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Regular and Associate fee categories based on revenue in Euros (€) per organisation per year</h3></button> <div class="flex__callout_accordion__item-content"> <div class="flex__callout_accordion__item-content-inner"> <table style="width: 778px; height: 445px;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 39px;"> <td style="width: 87.4074px; height: 39px;"><strong>Fee Category</strong></td> <td style="width: 188.148px; height: 39px;"><strong>Annual Revenue (€ millions)</strong></td> <td style="width: 145.185px; height: 39px;"><strong>Fees 2025 (€)</strong></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 87.4074px; height: 20px;">FC0</td> <td style="width: 188.148px; height: 20px;">Under 1m</td> <td style="width: 145.185px; height: 20px;">852</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 87.4074px; height: 20px;"> FC1</td> <td style="width: 188.148px; height: 20px;">1.00 to 2.499m</td> <td style="width: 145.185px; height: 20px;">2,070</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 87.4074px; height: 20px;"> FC2</td> <td style="width: 188.148px; height: 20px;">2.50 to 6.99m</td> <td style="width: 145.185px; height: 20px;">3,412</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 87.4074px; height: 20px;"> FC3</td> <td style="width: 188.148px; height: 20px;">7.00 to 14.99m</td> <td style="width: 145.185px; height: 20px;">6,936</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 14px;"> <td style="width: 87.4074px; height: 14px;"> FC4</td> <td style="width: 188.148px; height: 14px;">15.00 to 29.99m</td> <td style="width: 145.185px; height: 14px;">10,240</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 87.4074px; height: 20px;"> FC5</td> <td style="width: 188.148px; height: 20px;">30.00 to 44.99</td> <td style="width: 145.185px; height: 20px;">15,662</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 29px;"> <td style="width: 87.4074px; height: 29px;"> FC6</td> <td style="width: 188.148px; height: 29px;">45.00 to under 55m</td> <td style="width: 145.185px; height: 29px;">22,297</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 87.4074px; height: 20px;"></td> <td style="width: 188.148px; height: 20px;">Over 55m but under 600m</td> <td style="width: 145.185px; height: 20px;">Formula 1 below</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 87.4074px; height: 20px;"></td> <td style="width: 188.148px; height: 20px;">Over 600m</td> <td style="width: 145.185px; height: 20px;">Formula 2 below</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 87.4074px; height: 20px;">FCX</td> <td style="width: 188.148px; height: 20px;">0.04% of revenue</td> <td style="width: 145.185px; height: 20px;">852 min to 15,662 max</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> <div class="flex__callout_accordion__item"> <button class="flex__callout_accordion__item-button"><h3>2. Fees</h3></button> <div class="flex__callout_accordion__item-content"> <div class="flex__callout_accordion__item-content-inner"> <p><strong>Regular membership</strong> fees are based on all revenues from primary or secondary/database or tertiary publishing (books and journals) in the fields of pure and applied science, technology, medicine, social and behavioural sciences and humanities: that is, all academic and professional/reference level publishing. Any company revenue outside of these guidelines is not included in the member fee category.</p> <p><strong>Associate member</strong> fees are based on the organisation’s global revenues that are focused on the scholarly publishing industry.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="flex__callout_accordion__item"> <button class="flex__callout_accordion__item-button"><h3>3. Fee Categories & Calculations</h3></button> <div class="flex__callout_accordion__item-content"> <div class="flex__callout_accordion__item-content-inner"> <p>Member companies and associate members must confirm that the fees paid reflect their revenue as outlined above.</p> <h2><strong>Companies with revenue in the range €55m – 600m</strong></h2> <p><strong>Formula 1</strong>:</p> <p>Fee = 115 x (Revenue [in € millions] – 55) + 29,000.</p> <p><strong>Example: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Revenue is €385m. Base fee for 55m is €29,000.</li> <li>115 x (€385 – 55) = €37,3950</li> <li>€37,950 + €29,000 (base fee)= €66,950 Annual Fee</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Companies with revenues above €600m</strong></h2> <p><strong>Formula 2</strong>: <strong> </strong></p> <p>Fee – 115 x (Revenue [in €millions] – 600) + 99,000.</p> <p>Formula 2 is applied to the first €600m of revenue which gives €99,000 as a base.</p> <p>For each million euros above the €600m add an additional €115m</p> <p><strong>Example:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Revenue is €650m. Base fee for 600m is €99,000</li> <li>115 x (€650-600)= €5,750</li> <li>€5,750 + €99,000 (base fee)= €104,750 Annual Fee</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Associate Members (FCX)</strong></h2> <p><strong>Formula 3</strong>:</p> <p>The fee is the greater of €852 or 0.04% of revenue up to a maximum of €15,662.</p> <p><strong>Examples:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Revenue is €124m. 0.04% of revenue = €124,000,000 x 0.0004 = €49,600.</li> </ul> <p>This is above the maximum – so fee is €15,662.</p> <ul> <li>For a company with revenues of €5m: 5,000,000 x 0.0004 = €2,000. So fee is €2,000.</li> <li>For a company with revenues of €1m: 1,000,000 x 0.0004 = €400.</li> </ul> <p>This is below the minimum so fee is €852.00.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="flex__callout_accordion__item"> <button class="flex__callout_accordion__item-button"><h3>4. Payment Policy</h3></button> <div class="flex__callout_accordion__item-content"> <div class="flex__callout_accordion__item-content-inner"> <p>Annual invoices are payable within 30 days of invoice date.</p> <p>Annual membership in STM runs from January through December. The membership fee is charged based on when a company becomes a member:</p> <ul> <li>100% fee from 1 January – 31 March</li> <li>75% fee from 1 April – 30 June</li> <li>50% fee from 1 July – 31 October</li> <li>25% fee from 1 November – 31 December. This fee applies on the condition that the company agrees to be invoiced for the following year’s membership fee.</li> </ul> <p>For those companies with an annual revenue of less than €1 million:</p> <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li>100% fee from 1 January – 31 October</li> <li>25% fee from 1 November – 31 December. This fee applies on the condition that the company agrees to be invoiced for the following year’s membership fee.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="flex__callout_accordion__item"> <button class="flex__callout_accordion__item-button"><h3>5. Membership Cancellation</h3></button> <div class="flex__callout_accordion__item-content"> <div class="flex__callout_accordion__item-content-inner"> <p>Members who wish to retire from the Association at the end of a calendar year are bound by the By-laws (art. 3) to notify the Secretariat in writing before 1 November.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="flex__callout_accordion__item"> <button class="flex__callout_accordion__item-button"><h3>6. 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