Membership shall be open to associations and individual companies. All associations and individual companies applying for membership need to have legal personality.

a)         Associations

Membership is open to associations fulfilling the following conditions:

  • Having legal personality
  • Being a relevant representative of the following PET value chain stakeholders (one or more of the following)
      • PET resin and PET raw materials (PTA) manufacturers
      • PET converter
      • PET recycler
      • PET packaging brand owners
      • PET machinery manufacturer
      • PET end-users
      • PET additive suppliers
      • Other PET related industrial companies

 

b)        Companies

Membership is open to companies fulfilling the following conditions:

  • Having legal personality
  • Being involved in the following activities (one or more of the following):
      • The manufacture of PTA or ancillary chemicals used to make PET
      • The manufacture of PET
      • The commercial manufacturing and sale of PET articles from virgin and recycled PET
      • The supply of ancillary chemicals used in the manufacture of PET Articles
      • The commercial manufacture and sale of solid and liquid foodstuffs filled in PET packaging in Europe, provided that a significant volume of their products are sold in PET containers
      • The commercial reclaim of post-consumer PET containers in Europe, the product of which is sold as flakes or pellets
      • The sales of equipment used in the value chain from PET manufacture to production of recyclate
      • Other activities with prevailing interest in PET
      • Any member may withdraw from the association by giving written notice of such intention to the President or Executive Director at least six months before the effective date of such withdrawal.