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How is ETSI funded?

ETSI Seminar© ETSI 2010. All rights reserved

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How is ETSI funded?

ETSI is:

a not-for-profit organization

established under French law

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Where does the money come from?

57 %

10,5 %

20 %

9,5 %

3 %

Members’ contributions

Partners’ contributionsPartnership projects, EF3GPP

EC/EFTAInfrastructure, activities, special projects

Commercial activitiesSales, Plugtests™, Forapolis…

Miscellaneous

(2010 figures)

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Members (Full or Associate) Unit of contribution (UoC)

• First unit of contribution (BMF) 6000 € in 2010• Subsequent units of contribution 3380 € in 2010• Includes ETSI Documentation Service (EDS)

Number of units may be:• 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 24 30 37 45• depending on member’s global turnover• determines also Voting Weight• e.g. Alcatel-Lucent (France) pays 45 units, has voting weight of 45

• i.e. [6000 + (44 x 3380)] = 154 720 €

• e.g. Checkpoint Systems (Germany) pays 2 units, has voting weight of 2• i.e. 6000 + 3380 = 9380 €

• e.g. CML Microcircuits (UK) pays 1 unit, has voting weight of 1• i.e. 6000 €

Any balance at year-end is returned to Members as a credit note Observers (in 2010) 4000 €

Membership contributions

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Membership contributions - other than Administrations

ECRT in 106 euro Number of Units

SME, User, “Additional membership” 1

up to 135 2

136 to 200 3

201 to 450 6

451 to 700 9

701 to 1350 13

1351 to 2000 18

2001 to 3500 24

3501 to 5000 30

5001 to 8000 37

above 8000 45ECRT: Global electronics communications-related turnover

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1 Unit contributors

SME and Micro-enterprise members shall, after presenting evidence to the Director-General, contribute 1 unit (SME and Micro-enterprise as defined by the European Commission)

User Associations or Trade Associations shall contribute 1 unit Companies with more than one membership from the same

corporate group may either:a) Not consider the ECRT relating to transactions between companies

of the same group (sometimes known as intra-company trading) when determining the class of contribution, or

b) Declare a “multiple membership” consisting of a “group” membership, with its ECRT assessed using the entire group’s accounts, and one or more “Additional” membership(s) which shall contribute 1 unit

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Definition: The worldwide turnover generated by all the member’s products

and services for which ETSI is competent for developing standards.

In the event that it is not possible to determine a Member’s ECRT from publicly available information, the Member will agree with the Director General on the appropriate class of contribution which should apply.

Further details - Annex 2 of the ETSI Rules of Procedure

“Electronics Communications Related Turnover”

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Special cases

The first unit of contribution may be reduced for: not-for-profit User Associations Universities and Public Research Bodies Micro-enterprises

In practice, this means they pay one unit of contribution, the price of which is determined by the General Assembly For 2010:

• Non-profit User Associations: €2000• Universities and Public Research Bodies: €2000• Micro-enterprises: €3000

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GDP in 109 euro Number of Units

up to 7 1

8 to 23 2

24 to 40 3

41 to 55 6

55 to 70 9

71 to 135 13

136 to 200 18

201 to 350 24

351 to 500 30

501 to 800 37

above 800 45  GDP: Gross Domestic Product

Membership contributions - Administrations

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1 Unit contributors (Administrations)

When a country has more than one Administration member, one of those members shall contribute according to the scale set out above and the other Additional membership(s) shall contribute 1 unit

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Participation in 3GPP

Companies wishing to participate in 3GPP by means of their ETSI membership are required to pay a minimum of 3 Units of Contribution Reduced to 2 units for SMEs, Micro-enterprises, Users, Universities

and Public Research Bodies Special conditions apply for companies and administrations with

multiple memberships

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Year 2010 budget (-7% cf. 2009)

Income

k€

Member/Observer funding

13122

EC/EFTA

4614

Forapolis & Interopolis

1717

Partners’ contributions

1851

EF3GPP

610

Sales (standards/algorithms)

260

Plugtests™ income

240

Financial income

150

Miscellaneous

480

Members’ voluntary funding

100

Total income

23144

Expenditure k€

Staff costs 11806

Experts costs 4185

Travel 1286

Maintenance (IT & buildings) 1280

Depreciation 742

System development (outsourced) 535

Meetings & hospitality 475

EF3GPP 530

EC special projects 283

Provisions 450

Other 1572(fees, taxes, post & telecoms, corporate comms etc)

Total expenditure 23144Source: Document ETSI/GA54(09)11