{"id":102,"date":"2014-11-24T15:30:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T14:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:38:11","slug":"essl-membership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/about-us\/essl-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"ESSL Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Membership types<\/h2>\n<p>There are four types of ESSL membership. Members can be organizations or persons, and they can either be full members or supporting members. The full ESSL membership has certain requirements outlined in ESSL&#8217;s\u00a0<a title=\"About ESSL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/esslsatzung2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Articles of Association<\/a>\u00a0(AoA).\u00a0A\u00a0supporting ESSL membership is, in principle, open to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>The ESSL Membership entitles you to use ESWD data under conditions determined in a User Agreement or User Contract.<\/p>\n<p>The following table outlines the main characteristics of\u00a0the four membership types:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>\u00a0<\/th>\n<th>Person<br \/>(individual membership)<\/th>\n<th>Organization<br \/>(institutional membership)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Full<\/th>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>membership needs to be approved according to AoA (minimum requirement: previously published paper about severe storms)<\/li>\n<li>ESWD data for personal* use<\/li>\n<li>with voting right in GA<\/li>\n<li>fee: \u20ac 95 \/ year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>membership needs to be approved according to AoA<\/li>\n<li>for non-profit organizations only<\/li>\n<li>ESWD data under conditions*<\/li>\n<li>with voting right in GA<\/li>\n<li>annual fee: see below<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/ESSL_ApplicationForm_Institutional_Full_Member-v2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Supporting<\/th>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>in principle, for any person<\/li>\n<li>ESWD data under conditions*<\/li>\n<li>fee: \u20ac 295 \/ year<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/ESSL_ApplicationForm_Individual_Supporting_Member-v2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>in principle, for any organization<\/li>\n<li>ESWD data under conditions*<\/li>\n<li>annual fee: see below<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/ESSL_ApplicationForm_Institutional_Supporting_Member-ver2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>* Access to ESWD data is arranged through a User Agreement. The User Agreement for individual members can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/20260417_ESWD-User-Agreement-for-Non-Commercial-Use.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. A draft agreement for commercial members can be provided upon request.<\/p>\n<h2>Membership\u00a0application<\/h2>\n<p>To apply for ESSL membership, please fill in\u00a0and sign the form, and then\u00a0return a scan or the original to ESSL (e-mail: inflow@essl.org). You will be notified when your application for membership has been approved. Your membership will come into force as soon as your fee payment has been made\u00a0to the\u00a0<a title=\"Bank information\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/about-us\/bank-information\/\">ESSL bank account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When applying for ESSL membership, please consult the <a title=\"About ESSL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/about-us\/\">Articles of Association<\/a>,\u00a0since\u00a0all ESSL members acknowledge to abide by these Articles. <a title=\"Members and Partners\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/about-us\/current-essl-members\">Here you can discover who are presently ESSL&#8217;s supporting members<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Because of ESSL&#8217;s\u00a0non-profit status, the ESSL membership dues are tax-deductible for members in many legislatures.<\/p>\n<h2>Fees for Institutional Full Membership<\/h2>\n<p>The fees for Institutional Full Members (for which specific conditions apply, see above) are calculated as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Annual fee = S x N \/ 44\u00a0 \u00a0(rounded upward to the next multiple of 100 EUR)<\/p>\n<p>Here, S is the\u00a0size category that can be determined from the table below, and\u00a0N is the\u00a0nominal GDP per capita of the country in EUR according to EUROSTAT (currently called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/databrowser\/view\/TEC00001\/default\/table?lang=en&amp;category=na10.nama10.nama_10_ma\">Main GDP aggregates per capita<\/a> &#8211; current prices, euro per capita, gross domestic product at market prices&#8221;), and if not available, according to the World Bank.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>\n<p>\u00a0No. of employees\u00a0(headcount)<\/p>\n<p>greater than or equal to<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th>\u00a0Size category<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>200<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>500<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1500<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>This table contains some example values:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>\u00a0<\/th>\n<th colspan=\"5\">\u00a0N = nominal GDP per capita in EUR<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>S<\/th>\n<th>5000<\/th>\n<th>10000<\/th>\n<th>20000<\/th>\n<th>30000<\/th>\n<th>40000<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>1<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">200<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">300<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">500<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">700<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>2<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">300<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">500<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1400<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>3<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">400<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">700<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1400<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2100<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>4<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">500<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1900<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2800<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>5<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">600<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1200<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2300<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3500<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">4600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>6<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">700<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1400<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2800<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">4100<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Institutional Supporting Members<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For institutional supporting\u00a0members, the annual fees depend on the number of employees of the applying legal entity. The fees are listed in this table:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">No. of employees\u00a0(headcount)<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">ANNUAL Fee (2026)\u00a0in EUR<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1 &#8211; 9<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10 &#8211; 24<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">4000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25 &#8211; 99<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>100 &#8211; 249<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">8300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>250 &#8211; 999<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">11000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">equal or greater 1000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">12800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The Institutional Supporting Membership fee undergoes a yearly inflation compensation, based on the EUROSTAT <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/databrowser\/view\/prc_hicp_aind\/default\/table?lang=en\">Harmonized EU Consumer Price Index<\/a> of the previous year (of the last available annual data, currently called &#8220;HICP&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>These fees have been decided by the ESSL General Assembly on 5 November 2018. In case of discrepancies between this page and the minutes of that meeting, the minutes of that meeting shall\u00a0prevail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ESSL Supporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If an ESSL membership is not a suitable form for you,\u00a0you may\u00a0consider to become an &#8220;ESSL Supporter&#8221;.\u00a0ESSL Supporters wish to financially support the European Severe Storms Laboratory by a yearly donation of EUR 100.- as long as they want, without further obligations. <a title=\"ESSL Supporter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/essl-supporter\/\">Click here for more information<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Membership types There are four types of ESSL membership. Members can be organizations or persons, and they can either be full members or supporting members. The full ESSL membership has certain requirements outlined in ESSL&#8217;s\u00a0Articles of Association\u00a0(AoA).\u00a0A\u00a0supporting ESSL membership is, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/about-us\/essl-membership\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"sidebar-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-102","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21066,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions\/21066"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}