What is IPC Team
The IPC Team is a European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG), an alliance of 15 European Companies which have agreed to act in partnership to secure and fulfil contracts throughout Europe.
European Economic Interest Grouping
Appendix 5.6 of the International Associations Statutes Series
vol 1, UIA eds (1988)
The Council of Ministers of the European Communities adopted in 1985 a regulation concerning the establishment of a European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG). This provides a legal framework within which enterprises at the national level in different countries can cooperate together at the European level. This regulation forms part of a larger framework of actions being undertaken at the Community level to improve the competitivity of European enterprises in key industrial sectors. It aims to ensure that the use of this legal form is ["made as widely available as possible to natural persons, companies, firms and other legal bodies"] with ["the concept of economic activities being interpreted in the widest sense."] It is possible that this form might prove appropriate to some non-profit organizations which currently take the form of trade associations and associations of manufacturers.
During the debate on 12th March 1987 in the European Parliament concerning non-profit-making associations, the Vice-President of the Commission, Henning Christopher, made the following remark concerning the Regulation: ["Even if non-profit-making associations cannot be defined as being members of an interest grouping, they may come under the definition, contained in that regulation, of other legal persons governed by public or private law pursuing long-term aims such as research and development. That means that there is another category of associations covered by Community protection. From 1 July 1989 this regulation will allow transfrontier cooperation between universities, research centers and undertakings and may even go further. So here too there is a legal basis already allowing the Commission and the Community to ensure protection against discrimination."] (1)
The charter members of the Grouping are:
1) Aquatrium Poolsolutions B.V.B.V., registered office Eindhoutsebaan 64c. B-2450, Meerhout, Belgium,
2) ALUKOV HZ spol. s r.o., registered office Orel 18, Slatiňany, Postal code: 518 21, Id.-No.: 64257746, registered in the Commercial Register at the Regional Court in Hradec Králové, Section C, Insert 8606, Czech Republic
3) Piscine Conseils, registered office rue du Tanay 74960, Cran Gevrier, France,
4) Aluprodukt Hungária Kft., registered office Közúzó u. 24, Szentendre, Hungary,
5) Aquanova s.r.l., registered office Via Trivigiano 8/234170, Gorizia, Italy,
6) Alutherm Sp. z o.o., registered office Ul. Wiedenska 1, Poznan, Poland,
7) ALUKOV, spol. s r.o., registered office Škultétyho 1597, Topolčany, Postal code: 95501, Slovakia,
8) Sintex d.o.o., registered office Župančičeva 341290, Grosplje, Slovenia,
9) Termatec Skandinavien AB, registered office Bältebergavägen 270S, Vallkra, Sweden,
10) POOL & SPA ENCLOSURES LIMITED (registered office 90-100 Sydney Street, London SW3 6NJ)
11) AQUANOWA CUBIERTAS de PISCINAS SL (registered office Conde de Arande 8, 28001 Madrid, Spain)
12) ALUPRODUKT ROMANIA (registered office str. Ady Endre nr.1 Târgu Secuiesc, judetul Covasna, Romania)
13) ALUPRODUKT BULGARIA (registered office Geo Milev str. 13A, 1111 Sofia, Bulgaria)
14) UAB "OKVA" (registerd office Verkių g. 29, 18 korp., Vilnius 09108, Lithuania)
/2/ The business name of the Grouping is: Inter Pool Cover Team, evropské hospodářské zájmové sdružení (the Czech name for EEIG).
