The purpose of AQUA is as follows: a) the evaluation and resolution among its Members of problems of common interests of a scientific, technical, economical or legal nature relating to the manufacturing of Water Meters and/or Heat Meters and the application of technical standards and regulation. b) encouraging the application of an international regulation with an aim to ensure a high quality for the Water Meters and/or Thermal Energy Meters to be manufactured and sold, c) the exchange of information and experiences of a general nature among its Members with a view to optimise the technical and economical progress of the water and heat metering business as a whole, d) the advancement of interests of its Members as a whole in front of competent national or international authorities whether public or private, including the right to act in court to defend the interests of the Association and of its Members as a whole; e) the collaboration to the elimination of all restra (...)