COMPOSITION
CESP shall admit as full members, under the aegis of one professional organisation per country belonging to the EU or EFTA, the national paediatric organisations representing paediatricians.
 
National paediatric organisations representing paediatricians in other member countries of the Council of Europe, which are neither member of the EU or EFTA, and in other interested European countries may, at their request, be invited to become associate members.
 
Full or associate membership shall only be established after:
  • authorisation by the Executive Committee, after a two-thirds majority vote of the full members of CESP has been secured.
  • payment of the subscription.

Member countries shall be represented by one or two delegates: in active practice in paediatrics
  • having professional or scientific responsibilities at a national level
  • competent in either English or French
  • appointed by their national professional or scientific paediatric organisation

Each full member country shall have the right to vote; each associate member country may be present in an advisory capacity.
 
Membership shall be forfeited
  • upon resignation
  • upon failure to pay the subscription

The resignation of a member country must be tendered to the Executive Committee at least 6 months before the end of the financial year and presented at the next Annual General Meeting.
 
A resigned member country shall remain liable for subscriptions owed including the subscription of the year of resignation.
 
Failure to pay the annual subscription for 2 consecutive years shall result in loss of vote and lack of documentation. This shall follow notification of subscription by registered letter and a vote carried at the Annual General Meeting, at which other measures to be taken may be decided, notably, prohibition to speak at meetings.