About ESSL

The statutory purpose of the European Severe Storms Laboratory e. V. (ESSL) is

• to advance meteorology and related sciences in the field of research on severe convective storms and extreme weather events on a European level;
• to operate and extend the European Severe Weather Database, ESWD (essl.org/ESWD/ alternatively eswd.eu), and
• to support or organise the European Conferences on Severe Storms, ECSS (essl.org/ECSS/ alternatively ecss.eu).

Note that neither forecasting nor warnings of severe storms are among the statutory purposes of the ESSL, as these are core activities of the European national meteorological and hydrological services (NMHS).

The ESSL started as an informal network of European scientists in 2002. On 28 September 2006, the ESSL was formally founded as an association, acquiring full legal status on 8 December 2006 following entry to the register of associations. Non-profit status was granted on 21 December 2006. The ESSL is a non-profit research organisation with legal type e. V. (eingetragener Verein, registered association) under German law. Its initial Articles of Association (Satzung) were available as ESSL Administrative Report 2006-01. The version currently in force will always be available here: ESSL Articles of Association.

Legal specifications and bank information

Register court:		Amtsgericht München		Bank:		Raiffeisenbank Gilching eG, (Römerstr. 30, 82205 Gilching, Germany)
Register no.:		VR 200584				BLZ: 701 693 82, Account No.: 344451
VAT no. (USt-Id.-Nr.):		DE 252519763				SWIFT BIC: GENODEF1GIL, IBAN: DE42 7016 9382 0000 3444 51
Donations to ESSL can also be made by credit card.

Be advised that for donations under 100 Euro, which are very welcome, we are not able to send you a hardcopy receipt.

ESSL Executive Board

Executive Board member            Function Dr. Bernold Feuerstein   Director (acting)   Dr. Pieter Groenemeijer   Technical Director   Mr. Alois M. Holzer   Treasurer

ESSL Executive Board in 2008

ESSL Advisory Council

ESSL contact and list of the 10 founding members

Contact			Founding member		Country		Institution
ESSL			Dr. Nikolai Dotzek		DE		DLR
c/o DLR-IPA			Dr. Bernold Feuerstein		DE		MPG
Münchner Str. 20			Dr. Dario Giaiotti		IT		FVG-OSMER
82234 Wessling			Dr. Pieter Groenemeijer		NL		LMU Müchen
Germany			Mr. Alois M. Holzer		AT		ORF
			Dr. Maria-Carmen Llasat		ES		U Barcelona
			Dr. Romualdo Romero		ES		U de les Illes Balears
Fax: +49 8151 9659 99911			Dr. Martin Setvák		CZ		CHMI
			Dr. Fulvio Stel		IT		FVG-OSMER
eMail: bernold.feuerstein (at) essl.org			Ms. Jenni Teittinen		FI		FMI

Phone:
+49 622 1516281   Bernold Feuerstein (managing Director and PR)
+43 664 4509989   Alois Holzer (Treasurer and ECSS-Administration)
+49 151 59031839 Pieter Groenemeijer (Technical Director and ESWD)
Fax: +49 8151 9659 99911

Applying for ESSL membership

Supporting ESSL membership is open to everyone! Full ESSL membership has certain requirements which are outlined in our Articles of Association. When applying for ESSL membership, please also consult the Articles of Association, as all ESSL members acknowledge to abide by these Articles. You may also have a look at the current member list.

If you neither represent nor act on behalf of an organisation, please download and fill in the ESSL individual member application form. However, if you do represent or act on behalf of an organisation, please download and fill in the ESSL institutional member application form.

Individual full member	Institutional full member		Individual supporting member	Institutional supporting member
Download application form	Download application form		Download application form	Download application form
Certain requirements must be met	Public bodies or non-profit organisations		Any natural person	Any organisation

After filling and signing the form, please return it to the ESSL using the address specified in the form. You will be notified when your application for membership has been approved. Your membership will come into force as soon as your first fees have arrived on the ESSL bank account.

Due to its statutory purposes and non-profit status, the ESSL membership dues are tax-deductible for the member. We look forward to receiving your member application form and to welcoming you as a new ESSL member soon!

Donations to the ESSL

As a non-profit research organisation, ESSL may cover parts of its funding from donations by individual citizens or by legal entities. The ESSL is also entitled to provide donators and members with formal contribution receipts for their donations and membership fees - which makes the donations and membership fees tax-deductible.

To aid the ESSL in fulfilling its statutory purposes, donations to the ESSL are encouraged. Donators should clearly indicate their name and address on the bank transfer forms, to enable the ESSL to issue a valid contribution receipt. In addition, the reason for payment on the bank transfer form should indicate "Donation", and you may even direct your donation to specific branches of ESSL activity:

• Donation ESSL: Support for ESSL development and its ability to co-fund participation in research projects;
• Donation ESWD: Support for development of the European Severe Weather Database;
• Donation ECSS: Support for the European Conferences on Severe Storms.

If aside from "Donation", nothing specific is indicated in the bank transfer form, the donation will contribute to general ESSL development. In case you would like to donate, here is the ESSL bank account information.

The following link will guide you to the list of previous ESSL donators.