The FFPE Committee is since Februray 2016 composed of the following members:

Marleen Kroeders: Chairman;
Aldert de Haan: Treasurer;
Patrick Kools: Secretary;

During our first informational meeting held on April 2nd 2008, the Chairman of the FFPE-EPO  presented several key points of our new union to a captive audience.

This presentation is available in the area of this website restricted to EPO staff

Membership of FFPE-EPO is open to :

• anyone employed as functionary of the European Patent Office
• retired functionaries of the European Patent Office

If you wish to join the FFPE-EPO, fill in and return to us the following application form.

Current membership fees are set at eur 40,- for grades G1-G9, and eur 80,- for others. Pensioners pay a reduced fee of € 20,-.

The FFPE-EPO is an association registered under Dutch law with the Chamber of Commerce of The Hague. As such, our statutes are registered with a notary public.

An unofficial English translation of the statutes can be found here.

• Unions, Staff Representation & Social Partner
• Pensions & Salaries
• Legal Security and Equal Treatment
• Patent quality
• Health & Safety
• European School

You can find a more detailed exploration of these key issues here, in the part of our website restricted to EPO staff.