1. Member States shall ensure that beneficiaries have the right to join professional or trade organizations under the same conditions and with the same rights and obligations as their own nationals.
2. The right to join professional or trade organizations shall, in the case of establishment, entail eligibility for election or appointment to high office in such organizations. However, such posts may be reserved for nationals where, in pursuance of any provision laid down by law or regulation, the organization concerned is involved in the exercise of official authority.
3. In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, membership of the 'Chambre de commerce' shall not give beneficiaries the right to take part in the election of the administrative organs of that Chamber.