International Naturist Federation

Internationale Naturisten Föderation

Fédération Naturiste Internationale

INF-FNI: Eduard Nittner Strasse, 14/6, A-4063 Hörsching naturism@inf-fni.org www.inf-fni.org

Updated after Congress October 2022, Luxembourg. Modifications are highlighted in grey

STATUTES OF THE
INTERNATIONAL NATURIST FEDERATION (INF-FNI)
ASSOCIATION

§ 1: Name, Headquarters and Scope of Activity

1. The association maintains the name International Naturist Federation (INF-FNI).
2. Its social seat is located in Europe, A-4063 Hörsching, Eduard-Nittnerstrasse 14/6 and is
active on a worldwide basis.

§ 2: Purpose
The purpose of the non-profit association is:
1. Naturism/nudism is a way of life in harmony with nature whose activities are not directed
towards profit. It is characterized by the practice of common nudity, with the intention of
encouraging respect for oneself, respect for others and respect for the environment.
2. The goal of naturism/nudism is the promotion of the physical and mental health of humans in
nature or in athletic activities. The INF-FNI supports all initiatives that nurture the body, the
mind, and the soul, and opposes anything that can cause harm, especially the abuse of nicotine,
alcohol, and drugs. It promotes the protection of nature and the environment.
3. The INF-FNI supports the international cooperation of all naturists/nudist to reach this common
goal.
4. The INF-FNI supports the worldwide recognition of naturism/nudism and its development. It
cooperates with national and international authorities.
5. The INF-FNI advocates the harmonious coexistence of all people and adopts a neutral attitude
on political party, religion and world view. The INF-FNI rejects all forms of discrimination.
6. The INF-FNI strives to reach these goals by:
a. Promoting the foundation of national federations of naturist/nudist organizations.
b. Promoting cooperation between its members.
c. Representing its members.
d. Promoting the organization of sport and youth work.
e. Publishing writings about naturism/nudism.
f. Taking other actions that may support naturism/nudism.
g. Protecting against Threats to Naturism.

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§ 3: Means for Achieving the Association's Goals

The necessary material resources shall be raised by means of joining, membership fees and a
webshop.
1. The INF-FNI finances its activities primarily by selling yearly INF-FNI stamps to attest direct or
indirect affiliation with the INF-FNI.
2. Ordinary members must obtain and pay for a number of stamps equivalent to the number of
affiliated persons over 18 they record every year. The reference date is 31st December of the
year coming to an end. Youngsters under 18 years old receive the stamp free of charge.
3. The association funds are exclusively liable for payment of the INF's debts. INF-FNI members
are only liable for the equivalent of the amount of their membership fee. Members may not be
required to pay any contributions other than those stipulated in the statutes and resolutions of
the General Assembly.
4. The financial year begins on 1st of January and ends on 31st of December.
5. The EC prepares the annual accounts for both preceding years. The annual accounts must be
approved by the General Assembly.
6. The EC prepares the budgets for the coming two years. The budgets must be approved by the
General Assembly.
7. The EC temporarily authorizes, after approval by the auditors, the annual accounts in a year
when no General Assembly takes place.

§ 4: Ordinary Membership
1. Ordinary membership in the INF-FNI can be obtained by umbrella organizations
(federations) of national naturist/nudist organizations. Only one federation from any given
country can be recognized as an ordinary member. The Central Committee will decide on
admission as an ordinary member.

§ 5: Extraordinary Membership
The following may join as extraordinary members without voting rights:
1. Physical persons from countries without a national federation and
2. With the permission of the national federations as stated under § 4, organizations and
companies based in the country in question which represent, support, or are otherwise involved
in naturism/nudism. The Central Committee will decide on admission as an extraordinary
member.

§ 6: Terminating Membership
Membership in the INF-FNI can be terminated with a three months’ notice at the end of each
calendar year.
1. The Central Committee is authorized to revoke the membership of ordinary and extraordinary
members with immediate effect if they no longer represent their country or no longer pursue
the goals of the INF-FNI or for any other reasons. Membership may only be revoked by stating
reasons. Debarred members do not have any claim to INF-FNI funds or to reimbursement of
any contributions paid.

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2. Members can only be debarred after having been informed of the decision to revoke their
membership. They have the right to present their defense to the Law Council. The defense
must take place within two months after receipt of the decision. It is a strict deadline.
3. The decision for excluding an ordinary member must be submitted to a vote during the next
General Assembly.

§ 7: Members Rights and Duties

1. Ordinary and extraordinary members may participate in all INF-FNI events.
2. Only ordinary members have voting and election rights.
3. The ordinary and extraordinary members agree to support the INF-FNI activities and
promptly pay their membership fees.
4. A minimum of one tenth of the ordinary members can direct the Committee to convene a
General Assembly.
5. The INF-FNI shall provide ordinary members with international naturist cards.

6. Ordinary members (federations) shall sell their international naturist cards only to:
I. Naturist organizations or naturist business entities which are members of or affiliated to
the federation, legally located in the same country as stated in § 4.1, 2nd sentence of this
statute;
II. Naturist organizations or naturist business entities, whose purposes are in accordance with
what is stated in § 2 of this statute, legally located in a country where there is no INF-FNI
ordinary member;
III. With the permission of the national federation located in that country, naturist
organizations or naturist business entities located in a different country;
IV. Individual persons, wherever they reside.

7. The members need to have an ID-Card with a valid INF-FNI yearly stamp.
8. Ordinary members must submit a list of their committee members to INF-FNI office within 2
months after their General Assembly with the names of the President, Secretary and
Treasurer (m/f) with full postal address, e-mail address and phone numbers with
international call sign.

§ 8: Organs of the Association

The organs of the INF-FNI are:
1. The General Assembly (GA)
2. The Executive Committee (EC) and Central Committee (CC)
3. The Law Council (LC)
4. The Account Checkers (AC)

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§ 9: General Assemblies
I. General Assembly

1. The General Assembly is the supreme organ of the INF-FNI and has the power to:
a. determine the contributions of the ordinary and extraordinary members and the price of the
INF-FNI stamp;
b. approve the annual accounts, the budget and the report of the CC, to grant discharge to the
CC;
c. to appoint the President, both Vice-Presidents and other members of the CC, the Law Council
and the Account Checkers;
d. to take decisions on the proposals of members concerning the activities of the INF-FNI;
e. to take decisions on proposals from the other organs of the INF-FNI relating to their area of
authority;
f. to modify the statutes;
g. to dissolve the INF-FNI.

2. The General Assembly is constituted of the delegates of the ordinary members.

3. It meets every two years for the purposes set out in these statutes. The convocation is made
by the Central Committee.
4. In the years in which no General Assembly is held, the Central Committee has the authority to
provisionally approve the annual accounts after approval by the account checkers. The Central
Committee will submit the provisionally approved accounts to the next forthcoming General
Assembly for approval.
5. The CC may convene Extraordinary General Assemblies or organize a postal vote. The
invitations may be sent by ordinary post, by electronic mail or faxes, on condition that when
the invitation is sent by email or fax the member confirms its receipt either electronically or by
fax. In case of missing receipt, the invitation must be sent by registered mail. An extraordinary
assembly must be convened upon request of 1 tenth of the ordinary members.

6. During the GA, each ordinary member has one country vote and as many membership votes
as it gets for INF-FNI stamps during the two years prior to the INF-FNI GA. The amount of
votes is calculated so that the number of the stamps is divided by one hundred and from the
result, the square root is calculated. Each ordinary member has at least one vote.
7. Unless otherwise provided by the statutes, the GA takes its decisions with the majority of votes,
abstentions are not counted. This also applies to votes by regular post. Upon request of a
member, a second vote will be conducted according to the country votes. If the results of the
two vote casts are contradictory, no decision is taken.
8. The voting by membership votes and country votes may only be exercised if the member has
no overdue membership payments pending. In case of dispute, the member may appeal to
the GA, providing proof of payment which is dated no later than 30 days prior to the General
Assembly. The GA’s vote on the matter will be final.

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9. The ordinary members can be represented in the vote by another ordinary member. An
ordinary member may not represent more than two other ordinary members. The power of
representing other members must be submitted in written form.
10. No ordinary member representing another ordinary member can gather more than 20 votes
for representation purposes, its own federation votes included.
11. The General Assembly can take legal decisions if at least one third of the possible votes are
present or represented.

12. At the proposal of the INF-FNI CC, the General Assembly may confer the title as Honorary
President to a resigning CC president or the title as Honorary Member to a resigning CC
member. These titles can only be revoked by a GA.

II. The extraordinary general assembly

An extraordinary general assembly takes place if:

a. at least a tenth of the members require such in a written form,

b. asked for by the account checkers (§ 21 Paragraph. 5 first sentence, (Associations laws)
c. Decided by the CC (check § 21 Paragraph. 5 second sentence of association laws and § 11,
point 2, third sentence of these statutes within 4 weeks of receipt of the letter.

§ 10: Tasks of the General Assembly

Following tasks are reserved to the G.A.
a) Decision about the provisional budget;
b) Receipt and approval of the annual report and accounts with the involvement of the
account checkers;
c) Election and dismissal of Committee members and the account checkers;
d) Approval of transactions between the account checkers and the Association;
e) Discharge of the Central Committee;
f ) Determination of the entry fee and fees for ordinary and extraordinary members
g) Award and withdrawal of honorary membership;
h) Approval of statute modifications and voluntary dissolution of the association;
i) Discussion and decision on other questions of the agenda;
j) Withdrawal of an ordinary membership.

§ 11: Central Committee

1. The CC handles the affairs of the INF-FNI in accordance with the statutes and the resolutions
of the General Assembly. It has all powers with the exception of those reserved to the other
organs of the INF-FNI. A secretariat is attached to the EC to handle current business.

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2. The CC consists of a President, two Vice-Presidents and Committee members whose number
shall be determined by the General Assembly. The number of members of the EC may in no
case be less than two. In case the number of members of the EC falls below two, an
Extraordinary General Assembly must be convened by the remaining CC members in order to
appoint new board members.
3. The term of office of the CC and EC members is four years, with the possibility of being re-
elected only once. A member of the CC or the EC may not exceed a maximum of 8 years in
one position.
4. The Board is empowered to order activities for the association at a reasonable price. However,
the budget situation is decisive.
5. In order to perform the management tasks and to manage the office, the CC is authorized to
hire full-time employees within the budgetary possibilities.
6. The President represents the INF-FNI internally and externally. He chairs the meetings of the
General Assemblies and the CC. Should he not be able to assist; he will be represented by one
of his two vice presidents. The President may delegate his powers partly or entirely to his vice-
presidents.
7. One of the two vice presidents is responsible for the secretariat, the other one for the finances.
The remaining allocations are determined by the CC.
8. The president and his two vice presidents form the Executive Committee (EC). The EC performs
the daily tasks as long as they are not explicitly reserved to the CC or GA. The EC will prepare
the meetings of the Central Committee (CC) and carry-out the decisions of the CC. The EC can
take urgent decisions between the meetings of the Central Committee.
9. If a member of the CC leaves, the CC can appoint a substitute member until the next Annual
General Assembly.
10. The CC writes a report on its activities, which consists of the annual accounts and annual
report, which must be approved by the GA.
11. The CC has the right and obligation, with a two-thirds majority, provided that at least two
thirds of the members of the CC attend the meeting, to relieve the mandate of a member of
the Central Committee if the following reasons are given:
a. Violation of § 2 of the INF-FNI Statutes; (purpose article)
b. Not performing of the assigned tasks;
c. Loss of confidence.
The concerned member must be heard, but he must abstain himself from voting. A protocol about
the decision must be issued. Within two months after the CC’s decision, the member who has
been relieved from his function can submit a non-suspensive appeal during the next GA.
12. The CC meets at least once a year or more, if necessary.

§ 12: Special Powers and Duties of Individual Committee

Members

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1. The CC is authorized to call upon experts or panels to handle tasks that require particular
expertise or skills for reaching the necessary agreements with them.
2. They shall be accountable to the CC.

§ 13: Account checkers (AC)

1. The General Assembly shall elect two financial account checkers and one substitute account
checker for a term of four years to audit the association's management and accounts and
monitor the use of financial resources in accordance with the statutes. Account checkers may
be reelected.
2. They shall submit a report to the GA and make a motion on whether to approve the annual
accounts and discharge the EC/CC.

§ 14: Law Council (LC)

1. The LC judges in accordance with laws and equity on complaints of ordinary or extraordinary
members against decisions of the CC/EC or GA concerning:
a. Revocation of membership in the INF-FNI;
b. Transfer to another membership category;
c. Amount of voting rights based on contributions in the GA;
d. Violation of statutory membership rights;
e. Violation by the EC/CC of the statutes passed by the GA.
2. The LC consists of a President, a Vice-President and one substitute member. In the event that
in the case to be decided, the decision ends in abeyance, the vote of the president casts.
3. The members of the LC are elected individually for a term of four years and should preferably
be composed of practicing lawyers who belong to different federations. The Central Committee
of the General Assembly may propose suitable candidates.
4. A member of the LC must abstain in a case the federation, of which he is a member, is involved.
5. The LC takes their decisions with a majority of votes either in a meeting or at the congress.
6. The complaint must be brought to the LC-President’s attention within two months after the
member became aware of the decision.
7. If the LC considers the complaint as justified, it cancels the decision and issues binding
instructions for a corrected decision where necessary or reasonable.
8. The LC also decides as an adjudicator on disputes between the INF-FNI and its members, as
long as they are jointly submitted by the parties. The decision of the LC as arbitrator is binding
for the parties.
9. The President of the LC advises the organs of the INF-FNI, especially the CC and the GA, to
the best of his knowledge and in good faith, based on the statutes and the laws that apply to
them.

§ 15: Statute modifications

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1. Decisions on amending the statutes require a 2/3rd majority of the contributors’ votes and the
simple majority of the country votes being present.
2. Motions for statute modifications must be sent to the secretariat at least four months before
the GA, whenever possible in the three INF-FNI languages, and it must be delivered by the INF
to the ordinary members at least three months before the GA.

§ 16: Limitation of liability

The liability of all organs of the INF-FNI is limited, in the exercise of their statutory activities and
tasks, to intent and gross negligence. Should these persons be called for liability from third parties
without intent or gross negligence, they are entitled to reimbursement by the INF-FNI for their
expenses to defend against the claims and to indemnity for third party claims.

The organs of the INF-FNI shall not be liable towards their inner members for negligently caused
damages or losses suffered by members in the performance of sport events or during events
organized by the association, where such encountered damages or losses are not covered by the
Federation’s insurance.

§ 17: Voluntary Dissolution of the Association

1. A written ballot in which at least 4/5 of the ordinary members participate is required to dissolve
the INF-FNI.
2. The self-dissolution shall be passed if 4/5 of the participating ordinary members (country votes)
support the resolution.
3. The resolution to dissolve the association is only valid if it includes a provision on how to
dispose of the remaining liquid founds. Any funds remaining after liquidation shall be disposed
of in accordance with the purpose of the INF-FNI.
4. Unless stipulated otherwise in the resolution to dissolve the association, the GA shall carry out
the dissolution.
5. The voluntary dissolution of the association can only be decided in a general assembly and
only with a two-thirds majority of valid votes.
6. This GA also has - if the association has assets - to decide on the settlement. In particular, a
liquidator must be appointed and a decision must be taken on where the remaining assets
should be transferred to after having covered all the liabilities.

§ 18: Languages
The INF-FNI languages are English, French and German. Accordingly, the statutes and all other
working papers, information and documents are written in these 3 languages.
Since the head office of the INF-FNI has its social seat in Austria, only the German text is legally
valid.

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Adopted in October 2022 during the INF-FNI World Congress 2022 at Luxembourg

The EC of INF-FNI,

Sieglinde Ivo Stéphane Deschênes Edwin Kilby Dominique Dufour

INF-FNI Co-President INF-FNI Co-President INF-FNI Secretary INF-FNI Treasurer

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