Terms & conditions of PPA membership

1.  A company/organisation becoming a member of PPA is bound by PPA’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, available from PPA on request. In particular, it is a condition of membership that:

• membership of the Association is ongoing unless a member gives written notice of resignation to the Association no later than 31 August to terminate membership for the following calendar year.
• members are required to abide by PPA’s Code of Publishing Practice (see below)

2.  All PPA members are required to complete an annual ‘self-assessment’ of the company’s magazine publishing turnover and supply this information to PPA for calculating the following year’s membership subscription level. Members will pay the requisite membership fee within 30 days of invoice.

3.  Where a company/organisation ceases to be a member, it must remove all references to PPA from its stationery and publications within one month. After this date, use of the logo will be deemed an infringement of PPA’s Intellectual Property Rights.

 PPA code of publishing practice

PPA member companies are encouraged to hold ABC or other
equivalent audited certificates, where appropriate, or otherwise
be able to support their circulation figures. All eligible titles
published by a member company will be included in that
company's membership of PPA. Members are encouraged to
display the PPA logo on title pages of their publications, on
promotional literature and in British Rate and Data (BRAD).

Members agree to be bound by the PPA agency recognition
scheme relating to their dealings with advertising agencies.

Members agree to participate in self-regulatory arrangements for
the magazine publishing industry.

In particular, they agree to:

• Observe the British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and
  Direct Marketing Practice and contribute to funding
  arrangements through the Advertising Standards Board of
  Finance (ASBOF)
• Abide by the Press Code of Practice, accept and act upon the
  Press Complaints Commission findings and register with and
  contribute to the funding of the Press Board of Finance
  (PressBOF)
• Abide by the terms of the PPA Mail Order Protection Scheme.
• Members agree to take account of PPA guidelines for best
  practices for list owners, telephone selling, the operation of
  Royal Mail Presstream, special advertising opportunities, the
  coverage of sexual subject matter in teenage magazines,
  online publishing, editorial content and other areas for which
  PPA Board issues recommendations.