 ASSEMBLY Membership of ETSI is open to a wide spectrum of organisations, unlike CEPT which was limited to PTTs. Members are from coun- tries falling within the geographical area of the CEPT. There are six types or members: TECHNICAL ASSEMBLY Administrations, who are part of the public administration of a country. This can also cover groups of national bodies who seek to be represented via a standardisation organisation, this organi- sation carrying the national vote. 2. Public network operators, who are a recognised operator of a SECRETARIAT public telecommunications network or part of a network. 3. Manufacturer, who can be a national organisation or a Euro- pean organisation, making or developing equipment for use in a public telecommunications network. 4. User, who could be any person, company or organisation (na- tional or European) making use of a public telecommunications TECHNICAL PROJECT COMMITTEES TEAMS network. 5. Private service provider, defined as an organisation who uses a public telecommunications network in order to provide service- S to third parties. Figure 22.6 ETSI structure 6. Research organisations, who can be anybody doing research into telecommunications areas. the work to be undertaken and provides views on proposals from other sources, such as EEC, CEPT, EFTA. The Technical Assembly Members can participate individually, for example companies, or approves the costed annual work programme, and decides on the grouped together, such as in trade associations. Manufacturers can creation and cessation of Technical Committees and Project Teams, participate as parent companies, subsidiaries or both. approving their terms of reference. The Technical Assembly adopts In addition ETSI has observers, who are European organisations draft standards and ensures that public enquiry has been carried out entitled to become full members, but who do not wish to do so. on them. There are currently twelve Technical Committees, as These observers can speak but not vote in General Assemblies or follows: Technical