European and international institutions Relations with community and supranational institutions are established in different ways in particular through participation in discussion platforms, public consultations, workshops, meetings with members of parliamentary committees which are relevant to the group, meetings with the European Commission, Permanent Representatives of EU Member States, Agencies or working groups and specialized studies under the auspices of EU institutions, including the Center for European Policy Studies, etc... The company's position with respect to institutions and community organizations is established by individual activities in relation to issues which are relevant to the Group and/or through participation in the activities of trade associations, especially ETNO, the European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (of which TIM is a Board member) and GSM Association, an association of mobile phone operators.