (Personal Members). A Personal Member may remain a Personal Member even if he has retired as a legal representative from the firm which is an Ordinary Member; this holds true also in the case that this firm ceases to be an Ordinary Member of the Bremen Cotton Exchange.
3. Associated Members may be:
   • any registered non-German firm carrying on business in the cotton trade;
   • any registered non-German firm engaged in the first stage of processing cotton, cotton waste, and linters.
4. Non-German firms from EU or EEA-countries may chose between Ordinary and Associate Membership.

Admission

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1. Applications for membership shall be submitted in writing to the President. They must be supported by three Ordinary Members.
2. The Board of Directors shall decide on the admission to membership.

Membership Fee

A fee shall be paid by each Member which will be fixed annually by the General Assembly.