The Statutes of the EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF ORTHOPAEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY (E.F.O.R.T.) have been approved by the Natioanl Delegates on the occasion of the first General Assembly, held on 11 November 1992 in Paris.

The Statutes have been adopted with the approval of the General Assembly on the following occasions:

• Geneva, 21 June 2006 (latest version)
• Groningen, 25 September 2004
• Rhodes, 5 June 2001
• Barcelona, 23 April 1997
• Munich, 3 July 1995
• Vienna, 19 October 1994
• Paris, 19 April 1993