ALLEN, Paul
COCKBILL, Charles
MUCHNA, Daniela

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Austria

Council Members

DUBITSKY, Marie
DURAZZO, Guiseppe
ECKERT, Dieter
FOGDEN, Michael
GUITTARD, Christine
LOOSEN, Peter
LOX, Wouter
MROHS, Angelika
NATTERER, Andreas
RODRIGEZ FUENTES, Vicente
SAVIGNY, Jean
VALKENBORG, Guy (Treasurer)
VAN DER MEULEN, Bernd
WRIGHT, Robert

Germany
Monaco
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Belgium
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Spain
France
Belgium
The Netherlands
United Kingdom

It is from its members and them alone that the EFLA draws its means of subsistence and of development. The EFLA is a non-profit-making association which only exists thanks to the fees paid by the members. They are described by the bylaws as 'active members' and their purpose is to achieve together the objectives that they hold in common. The amount of yearly fees is determined by the General Assembly; currently it amounts to 100 € for individual members, 75 € for retired members and students, and 1 000 € for corporate members.

The EFLA recognises a final category of members: that of honorary members, which can be conferred by the Board to 'any person of international repute who has made a significant contribution to the development or harmonisation of Food Law'. It has always been considered by the Board that the status of honorary members should be reserved for high-level specialists in food law or food sciences, whose fame goes far beyond the borders of their country of origin. The honorary members are invited to attend Board meetings and have a consultative voice there if they are not already part of it.

The same applies in practice to former presidents (called honorary presidents) of the EFLA although the Bylaws do not make mention of this. Indeed, it has become a tradition to invite the former presidents, on a personal and consultative basis, to all the meetings of the Board, in consideration of their experience and the devotion they demonstrated in the course of their mandate.