The Dutch Huntington Association offered to organize this sort of meeting in 1986. This marked the birth of the European Huntington Association. The main focus during the conference was to work out the research guidelines previously mentioned. Gerrit Dommerholt was elected president and Dick Bates vice president of the European Huntington Association.
Since 1986, an EHA meeting has taken place every other year. Here the board, president and vice president have been elected for a two year period.