MANUFACTURERS ESTABLISHED IN ITALY . MEMBERSHIP OF THE ASSOCIATION IS OPEN TO ALL THOSE INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS FOR USE BY DENTISTS WHICH ARE ENROLLED IN ITALY WITH A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR INDUSTRY , CRAFT TRADES AND AGRICULTURE . DECISIONS WITH REGARD TO THE ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS FOR NEW MEMBERSHIP ARE TAKEN BY A BOARD OF MANAGEMENT . THERE ARE ONLY TWO OR THREE DENTAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS ESTABLISHED IN ITALY WHICH ARE NOT MEMBERS OF UNIDI .
THE MAIN OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE TO ADVERTISE , BOTH IN ITALY AND ELSEWHERE , THE PRODUCTS OF MEMBER FIRMS AND TO PROMOTE THEIR SALES THROUGH APPROACHES MADE TO PUBLIC OR OTHER OFFICIAL BODIES , AND BY MEANS OF FAIRS AND NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS . IT CAN ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITY WHICH THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT CONSIDERS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTS .
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE OBJECTS , THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT FORMED A COMMITTEE ON 8 JANUARY 1971 TO ORGANIZE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DENTAL EQUIPMENT EXHIBITIONS IN ITALY UNDER THE NAME OF EXPO DENTAL . IT WAS THIS COMMITTEE WHICH HAD TAKEN THE DECISION LATER NOTIFIED TO THE COMMISSION IN RESPECT OF THE CONDITIONS FOR TAKING PART IN THE EXHIBITIONS , AND WHICH HAD ALSO DECIDED THAT THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD BE INCORPORATED IN THE EXPO DENTAL RULES DRAWN UP BEFORE EACH EXHIBITION .
UNIDI IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH ANCIDES ( ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE COMMERCIANTI INTERNAZIONALI DENTALI E SANITARI ) , AN ASSOCIATION OF DENTAL EQUIPMENT IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALERS , AND ANCAD ( ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE COMMERCIANTI ARTICOLI DENTARI ) , AN ASSOCIATION OF DENTAL EQUIPMENT DEALERS , IN THE ORGANIZATION OF EXPO DENTAL . HOWEVER , UNIDI ALONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ORGANIZATION , AND IT IS UNIDI WHICH LAYS DOWN THE GENERAL POLICY TO BE FOLLOWED .
2 . THE MAIN POINTS OF THE LATEST EXPO DENTAL RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS :
- THE FOLLOWING MAY BE EXHIBITED AT EXPO DENTAL : TOOLS FOR DENTAL TECHNICIANS , EXPENDABLE PRODUCTS REQUIRED BY DENTAL TECHNICIANS , EXPENDABLE PRODUCTS AND EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR DENTAL SURGERY , PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS , DENTAL LABORATORIES , PRECIOUS METAL ALLOYS FOR DENTAL SURGERY , AND SPECIALIST TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS ( ARTICLE 5 ) ;
- ITALIAN AND FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS , REPRESENTATIVES OF FOREIGN FIRMS AND DENTAL EQUIPMENT DEALERS MAY PRESENT EXHIBITS . PUBLISHERS OF TECHNICAL , SCIENTIFIC AND PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS , AND ORGANIZATIONS , ASSOCIATIONS , INSTITUTES , ETC . , WHICH PROMOTE , SUPPORT , OR THEMSELVES ENGAGE IN THE MAIN ACTIVITIES CONNECTED WITH OR RELATING TO THE TYPES OF GOODS EXHIBITED AND THE PARTICULAR FEATURES OF THE EXHIBITION MAY ALSO TAKE PART ( ARTICLE 6 ) ;
- THE PRICE PER SQUARE METRE FOR A STAND AT AN EXPO DENTAL EXHIBITION VARIES BY SOME 20 % , DEPENDING WHETHER THE EXHIBITOR IS OR IS NOT A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE ASSOCIATIONS INVOLVED IN ORGANIZATION ( ARTICLE 9 ) ;
- EXHIBITORS MAY NOT CONCLUDE ON-THE-SPOT SALES WITH THE PUBLIC