Manufacture the majority of its products itself, market, and support, under its own brand name on a broad basis through authorized European distributors, at least one of the PT/MC or related products represented within EPTDA such as Bearings, Belts and belt drives, Chains and chain drives, Clutches and brakes, Controls and sensors, Conveyor components, Couplings, Electronic drives, Gears and gearboxes, Hydraulics, Linear Motion / Actuators, Maintenance products, Motors, Pneumatics, Seals, Pumps, Accessories.
Provide sufficient documentation to support its policy of using authorized distributors.
Be committed to running its business in keeping with local laws and policies, environmental standards, ensuring fair labour policies and using fair competition practices, in accordance with EPTDA standards, and as stated and also underwritten by the applicant in the membership application form.
EPTDA’s internal policy provides that any application is subject to the supervisory powers of the EPTDA Board of Directors (the “Board”) about the genuine fulfilment of the conditions (a) and (b), and to the disapproval of the application at the Board’s sole discretion in case of reasonable doubt about such fulfilment, about the authenticity of documents submitted in the application process or, in general, about the sincerity of the applicant.