EUROPEAN CITIZEN's BAND FEDERATION
The ECBF amalgamates today the most
representative associations and entities. The ECBF
takes charge of the interests of more than 30 millions of users. It has delegates
in each country.
The
ECBF is member of the European Telecommunications
Standards Institute (ETSI). During the five last
years, as part of the ETSI, the ECBF
has successfully bent the will of the CEPT,
omnipotent administrative organization which presides over the destinies of the
national regulations of the European countries. It has incited a public inquiry
beside the 350 millions of European consumers within the European
Telecommunications Standards Institute in order to finalize a
telecommunication's norm peculiar to the CB. The ECBF
has obtained in 1995 a European standard applicable to all the European
countries; from now on this officializes the AM
(Amplitude Modulation) and the SSB (Single Side Band)
which are the CB transmission modes the best known in the world.
ADRESS
In
order to obtain the address of the delegates in the different countries and the
information peculiar to each of them:
- AUSTRIA: India Fox
Austria, (Gernot Schoffmann,
Siedlung 111,A-Ampflwang)
- GERMANY: India Fox Germany (Dieter Löchter - Europaring 61, D-53123 Bonn)
- CATALUNYA: Federació
Catalana de la CB (Vincent Jareńo,
carrer Topete 115,
E-08221 Terrassa).
- DENMARK: Danita PrivatradiokluB (Jette Pedersen,
Tagensvej 96,ST,TV-,DK - 2200 Copenhagen)
- ESPAŃA: Liga Espańola
de la CB (Alfonso Ardura, PO BOX 3, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid)
- FINLAND: Suomen La
- Yhdistysten Litto (Kaustisenplku 5C45, 00420 Helsinki)
- PRINCIPALITY OF
- NETHERLANDS: India Fox Nederland (Henk Cordewener, PO BOX 387, NL 6400 AJ Heerlen)
POLAND:
PL CB Radio (Jerzy Plokarz – V-ce President ECBF, Piotrkowska Str 238,
90-954 Lodz) E-mail- PORTUGAL: Club CB Caparica
(Victor Reis, PO BOX 56, 2825 Costa de Caparica)
- GREAT BRITAIN: India Fox Great Britain (Jaconelli Tony, 73 Springboig
Road, G 32 ODB Glasgow)
- SWITZERLAND: PRS
(Armin Kofer, Kastanieenwemi
4, 8800 Tnalwil)
- SWEDEN: Jan Setterbom, Mellanvägen 7, 43491 Kungsbacka
- UKRAINA: Boris Chuistov,
EXTRACT FROM ITS STATUTES
ARTICLE l - NAME, DEFINITIONS AND EMBLEM
1.1. The name of the association is the
"European Citizen's Band Federation" with the initials "E.C.B.F." or "ECBF",
hereafter known as the "ECBF" or the
"Federation". The ECBF is a non-govemmental organisation (NGO)
which was founded in 1976 by national CB federations, officially founded
associations and de facto groups fiom
different European countries.
1.2. Citizen's Band (CB) refers to the public
radio-frequency spectrum bands on 27 MHz, 930 MHz,430 Mhz and others used for personal radio-communication by
citizens who are users of appropriate transceivers, also known as GB radios.
1.3. Users of CB band frequency transceivers are
known as CBer's.
l.4. The use ofCB
radio can be seen as: a leisure, a voluntary service, a method of personal
radio-communication with other CBers, an activity of
free expression and/or information, a friendship link and/or solidarity for ail
citizens. It can also offer Civil Protęction services
and activities for safety of human life.
1.5. The ECBF is
independent of all political, commercial or religious influences.
1.6. The name and the emblem of the ECBF may be used by member organisations
together with their own name and emblem.
ARTICLE 4 - MEMBERSHIP
4.1. Each member ofthe ECBF is a non-profit making representative, national CB organisation or. federation. The
member can associate CB clubs and local organisations
of his own country. The members must accept the ECBF
statutes.
4.2. In the ECBF statutes,
the word "country".designates a clearly and
officially demarcated geographical territory and which corresponds to:
a) either a State recognised
by the international community
b) or a
territory non-recognised as State, but which is recognised as a nation or nationality by a law ofthe State to which it belongs.
4.3. All members must have their headquarters
established in
4.4. Each member is independent and has the same rights
and duties as the other members. Any discrimination is prohibited and the ECBF is not allowed to interfere with internal affairs ofthe national member, unless on request by the national
member itself.
The vote
inside ECBF and the member fees can be on
proportional basis on decision ofthe Congress.
ARTICLE 5 - AIMS
5. l. The main objectives of the ECSF are as follows:
a) To associate in a Federation the European
National CB organisations.
b) To promote adequate initiatives to liberalise, promote, regulate and control CB in
c) To constitute, on a European leveł, a representative body of the CB users.
d) To work for universał
recognition and acceptance ofthe ECBF
as the officiał representative body within
ARTICLE 6 - ADMISSON
6.3. Only one member organisation
per country is allowed, using the definition of"country"
as given in Article 4.
ARTICLE 7 - MEMBERS OBLlGATIONS
7.1. All ECBF members are
required to respect this statute.
ARTICLE 11 - THE CONGRESS
11.1. The ECBF Congress is
the supreme body ofthe federation. It must be
convened every 4 years by the President of the federation. Participation,
rules, date, place and the agenda have to be decided upon by the Council and
have to be notified at least 90 days before the date of the meeting.
11.2. The Council itself, or at the request of 2/3 of
the members who have paid their contributions, may also convene an
Extraordinary Congress for important reasons. The decision has to be
communicated by the council with the participation rules, the date, the place
and the agenda at least 30 days before the date of the meeting.
ARTICLE 13 - THE COUNCIL
13. 1. The ECBF council is the
executive government body ofthe Federation. It is
made up of: the President, the Vice-President Senior, two Vice-Presidents, a
General Secretary, one or several Assistant Secretaries, a General Treasurer, a Co-ordinator for Emergency Radio
Services (ERS). Other posts may be created by Congress at the President's
suggestion.
13.2. The people who were part of the first Council
or Presidium ofthe ECBF
when it was founded in 1976 are rightful members of the Council.
13.3. Congress can nominate to the Council Honorary
Members and Life Members who have the right to speak but who may not have a
personal vote.
13.4. The Council shall meet at the request of the
President, and if there is no President, at the request of the Vice-President
Senior or of the eldest Vice-President.
13.5. The Council must shall meet before each
Congress meeting so as to make any last decisions to ensure the smooth running
of the Congress meeting. .
13.6. The Council may make any decisions by majority,
although it must always try to arrive at a consensus of opinion.
ARTICLE 14 - THE PRESIDENT
14. l. The President is the person who
publicly represents the ECBF and presides over all
the activities and meetings and ensures the order of the meetings, according to
the present statute.
14.2. The President convenes Congress and Council
meetings and he decides the proceeding of the meetings. In order to ensure the
order of the Congress meetings the President will take all the decisions
necessary for the ongoing of the Congress.
14.3. The President is the legal representative of
the Federation. He has the power, with the agreement of the Council, to
compromise the legal responsibility of the Federation, to carry out any legally
recognised financial and banking operations and
transactions, to undertake any judicial actions, to give and remove power of
any legal order, and to represent the Federation in any official or private
national and international organisations.
ARTICLE 15 - THE VICE-PRESIDENT SENIOR
15.1. The Vice-President Senior helps the President
in his functions and carries out the tasks given to him by the President.
15.2. In the case of sickness or absence of the
President, the Vice-President Senior takes on his functions, tasks and responsibilities
and the power that these statutes confer on the President.
ARTICLE 16 - THE GENERAL SECRETARY AND THE
GENERAL TREASURER
16. 1. The General Secretary co-ordinates the
activities ofthe Federation and treats all subjects
and problems concerning the organisation.
16.2. The General Secretary must present for
adoption the minutes of all Council and Congress meetings. The minutes, once
accepted, will be sent to each correspondent member.
16.3. The General Treasurer is in charge of the
funds and possessions of the Federation. He must present an annual report on
the resources and expenses for the previous year and propose a budget for the
coming year.
16.4. The financial reports must be approved by the
Council and by Congress, after having been examined by the auditors, if
Congress has elected any. The Council or Congress will decide, on the
suggestion of the General Treasurer, the rules concerning the correct
management of the Federation funds.
16.5. If the General Secretary or the General Treasurer
leave their posts before a Congress meeting, one of
the Vice-Presidents will be chosen by the Council to replace that person until
the next Congress meeting. All members will be informed of the Council's
decision.
ARTICLE 17 - THE EUROPEAN COORDINATOR
17. l. The European Co-ordinator
for Emergency Radio Service (ERS) co-ordinates the emergency activities on a
European level.