Could be from a "strategic pricing point of view) - but the cost may be higher.- for a reasonable price (is €500 reasonable? compared to the €50 of option 2.3)
The membership fee per year for LIRs *might* be a little bit higher, but because membership fees have been going down steadily over the last couple of years and the number of members is currently around 10k I would be really surprised if this will be very noticeable for any LIR's fee.