Membership categories
Members may be regular, associate, or supporting members, according to their legal status, as specified in the Articles of Association. Membership begins upon payment of the membership fee.
Regular members may be any legal entity or economic entity operating in the field of environmental services, including business associations, sole proprietorships, institutes, institution operating in the field of environmental services, which carries out its activities in Hungary, with its registered office in Hungary, or as a Hungarian branch or commercial representation of a foreign-based company, accepts the Articles of Association of the Association as binding, undertakes to pay membership fees, and supports the achievement of the objectives in a professional or other form.
Any economic organization with independent legal personality, non-profit organization, budgetary agency, or its background institution or regional representation may become an associate member. Its rights and obligations are determined by an agreement between the Association and the associate member. Associate members do not have voting rights, but are entitled to all benefits and discounts to which regular members are entitled.
Any non-profit organization with independent legal personality, economic organization – foreign or domestic – or its regional representation, or foreign or Hungarian legal entity that accepts the objectives of the Association and supports their implementation in financial, professional, or other forms, and pays a supporting membership fee, may become a supporting member. The supporting membership fee is twice the current regular membership fee. The rights and obligations of supporting members are determined by agreement between the Association and the supporting member. Supporting members do not have voting rights, but are entitled to all benefits and discounts to which regular members are entitled.
Regular and supporting members of the Association are required to pay the annual membership fee.
Membership fee
Membership begins upon payment of the membership fee. The annual regular membership fee in 2025 is HUF 254,000 per organization, uniformly (VAT-free, gross, automatically adjusted annually in line with the inflation rate provided by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office). Any changes to the membership fee shall be decided by the General Assembly. The supporting membership fee is HUF 508,000.