Council Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 of 22 July 2003
On the Statute for a European Cooperative Society (SCE)
- Recitals
CHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Article 1 — Form of the SCE
- Article 2 — Formation
- Article 3 — Minimum capital
- Article 4 — Capital of the SCE
- Article 5 — Statutes
- Article 6 — Registered office
- Article 7 — Transfer of registered office
- Article 8 — Law applicable
- Article 9 — Principle of non-discrimination
- Article 10 — Particulars to be stated in the documents
- Article 11 — Registration and disclosure requirements
- Article 12 — Publication of documents in the Member States
- Article 13 — Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union
- Article 14 — Acquisition of membership
- Article 15 — Loss of membership
- Article 16 — Financial entitlements of members in the event of resignation or expulsion
CHAPTER II — FORMATION
Section 1 — General
Section 2 — Formation by merger
- Article 19 — Procedures for formation by merger
- Article 20 — Law applicable in the case of merger
- Article 21 — Grounds for opposition to a merger
- Article 22 — Conditions of merger
- Article 23 — Explanation and justification of the terms of merger
- Article 24 — Publication
- Article 25 — Disclosure requirements
- Article 26 — Report of independent experts
- Article 27 — Approval of the terms of merger
- Article 28 — Laws applicable to formation by merger
- Article 29 — Scrutiny of merger procedure
- Article 30 — Scrutiny of legality of merger
- Article 31 — Registration of merger
- Article 32 — Publication
- Article 33 — Consequences of merger
- Article 34 — Legality of the merger
Section 3 — Conversion of an existing cooperative into an SCE
CHAPTER III — STRUCTURE OF THE SCE
- Article 36 — Structure of organs
Section 1 — Two-tier system
- Article 37 — Functions of the management organ; appointment of members
- Article 38 — Chairmanship and the calling of meetings of the management organ
- Article 39 — Functions of the supervisory organ; appointment of members
- Article 40 — Right to information
- Article 41 — Chairmanship and the calling of meetings of the supervisory organ
Section 2 — The one-tier system
Section 3 — Rules common to the one-tier and two-tier systems
Section 4 — General meeting
- Article 52 — Competence
- Article 53 — Conduct of general meetings
- Article 54 — Holding of general meetings
- Article 55 — Meeting called by a minority of members
- Article 56 — Notice of meeting
- Article 57 — Additions to the agenda
- Article 58 — Attendance and proxies
- Article 59 — Voting rights
- Article 60 — Right to information
- Article 61 — Decisions
- Article 62 — Minutes
- Article 63 — Sectorial or section meetings
CHAPTER IV — ISSUE OF SHARES CONFERRING SPECIAL ADVANTAGE
CHAPTER V — ALLOCATION OF PROFITS
CHAPTER VI — ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS
CHAPTER VII — WINDING UP; LIQUIDATION; INSOLVENCY AND CESSATION OF PAYMENTS
CHAPTER VIII — ADDITIONAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER IX — FINAL PROVISIONS