The Consortium of European Research Libraries is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England. All full members (including Group members and Special members) of the Consortium are partners in the company. Partners (or members) have accepted the [[http://www.cerl.org/web/_media/en/about/articles_of_association.pdf?id=en%3Aabout%3Alegal_documents&cache=cache|Articles of Association]] and the [[http://www.cerl.org/web/_media/en/about/memorandum_of_association.pdf?id=en%3Aabout%3Alegal_documents&cache=cache|Memorandum of Association]] and have agreed jointly to fund the company by accepting a [[http://www.cerl.org/web/_media/en/about/funding_agreement_2006-2009.pdf?id=en%3Aabout%3Alegal_documents&cache=cache|Funding Agreement]] committing to pay an annual contribution, at a rate established by the members in their Annual General Meeting, for the current three-year funding period (or for the remainder of the current funding period if joining after the start of the funding period).
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The Consortium of European Research Libraries is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England. All full members (including Group members and Special members) of the Consortium are partners in the company. Partners (or members) have accepted the {{ :membership:articles_of_association.pdf |Articles of Association}} and the {{ :membership:memorandum_of_association_.pdf |Memorandum of Association}} and have agreed jointly to fund the company by accepting a {{ :membership:funding_agreement_2012-2015_vfinal_.pdf |Funding Agreement}} committing to pay an annual contribution, at a rate established by the members in their Annual General Meeting, for the current three-year funding period (or for the remainder of the current funding period if joining after the start of the funding period).
For a detailed formal account of the organisation see **{{:about:rules_and_regulations_2014.pdf|Rules and Regulations}}**.
For a detailed formal account of the organisation see **{{:about:rules_and_regulations_2014.pdf|Rules and Regulations}}**.
