Become member

Membership in Amfep is open to all legal entities, which fulfil the criteria laid down in the statutes of Amfep.

Full membership is open to any company which is directly responsible for the production of enzymes by any fermentation or extraction process for use in food, feed, detergent, and other non-food industries excluding enzymes for pharmaceutical and diagnostic use provided they meet at least one of the two criteria listed below:

a) The company has commercial fermentation or extraction production facilities in at least one EU Member State.

b) The company has a sales organisation responsible for the marketing of enzymes for the Defined Use in at least one EU Member State.

A company eligible for full membership may request to become an associate member for an initial two year period in order to experience Amfep activities.  After this initial period the company will be expected to transfer to full membership status.

Associate membershipis open to any legal entity involved in the promotion of enzymes for the Defined Use without fulfilling the criteria for full membership, cf. Article 5.1, , provided it meets at least one of the criteria listed below:

a) The company has a sales organisation, or commercial fermentation or extraction production for enzymes for the Defined Use, in any official candidate country applying for EU membership.  As soon as the candidate country becomes a member of the EU, the associate member will be eligible for full membership of Amfep;

b) The company that within the EU, or in or in any official candidate country applying for EU membership, formulates  enzymes for the Defined Use, or in case this activity is performed outside those countries, have sales organisations in these countries; 

c) The company that outside the EU produces enzymes by fermentation or extraction for the Defined Use, provided that the company has distributor organisations in the EU.

Associate members have all rights and duties of full members except voting rights and eligibility for elected positions.

If you are interested in joining Amfep please download the membership application form. Fill it in, sign it, and send it back to amfep@agep.eu.

We are looking very much forward to having you among us!