Annex B
NATRUE Label Users Membership project:
NATRUE welcomes the opportunity to let NATRUE Label users take part into NATRUE
activities in quality of NATRUE Label Users Members (Members Category B according
to the Statutes of NATRUE)NATRUE Label Users Membership is a project aimed at involving Label Users in theAssociation activities and does not lead to any right other than the ones mentioned
below.
In case of Raw Material Label Users application: the quality of Members Category B
is open for those companies of which at least 75% of all individual products (rawmaterials) in the whole range of raw materials produced for the cosmetic sector must be
or are in the process of being certified as natural or organic cosmetics in accordancewith the NATRUE label or any other recognized and reputable natural and organic
cosmetic standard.
NATRUE Members Category A an C according to the Statutes of NATRUE are adifferent category and different requirements/procedures apply.
HoweverMembers A which fit into the category of Members B will cumulate the rights,
upon submission of the present form.

Activities and benefit for Label User MembersPossibility of getting scientific and regulatory updates on the natural and organic
cosmetic sector via on line tools
Participation and voting rights in the Annual NATRUE Members Assembly
Participation to working groups
Possibility to be elected as Director according to the procedures outlined in theStatutes of NATRUE

Any other activity NATRUE may define (webinars, events) in line with the objective ofLabel Users Membership.
Label User Membership is voluntary and not precondition for certification.
No additional financial contribution to NATRUE is required to be considered
NATRUE Label User Member.
However all the issued invoices concerning the NATRUE Label Fee must be settled inorder to benefit of this option and any other administrative issue must be unequivocally
clear with NATRUE.
The non return of the present Attachment (see last page) leads automatically NATRUE
to not include the Label Users in the project for the current year.
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Participation and Voting rights at the Annual NATRUE
Members Assembly
The NATRUE Members Assembly take place once a year and the working language isEnglish.
Any costs deriving from the Label Users participation are pertaining to the NATRUE
Label Users only.
A Label User which has applied for Label Users Membership, but that will not beable to physically participate to the Meeting is allowed to give its votes via aPower of Attorney. The number of votes each Label User Member has for theNATRUE Members Assembly is based on the following principles:Numbers of NATRUE Certified Products (of specific brand) or Raw Materials
holding a valid certificate for each brand at the 31/12/year or for which anapplication for such a certificate has been applied for.

Total votes are calculated considering the total number of NATRUE Certified
Products and Raw Materials as above  votes valid for year+1

Specific measures are taken in order to guarantee adequate representativenessto the smallest Label users

Brand Owners and Third Party Manufacturer
Concerning NATRUE certified products where different Brand owners and Third Party
Manufacturers are involved in the production the following criteria must be followed inorder to identify who (which company) can have a seat (and votes) at the NATRUE
Members Assembly:
1. If both parities agree in written signed and countersigned form, NATRUE canaccept either the brand owner or the third party manufacturer representative.
2. If parties disagree, NATRUE can base the decision on the evidence (Signatureof the Agreement, payment of the NATRUE Label Fee) and allow one of the twocompanies to participate.
Nevertheless NATRUE reserves the right to refuse the participation in case of
severe controversy among the companies, which may interfere with the overall
objective of sharing activities and integrating Label users in the association life.

To be sent backvia post toNATRUENATRUE- Agreement Usage of the LabelAnnex B_______________________________________________________________________________NATRUE Label Users Membership project:
request of participation
The company …………………… (Company stamp) ……………………………………
……………….………………………………………………….…………………………………
in its quality of Label Users ……. ……………………… (Specify brand)…………….
asks NATRUE to be considered Label User Member as defined in the present Annex B.

The company attach written signed and countersigned declaration as outlined in thesection Brand Owners and Third Party Manufacturer (when applicable).
NATRUE may reserves the right to verify the necessity of the declaration basedon the information available on that regard.

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