ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX III MEMBERSHIP CONTRIBUTION TABLE 1. This Annex lays down the mechanism of calculation of the contributions by Members/Observers. The overall amount of contributions by Members/Observers shall be defined in the annual Work Programme and Budget. 2. The membership contribution shall be composed of a fixed contribution and a variable share. 3. Concerning the fixed contribution there shall be two categories, (a) Members with less than 3 million inhabitants, or Members that are international organisations, shall pay a fixed contribution according to the lower category; and (b) Members with 3 million or more inhabitants shall pay a fixed contribution according to the higher category. 4. At the time these Statutes come into effect the fixed contribution shall be: (a) EUR 20 000 for Members of the lower category; and (b) EUR 25 000 for Members of the higher category. 5. The fixed contribution for Observers shall be 30 % of the respective category. 6. International organisations shall pay a variable share that will be decided by the Assembly of Members on case-by-case basis. 7. The overall amount of the variable share proportion of Member/Observer States is determined by subtracting the overall amount of fixed contributions of Members/Observers and the variable share of international organisations from the overall amount of contributions by Members/Observers. 8. The overall amount of the variable share is split among Member States based on their percentage of total GDP of all Member States. 9. The calculation of the variable share of Observer States is based on 30 % of their respective GDP. 10. None of the Members shall pay more than 25 % of the overall amount of contributions by Members/Observers. In case that, according to the above membership contribution model, the contribution of a Member would exceed this level the difference is then distributed among the other Member/Observer States according to their percentage levels of GDP.