The institutions and companies invited by the president of the public entity Puertos del Estado to collaborate in the development of the programme ROM, which make the General Commission up, as well as other bodies defined in the new organizational structure- as defined by the Clause IV- are considered Founder Entities of the Programme ROM 2001-2003. Nevertheless, and due to the wide and complex range or work to develop as well as to the resource needs, it is possible that other entities and bodies with technical background in the port-maritime field can join to the current agreement as new participants.
The inclusion of new participants is ruled by the clause XII of the current agreement

PUERTOS DEL ESTADO will provide the financial resources required to implement the agreements and contracts signed during the development of the programme ROM. If new resources are obtained from bodies and/or institutions that finance R&D activities or from other sources, these new resources must be applied to reduce the financial contribution provided by the public entity Puertos del Estado.
Furthermore, PUERTOS DEL ESTADO will provide the logistical, material and human resources required for the successful development of the actions allocated to each representative based on the Organisational Structure for the ROM programme, regardless of the bodies responsible for each action:

• Management, Follow-up and Control Department
• General Commission
• Permanent Technical Board
• Work teams for the presentation of each ROM
• Technical commissions for each document ROM
• Any other additional bodies that could be needed
• General Coordinator of the programme ROM.

The remaining participants of the programme ROM are responsible for providing the material and human resources required so that their representatives can develop their corresponding actions correctly. Furthermore, they are responsible for management of other financial resources that can be obtained for the Programme ROM.

Any current participant of the programme ROM can propose the incorporation of a new participant to the General Commission.
In order to process this incorporation, the applicant must meet the following requirements:

1. Statement of the reasons for his/her incorporation
2. Proven technical experience and professional background in the field of maritime works and, if possible, in the development of legislation programmes, either in the field of the research, engineering, works, port management and exploitation or in other areas that can be helpful for the development of the programme ROM.
3. Commitment to collaborate, without getting any economic benefit, with their representatives in the working teams, Technical Commissions and other Boards and bodies of the programme ROM that can be created in at least a period of 2 years. The representatives must prove their experience and technical knowledge in order to collaborate in the different bodies of the Organisational Structure.

The Permanent Technical Board must evaluate the previous requirements and inform about them to the General Commission so that this can approve the incorporation of a new participant in the Programme ROM.