§ 1 Name and seat

The association carries the name SmartCity Association for the promotion of urban mobility.

He should be registered in the club register and then carries the addition "eV" The seat of the association is Bad Homburg.

§ 2 financial year

Fiscal year is the calendar year.

§ 3 Purpose of the association

The association pursues exclusively and directly charitable purposes within the meaning of the section "tax-privileged purposes" of the tax code. The purpose of the association is to support scientific research projects and studies on the effects of electromobility and autonomous driving, which are currently changing urban mobility significantly.

The association pursues the following objectives serving the general public:

- congestion avoidance and congestion reduction in conurbations

- Increasing the safety of autonomous driving

- Reduction of particulate matter pollution

- Conversion to clean public transport with electric drive and fuel cell

- Noise reduction in residential areas and inner cities

This purpose and purpose of the association is realized in particular by the following measures and tasks:

- Studies on concepts for the improvement of urban transport in cooperation with universities and technical colleges

- Data collection and scientific evaluation of pilot projects in the

transportation,

- Organization of specialist lectures and training measures

- Communication of information on new technologies

- Recommendations for municipalities and transport associations

- Technical dialogue with companies and universities

- Development of concepts to improve the security of the autonomous

Driving in cooperation with the DEKRA and professional associations.

§ 4 selfless activity

The association is selflessly active; he does not pursue primarily self-economic purposes.

§ 5 Use of funds

Funds of the association may only be used for statutory purposes. The members do not receive payments from the association.

§ 6 prohibition of benefits

No person may be favored by expenses that are foreign to the purpose of the corporation or by disproportionately high remuneration.

§ 7 Acquisition of membership

Club members can become natural persons or legal entities. 2 The application for membership must be submitted in writing. The board decides on the application for admission. Against the rejection, which does not require a reason, the applicant is entitled to appeal to the general meeting, which then finally decides.

§ 8 Termination of membership

The membership ends by resignation, exclusion, death or dissolution of the legal entity. Resignation shall be effected by written declaration to an authorized member of the Management Board. The written resignation must be declared to the Executive Board with one month's notice at the end of each financial year. An exclusion can only be made for good cause. Important reasons are, in particular, behavior that damages the objectives of the association, the violation of statutory duties or arrears of at least one year. The Executive Board decides on the exclusion. The member is entitled to appeal to the general meeting against the exclusion, which must be addressed in writing to the board within one month. The general meeting decides definitively within the framework of the association. The member reserves the right to review the measure by referral to the ordinary courts. The invocation of a regular court has a suspensive effect until the legal force of the court decision.

§ 9 contributions

Contributions are collected from members. The amount of the contributions and their due dates determines the general meeting.

§ 10 organs of the association

Organs of the association are the general meeting of the executive committee.

§ 11 General Assembly

The general meeting is the highest club organ. Their duties include, in particular, the election and deselection of the Management Board, discharge of the Management Board, receipt of the reports of the Management Board, election of the cash auditors, determination of contributions and their due dates, passing of resolutions on the amendment of the Articles of Association, resolution of the dissolution of the association, decision on Inclusion and expulsion of members in appeal cases as well as other tasks, as far as these result from the statute or according to the law. In the first quarter of each financial year, a regular general meeting takes place.

The Executive Board is obliged to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting if at least one third of the members request this in writing stating the reasons.

The General Assembly shall be convened in writing by the Executive Committee, giving one month's notice, stating the agenda. The period begins with the day following the dispatch of the letter of invitation. The members can choose to receive the invitation by email only. The letter of invitation is deemed to have been sent to the members if it was addressed to the last address given to the association, or if the member's authorized email address was sent. The agenda must be supplemented if requested in writing by a member no later than one week before the deadline. The supplement will be announced at the beginning of the meeting. Applications for the deselection of the board, the amendment of the statutes and the dissolution of the association, which the members have not already received with the invitation to the general meeting, can only be decided upon at the next general meeting.

The general meeting is quorate regardless of the number of members present. The general meeting is headed by a board member. At the beginning of the General Assembly a secretary is to be elected. Each member has one vote. The voting right can only be exercised personally or for a member upon presentation of a written power of attorney. Votes are decided by a simple majority of the votes cast. Changes to the statutes and the dissolution of the association can only be decided by a majority of 2/3 of the members present. Abstentions and invalid votes are disregarded.

A record of the decisions of the general meeting must be made and signed by the chairman of the meeting and the secretary.

§ 12 Board

The board within the meaning of § 26 BGB consists of the 1st and 2nd chairman and the cashier. They represent the association judicially and out of court. Two board members represent together.

The board is elected by the general assembly for a term of one year. Board members can only become members of the association. Re-election is permissible. The board remains in office until a new board is elected. Upon termination of membership in the association also ends the office as a board.

§ 13 cash audit

The General Assembly elects a cash auditor for a period of one year. This person may not be a member of the Management Board. Re-election is permissible.

§ 14 Dissolution of the association

In the event of dissolution or cancellation of the association or the abolition of tax-privileged purposes, the assets of the association will fall to the chair of mechatronics:

University of Duisburg-Essen, Campus Duisburg

Faculty of Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Process Engineering

Chair of Mechatronics

Lotharstr. 1, MD 229, 47057 Duisburg,

which has to use the association's assets directly and exclusively for science and research.

Bad Homburg, 21.11.2018