Requirements for membership

Conditions for Membership

Membership is open to any PE manufacturer who:

• is a Certified Producer of PE pipe materials which meet the enhanced technical requirements of the PE100+ Association, including compliance with standards EN1555, EN12201, ISO4427 and ISO4437 or other standards of equivalent technical content, as verified by independent Product Test Administrator Kiwa Gastec Certification B.V. (NL) (‘Gastec')
• agrees to act in accordance with the statutes of the PE100+ Association and relevant ethical rules regarding all Association related activities

Appeals & Refusals

• All requests for membership are first handled by Gastec independently from the PE100+ Association. The Association's Board must endorse any positive recommendation of Gastec concerning compliance with technical requirements and cannot refuse membership for technical reasons in such circumstances.

• An applicant whose request for membership is refused will receive a written explanation of the reasons for the refusal and is welcome to seek further explanation by contacting the PE100+ Association President using the contact list in our website.

Membership fees and other costs

The typical costs of membership of the PE100+ Association will be:

• Entrance fee for the Association (an initial single payment of € 10.000)
• Annual fee for membership (in the region of € 8.000) - This annual fee is dependent of the agreed annual budget of the Association by the members. The budget depends on projects of the year and fixed costs.
• Possible exhibition and conference costs (optional), if members decide to participate in events organised by the association to promote the use of PE100 materials.
• Annual testing costs for members’ listed material grades, which will be dependent on the number and type of grades to be listed.