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Statutes of the Association German Society for Environmental Dentistry


(Kopie 2)

The name of the association is Deutsche Gesellschaft for Umwelt-ZahnMedizin e.V.. It has its registered office in Berlin.

 

1.
The association is an association of dentists, dental assistants, physicians, dental technicians and other medical professional groups as well as persons close to these professional groups. It promotes and represents the special professional interests of its members.

2.
The tasks of the association include: The scientific presentation of environmental dentistry to the dental and medical profession, dental technology and to third parties, in particular authorities, dental, medical and other organizations, the dental and medical chambers and other professional associations; the perception and representation of the interests of the members in public and their consultation in professional matters; the promotion of a professionally oriented scientific continuing education of the members through its own events or by supporting such events of other organizations.

3.
Funds of the association may only be used for purposes in accordance with the statutes. Members shall not receive any benefits from the Association's funds. No person may be favored by administrative expenses that are alien to the purposes of the Association or by disproportionately high remuneration.

Any man or woman who belongs to a medical professional group or is close to this group in his or her work and feels connected to the goals of the association can become a member of the association.  The board of directors decides on each written application for membership.

The annual membership fee is set by the General Meeting.

 

Resignation from the association is permitted at any time. It takes place with a notice period of 3 months to the end of the year by written declaration to a chairman of the board. A member can be excluded from the association if his or her behavior grossly violates the interests of the association. The general meeting decides on the exclusion with a three-quarters majority of the votes cast.

 

Organs of the association are:

1. the general meeting,
2. the board of directors and
3. the extended board.

The Executive Board within the meaning of Section 26 of the German Civil Code (BGB) shall consist of

a) two chairmen,
b) a managing director, who is also the treasurer.

The executive committee is responsible for the affairs of the association and conducts its business in accordance with the statutes and the resolutions of the general meeting. It reports to the general meeting on its activities.  Each member of the board is individually authorized to represent the association judicially and extrajudicially. The managing board coordinates the current business, it is also responsible for the tasks of the treasurer.

The executive board is entitled to appoint special representatives for individual tasks in the sense of § 2 No. 2 in accordance with § 30 BGB (German Civil Code), e.g. for public relations or career counseling. The board of directors is entitled to assign to the special representatives the representation and management associated with the individual tasks.

The board members must be members of the association. They are elected by the general meeting for a period of two years, but they remain in office after the expiry of the term of office until the election of a new board.

The extended Executive Board shall consist of a maximum of 6 members. It shall be appointed and dismissed by the Executive Board, provided that the General Meeting authorizes the Executive Board to do so by resolution (§ 11). Otherwise, the extended board is elected by the general meeting for a period of 2 years, starting from the day of the election. Each member of the extended board is to be appointed or elected individually. Members of the extended board can only be members of the association. Members of the board (§ 7) cannot be members of the extended board at the same time.

The extended board has the task to advise the board in important association matters as well as to support the organization of the association's life in individual matters.

The ordinary general meeting takes place every 2 years, for the first time in 2009 In addition, the general meeting must be convened if the interest of the association requires it or if the convening is demanded in writing by one tenth of the members, stating the purpose and the reasons.

 

The General Meeting shall be convened by the Board of Directors in writing with a notice period of four weeks. The agenda set by the Board of Directors must be communicated at the same time.

 

1.
The General Meeting shall be chaired by the Chairmen of the Executive Board, or in the event that one of the Chairmen is unable to do so, by one of the Chairmen alone. If both chairpersons are prevented, the general meeting shall elect the chairman of the meeting from among its members. The general meeting may decide to add to the agenda set by the board. The quorum of the general meeting is the number of members present.

2.
As far as the statutes do not determine otherwise, the majority of the delivered valid votes decides with the resolution of the meeting of the members: Abstentions shall therefore be disregarded.

3.
A majority of two-thirds of the votes cast is required to amend the Articles of Association, a majority of nine-tenths of the votes cast is required to amend the purpose of the Association and to dissolve the Association.

4.
The method of voting shall in principle be determined by the chairpersons of the meeting. However, the vote must be conducted in writing if one third of the members present at the respective vote request this.

5.
For all votes, members not present may transfer their vote to members present by written proxy, provided that the number of votes to be so exercised by the member present shall be limited to three (including the member's own vote).

 

The resolutions of the General Meeting and the resolutions of the Extended Board shall be entered in a resolution book for evidentiary purposes and signed by the chairmen of the meetings. The place and time of the meeting or session and the respective voting results are to be recorded.

 

The dissolution of the association can only be decided in a general meeting with the majority of votes specified in § 11 No. 3. In deviation from § 11 No. 1 p. 4, the passing of a resolution requires the presence of at least half of all members as well as two of the three board members (§ 7). If the general meeting for the dissolution of the association does not have a quorum according to p. 2, a new general meeting must be convened within 4 weeks. This meeting will then have a quorum, regardless of the number of members present. § 11 No. 5 does not apply to resolutions on the dissolution of the association.

Unless the general meeting decides otherwise, the two chairpersons shall be jointly authorized liquidators. The above provisions shall apply accordingly in the event that the Association is dissolved for any other reason or loses its legal capacity.


The above Articles of Association were established on 27.1.2009.