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10APMLS Bylaws
Founding document setting out the Association’s constitution, purpose, organisation and governance.
APMLS Bylaws
Founding document setting out the Association’s constitution, purpose, organisation and governance.
Internal Regulations
Operating rules of the Association’s bodies and its decision-making processes.
Internal Regulations
Operating rules of the Association’s bodies and its decision-making processes.
Composition of the Governing Bodies
Serving General Assembly, Board, Supervisory Board, Disciplinary Council and Ethics Commission, with the current mandate.
Composition of the Governing Bodies
Serving General Assembly, Board, Supervisory Board, Disciplinary Council and Ethics Commission, with the current mandate.
General Assembly Resolutions
Public register of institutional decisions affecting the statutes, regulations, accreditation or MLS policy.
General Assembly Resolutions
Public register of institutional decisions affecting the statutes, regulations, accreditation or MLS policy.
Membership Categories and Voting Rights
Distinguishes effective, advisory and honorary members. Establishes that a seat on the Advisory Council confers neither a vote nor eligibility for office, and that an effective member votes in their company's segment regardless of holding an advisory seat.
Membership Categories and Voting Rights
Distinguishes effective, advisory and honorary members. Establishes that a seat on the Advisory Council confers neither a vote nor eligibility for office, and that an effective member votes in their company's segment regardless of holding an advisory seat.
Ethics and Conduct
6Code of Ethics and Conduct
Ethical principles and professional duties Members accept towards clients, peers and the market.
Code of Ethics and Conduct
Ethical principles and professional duties Members accept towards clients, peers and the market.
Disciplinary Regulation
Framework, rights of defence, sanctions and appeal routes. Individual proceedings are not public.
Disciplinary Regulation
Framework, rights of defence, sanctions and appeal routes. Individual proceedings are not public.
Conflict of Interest Policy
Principles for preventing, declaring and managing conflicts. Individual declarations are restricted.
Conflict of Interest Policy
Principles for preventing, declaring and managing conflicts. Individual declarations are restricted.
Accreditation
4Accreditation Regulation
Requirements, assessment process, renewal and suspension of the APMLS Accreditation Seal.
Accreditation Regulation
Requirements, assessment process, renewal and suspension of the APMLS Accreditation Seal.
APMLS Seal Criteria
What the Seal does and does not certify. Audit and anti-gaming methodologies are restricted.
APMLS Seal Criteria
What the Seal does and does not certify. Audit and anti-gaming methodologies are restricted.
MLS Cooperation
2MLS Cooperation Regulation
Fundamental rules of participation, cooperation, data quality and listing responsibility.
MLS Cooperation Regulation
Fundamental rules of participation, cooperation, data quality and listing responsibility.
Competition and Compliance
4Competition and Compliance Policy
APMLS commitments on competition law and the safeguards applied to sensitive information.
Competition and Compliance Policy
APMLS commitments on competition law and the safeguards applied to sensitive information.
Market Data Governance Policy
Rules on aggregation, anonymisation and suppression of insufficient samples in APMLS market information.
Market Data Governance Policy
Rules on aggregation, anonymisation and suppression of insufficient samples in APMLS market information.
Standards and Data
2MLS Data Standard — Public Standard
Common data structure, interoperability principles, required fields and governance of the standard.
MLS Data Standard — Public Standard
Common data structure, interoperability principles, required fields and governance of the standard.
Privacy
4Privacy Policy
Processing of personal data by APMLS, lawful bases, retention periods and data subject rights.
Privacy Policy
Processing of personal data by APMLS, lawful bases, retention periods and data subject rights.
Terms and Conditions
Conditions for using the site, the public accreditation lookup and the Association’s services.
Terms and Conditions
Conditions for using the site, the public accreditation lookup and the Association’s services.
Reports
2Annual Transparency Report
Activity, governance, membership statistics and approved accounts in summary. First edition covering 2026.
Annual Transparency Report
Activity, governance, membership statistics and approved accounts in summary. First edition covering 2026.
Documentation and resources for Members
The APMLS rules are public. What membership adds is the working documentation: manuals, procedures, training and templates for applying those rules day to day.
Go to the Member AreaWhy are there different access levels?
Transparency requires the rules, criteria and principles governing APMLS to be clear and accessible. It equally requires the Association to protect personal data, disciplinary proceedings, commercially sensitive information, technological security and documentation whose disclosure could harm its members or the running of the organisation.
For that reason, APMLS documentation is classified according to its nature and purpose.
Public information
Rules, ethics, governance, accreditation criteria and principles of participation.
Member information
Manuals, tools, training and the operational documentation needed to use APMLS services.
Restricted information
Disciplinary proceedings, legal opinions, security, investigations, contracts and other legally or operationally protected information.
Categories of restricted information
RestrictedThese categories exist and are managed by the competent APMLS bodies. They are not published individually because they contain personal data, live proceedings, commercially sensitive information or security matter. The rules and procedures governing them are public.
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