Common use of Provisional Member Clause in Contracts

Provisional Member. B.3.1.1 The criteria for admission to provisional signatory status in an Agreement are stated in Schedule B2. Applications for provisional status are recommended to follow the advice stated in the guidelines given in Section C.1. B.3.1.2 Applicants must provide the information stated in Schedule B2. B.3.1.3 Applications must be provided in the English language and in widely used electronic format. B.3.1.4 Applications must be received by the secretariat no later than 120 days before the commencement of an IEAM if the application is to be considered at the relevant Agreement meeting during the IEAM. B.3.1.5 Applications must be accompanied by written statements of nomination from two Authorized Members (Nominators), each nomination containing a declaration that the nominator considers that the applicant’s standards and systems meets the requirements for Provisional Membership. B.3.1.6 The secretariat must distribute the application to all Authorized Members no later than 90 days before the commencement of the next IEAM. B.3.1.7 Any Authorized Members may provide written questions to the secretariat no later than 60 days before the IEAM, in which case the applicant has until 30 days prior to the IEAM to provide written answers to the secretariat for distribution of both the questions and answers to all Authorized Members so that they can be considered before the IEAM. B.3.1.8 Applicants must appear in person at the Agreement meeting as part of the IEAM to formally present their application and answer questions. B.3.1.9 Applicants must meet all the direct costs of making their application, including but not limited to funding any reasonable actions required by potential Nominators to evaluate the systems of the applicant. B.3.1.10 The management of visits by potential Nominators shall conform with any policy approved by the International Engineering Alliance in regard to risks to the safety and security of visitors. B.3.1.11 The Authorized Members must consider each application at the meeting at which it is presented and must decide one of the three following actions: o that the applicant be granted Provisional Membership (provided that there is a two-thirds majority), or o that the application be declined (in which case reasons would normally be stated), or o that the decision on the application be deferred (in which case the reasons must be stated). B.3.1.12 The Authorized Members may agree to consider a deferred application at a Special Meeting held by a suitable meeting method prior to the next scheduled General or Mid-term Meeting if there is a reasonable expectation that information that will allow the application to be decided will be available, but no such meeting may occur sooner than 60 days after the applicant or a nominator provides the necessary information to the secretariat. B.3.1.13 Provisional Membership is normally granted for a period of two or four years, but may be extended for one or more periods of two further years if in the view of Authorized Members, as attested by a two-thirds majority vote at a Meeting, sufficient progress towards becoming an Authorized Member is being made.

Provisional Member. B.3.1.1 The criteria for admission to provisional signatory status in an Agreement are stated in Schedule B2. Applications for provisional status Provisional Member are recommended to follow the advice stated in the guidelines given in Part 2 of Section C.1.C. B.3.1.2 Applicants must provide all the information stated in Schedule B2Part 2.2 of the Guidelines set out in Section C, and this documentation must be provided in a form known as an assessment statement. B.3.1.3 Applications must be provided in the English language and in widely used electronic format. B.3.1.4 Applications must be received by the secretariat no later than 120 days before the commencement of an IEAM if the application is to be considered at the relevant Agreement meeting during the IEAM. B.3.1.5 Applications must be accompanied by written statements of nomination from two Authorized Authorised Members (Nominators), each nomination containing a declaration that the nominator considers that the applicant’s applicant‟s standards and systems meets the requirements for Provisional Membership. B.3.1.6 The secretariat must distribute the application to all Authorized Authorised Members no later than 90 days before the commencement of the next IEAM. B.3.1.7 Any Authorized Authorised Members may provide written questions to the secretariat no later than 60 days before the IEAM, in which case the applicant has until 30 days prior to the IEAM to provide written answers to the secretariat for distribution of both the questions and answers to all Authorized Authorised Members so that they can be considered before the IEAM. B.3.1.8 Applicants must appear in person at the Agreement meeting as part of the IEAM to formally present their application and answer questions. B.3.1.9 Applicants must meet all the direct costs of making their application, including but not limited to funding any reasonable actions required by potential Nominators to evaluate the systems of the applicant. B.3.1.10 The management of visits by potential Nominators shall conform with any policy approved by the International Engineering Alliance in regard to risks to the safety and security of visitors. B.3.1.11 The Authorized Authorised Members must consider each application at the meeting at which it is presented and must decide one of the three following actions: o : a. that the applicant be granted Provisional Membership (provided that there is a two-thirds majority), or o or b. that the application be declined (in which case reasons would normally be stated), or o or c. that the decision on the application be deferred (in which case the reasons must be stated). B.3.1.12 The Authorized Authorised Members may agree to consider a deferred application at a Special Meeting held by a suitable meeting method prior to the next scheduled General or Mid-Mid- term Meeting if there is a reasonable expectation that information that will allow the application to be decided will be available, but no such meeting may occur sooner than 60 days after the applicant or a nominator provides the necessary information to the secretariat. B.3.1.13 Provisional Membership is normally granted for a period of two or four years, but may be extended for one or more periods of two further years if in the view of Authorized Authorised Members, as attested by a two-thirds majority vote at a Meeting, sufficient progress towards becoming an Authorized Authorised Member is being made.

Provisional Member. B.3.1.1 B.3.1.1. The criteria for admission to provisional signatory status in an Agreement are stated in Schedule B2. Applications for provisional status are recommended to follow the advice stated in the guidelines given in Section C.1. B.3.1.2 B.3.1.2. Applicants must provide the information stated in Schedule B2. B.3.1.3 B.3.1.3. Applications must be provided in the English language and in widely used electronic format. B.3.1.4 B.3.1.4. Applications must be received by the secretariat Secretariat no later than 120 days before the commencement of an IEAM if the application is to be considered at the relevant Agreement meeting during the IEAM. B.3.1.5 B.3.1.5. Applications must be accompanied by written statements of nomination from two Authorized Members (Nominators), each nomination containing a declaration that the nominator considers that the applicant’s standards and systems meets the requirements for Provisional Membership. B.3.1.6 B.3.1.6. The secretariat Secretariat must distribute the application to all Authorized Members no later than 90 days before the commencement of the next IEAM. B.3.1.7 B.3.1.7. Any Authorized Members may provide written questions to the secretariat Secretariat no later than 60 days before the IEAM, in which case the applicant has until 30 days prior to the IEAM to provide written answers to the secretariat Secretariat for distribution of both the questions and answers to all Authorized Members so that they can be considered before the IEAM. B.3.1.8 B.3.1.8. Applicants must appear in person at the Agreement meeting as part of the IEAM to formally present their application and answer questions. B.3.1.9 B.3.1.9. Applicants must meet all the direct costs of making their application, including but not limited to funding any reasonable actions required by potential Nominators to evaluate the systems of the applicant. B.3.1.10 B.3.1.10. The management of visits by potential Nominators shall conform with any policy approved by the International Engineering Alliance in regard to risks to the safety and security of visitors. B.3.1.11 B.3.1.11. The Authorized Members must consider each application at the meeting at which it is presented and must decide one of the three following actions: o • that the applicant be granted Provisional Membership (provided that there is a two-thirds majority), or o • that the application be declined (in which case reasons would normally be stated), or o • that the decision on the application be deferred (in which case the reasons must be stated). B.3.1.12 B.3.1.12. The Authorized Members may agree to consider a deferred application at a Special Meeting held by a suitable meeting method prior to the next scheduled General or Mid-term Meeting if there is a reasonable expectation that information that will allow the application to be decided will be available, but no such meeting may occur sooner than 60 days after the applicant or a nominator provides the necessary information to the secretariatSecretariat. B.3.1.13 B.3.1.13. Provisional Membership is normally granted for a period of two or four years, but may be extended for one or more periods of two further years if in the view of Authorized Members, as attested by a two-thirds majority vote at a Meeting, sufficient progress towards becoming an Authorized Member is being made. B.3.1.14. Soon after admission to provisional status, an organization must request the Committee to appoint at least one mentor by lodging a request with the Secretariat if the organization is not currently a full Authorised Member of a different IEA Agreement. The mentor would normally be one of the two nominators.