UEMS is composed of three categories of Members.
Full Members
``Any organisation representing medical specialist doctors having legal personality or constituted in keeping with the laws and customs of its country of origin can also become a full active Member of UEMS under the following condition:
-- Only the most representative non-governmental national professional organisation of a European Union Member State or a signatory country of the European Economic Area Agreement representing medical specialists may become a full Member of UEMS.
``Full Members compose the Council of UEMS with voting rights.``
Article IV.1 of UEMS Statutes
At its Council Meeting of October 2004 in Lisbon, UEMS was glad to enlarge its full Membership to nine of the ten new EU Member States, which were already associate Members of UEMS.
UEMS full Members are currently:
| Austria |
Austrian Medical Association |
| Belgium |
Groupement des Unions Professionnelles Belges de Médecins Spécialistes |
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Verbond der Belgische Beroepsverenigingen van Geneesheren-Specialisten |
| Cyprus |
Cyprus Medical Association |
| Czech Republic |
Czech Medical Association |
| Denmark |
Danish Medical Association |
| Finland |
Finnish Medical Association |
| Germany |
Gemeinschaft Fachärztlicher Berufsverbände |
| Greece |
Panhellenic Medical Association |
| Hungary |
Association of Hungarian Medical Societies |
| Iceland |
Icelandic Medical Association |
| Ireland |
Irish Medical Organisation |
| Italy |
Federazione Nazionale degli Ordini e dei Medici |
| Latvia |
Latvian Medical Association |
| Luxembourg |
Association des Médecins et Médecins Dentistes du G-D de Luxembourg |
| Malta |
Medical Association of Malta |
| Netherlands |
Orde van Medisch Specialisten |
| Norway |
Norwegian Medical Association |
| Poland |
Polish National Chamber of Physicians and Dentists |
| Portugal |
Ordem dos Medicos |
| Slovakia |
Slovak Medical Association |
| Slovenia |
Medical Chamber of Slovenia |
| Spain |
Consejo General de Colegios Medicos |
| Sweden |
Swedish Medical Association |
| Switzerland |
Fédération des Médecins Suisses |
| United Kingdom |
British Medical Association |
Associate Members
``National organisations representing specialist doctors in other member countries of the Council of Europe but which are neither members of the European Union (EU), nor of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and in other interested European countries can become associate Members.
``Associate Members sit on the Council in an advisory capacity.``
Article IV.2 of UEMS Statutes
UEMS associate Members are currently:
| Azerbaijan |
Azerbaijan Medical Association |
| Croatia |
Croatian Medical Association |
| Romania |
Romanian Medical Association |
| Romania |
Romanian College Of Physicians |
| Turkey |
Turkish Medical Association – Türk Tabipleri Birligi |
Observers
``UEMS reserves the right to admit observers including other organisations representing medical specialists from other countries.
``Observers sit on the Council in an advisory capacity.``
Article IV.3 of UEMS Statutes
Observers in UEMS Council are currently:
| Israel |
Israel Medical Association |
