Functioning Rules
The fundamental policy rules can be found in EPCA’s Articles of Association.
In accordance with the mission statement, EPCA offers to its members global networking opportunities. EPCA also communicates matters of interest and relevance to its members with a view to exchange opinions and experiences and to permit the performance of comparative studies within the framework of the industry.
The EPCA policy is decided by its Board of Directors, composed of a maximum of 18 members. These members are elected by the Ordinary General Meeting of Full Members amongst member company representatives. They sit on the Board for a period of 3 years and may stand for re-election at the end of the initial term of office.
The Board establishes the yearly accounts and budgets and proposes same for approval, together with the EPCA membership fees and the Board composition proposals, to the Ordinary General Meeting of Full Members. The Board decides in which projects of interest to the industry EPCA should participate, establishes the EPCA meeting fees, decides on the other EPCA bodies’ composition and assists the Secretary General in the organization of the business sessions of the Annual Meetings and other conferences, seminars, workshops.
The Executive Committee is composed of the President, one or two Vice-Presidents and the Treasurer. The Executive Committee supervises the daily management of the Secretary General and assists same where appropriate, they follow up on the implementation of the Board decisions and co-ordinate relations with other industry association and authorities. All Executive Committee Members are members of the Board.
The Supply Chain Program Committee (SCPC) assists in the organization of supply chain workshops, seminars, think-tanks, as well as supply chain activities at the Annual Meetings and proposes to the Board projects of interest to the Industry in the field of chemical supply chain.
The Young EPCA Think Tank (YETT) proposes to the Board Annual Meeting themes, suggests projects other than supply chain, communication strategy and development activities.
The Secretary General takes care of the daily management of the Association, executes the decisions taken by the Board. He/she proposes such actions to the Board, the Executive Committee and the YETT as he/she deems fit for the benefit of EPCA and its Members. He/she promotes and manages membership, EPCA activities, including activities as decided by the SCPC and the YETT approved by the Board.
The Official Representative (O.R.) of each member company plays a key-role in the communication between EPCA and its members. He/she is part of the top management of the member company. He/she and his/her staff assure the transmission of EPCA information to the relevant units within the company.