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I. General

§ 1 Name, registered office, business year

1. The society shall bear the name "Deutsche Meerwasserentsalzung". Following its registration in the German register of societies, the title "eingetragener Verein" ("e.V." - registered society) shall be added to the name.
2. The society's registered office shall be at Bonn.
3. The business year shall be identical with the calendar year.
    

§ 2 Purpose of the society

1. The purpose of the society shall be the promotion of research, science and technology in the field of seawater desalination. The activities of the society shall aim at offfering an opportunity to test theoretical insights into seawater desalination in practice and to give fresh impetus to research.
2. The purpose of the articles of association shall particularly be implemented by:
   • the realisation of scientific events aiming at exchanging experience gained in the field of seawater desalination
   • and by the cooperation with other organisations, especially public agencies and institutions as well as research institutions.

§ 3 Tax relief

1. The society shall exclusively and directly pursue non-profit aims as laid down in the paragraph on tax-priviledged purposes of the German general tax code. The society shall unselfishly promote research, science and technology in the field of seawater desalination. It shall not primarily pursue any commercial interests of its own account.
2. The society's fund shall only be used for the purposes laid down in the articles of association. The members shall not receive any allocations from the society's funds. No individual or legal person shall be priviledged by expenditures which do not correspond with the society's purposes or by excessively high remunerations.
3. If a member resigns from the society, it shall not be entitled to any amount of the society's funds, nor shall it lay claim to membership fees paid. The same shall apply in case the society is terminated or suspended. 
    

§ 4 Application of funds

1. All funds of the society shall be earmarked for non-profit purposes. They shall either be spent for these purposes or transferred to  the reserves.
2. The accumulated funds shall be considered as dedicated funds in terms of the German general tax code and they shall serve the purposes laid down in these articles of association.
3. The board of directors shall have the right to resolve upon the accumulation of reserves for pursuing new tasks of the society within the framework of non-profit purposes. These specially dedicated funds shall be spent 10 years following the beginning of their accumulation at the latest and they shall be spent in such a way that either the accrued interests of the dedicated funds or these funds themselves are consumed.