EFN constitution
Preamble
Whereas in 1971, the Standing Committee of Nurses in association with the EEC was established in Bern in accordance with the constitution approved on the date of establishment;
Whereas in 1975, during a meeting which took place in Brussels, the Standing Committee of Nurses in association with the EEC adopted a new version of the constitution;
Whereas in 1981, during a meeting which took place in Athens, the Standing Committee of Nurses in association with the EEC approved an amendment of the constitution and a change in the name of the Committee; the Committee continued to exist under the name Standing Committee of Nurses of the EU;
Whereas in 1997, during a meeting which took place in Delphi, the Standing Committee of Nurses of the EU approved a change in the name of the Committee and a new version of the constitution, in order to better define the role and the function of the Committee and to better promote its objects;
Whereas in 2002, during a meeting which took place in Stockholm, the Standing Committee of Nurses of the EU decided that, in order to be in conformity with the Belgian law, governing the PCN, a revised and corrected constitution was adopted and published in the Belgian Government Gazette;
Whereas in 2004, during a meeting which took place in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, the Standing Committee of Nurses of the EU decided that, in order to be in conformity with the new Belgian laws on non-profit organisations and with the process of expansion of the EU, the name of the Committee was changed and a revised and corrected constitution was adopted and published in the Belgian Government Gazette;
IT IS DECIDED that the former Standing Committee of Nurses of the EU will continue to exist under the name European Federation of Nurses Associations, with the acronym EFN, under the conditions of the constitution and of the internal regulations.
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