Source: https://www.actor-atlas.info/article:eu-sce-art45-51
Timestamp: 2018-12-14 08:11:27
Document Index: 204446223

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 45', 'Art. 01', 'Art. 02', 'Art. 03', 'Art. 04', 'Art. 05', 'Art. 06', 'Art. 07', 'Art. 08', 'Art. 09', 'Art. 10', 'Art. 11', 'Art. 12', 'Art. 13', 'Art. 14', 'Art. 15', 'Art. 16', 'Art. 17', 'Art. 18', 'Art. 19', 'Art. 35', 'Art. 36', 'Art. 37', 'Art. 42', 'Art. 45', 'Art. 52', 'Art. 63', 'Art. 64', 'Art. 65', 'Art. 66', 'Art. 67', 'Art. 68', 'Art. 72', 'Art. 77', 'Art. 78', 'Art. 01', 'Art. 16', 'Art. 17', 'Art. 18', 'Art. 19', 'Art. 34', 'Art. 35', 'Art. 36', 'Art. 37', 'Art. 41', 'Art. 42', 'Art. 44', 'Art. 45', 'Art. 51', 'Art. 52', 'Art. 63', 'Art. 64', 'Art. 65', 'Art. 67', 'Art. 68', 'Art. 71', 'Art. 72', 'Art. 76', 'Art. 77', 'Art. 78', 'Art. 80']

Art. 45-51 Rules common to the one-tier and two-tier systems - Actor Atlas
Article 45 Term of office
1. Members of SCE organs shall be appointed for a period laid down in the statutes not exceeding six years.
2. Subject to any restrictions laid down in the statutes, members may be re-appointed once or more than once for the period determined in accordance with paragraph 1.
Article 46 Conditions of membership
1. An SCE's statutes may permit a company within the meaning of Article 48 of the Treaty to be a member of one of its organs, provided that the law applicable to cooperatives in the Member State in which the SCE's registered office is situated does not provide otherwise.
That company shall designate a natural person as its representative to exercise its functions on the organ in question. The representative shall be subject to the same conditions and obligations as if he/she were personally a member of the organ.
2. No person may be a member of any SCE organ or a representative of a member within the meaning of paragraph 1 who:
- is disqualified, under the law of the Member State in which the SCE's registered office is situated, from serving on the corresponding organ of a cooperative governed by the law of that State, or
- is disqualified from serving on the corresponding organ of a cooperative governed by the law of a Member State owing to a judicial or administrative decision delivered in a Member State.
3. An SCE's statutes may, in accordance with the law applicable to cooperatives in the Member State, lay down special conditions of eligibility for members representing the administrative organ.
Article 47 Power of representation and liability of the SCE
1. Where the authority to represent the SCE in dealings with third parties, in accordance with Articles 37(1) and 42(1), is conferred on two or more members, those members shall exercise that authority collectively, unless the law of the Member State in which the SCE's registered office is situated allows the statutes to provide otherwise, in which case such a clause may be relied upon against third parties where it has been disclosed in accordance with Articles 11(5) and 12.
2. Acts performed by an SCE's organs shall bind the SCE vis-à-vis third parties, even where the acts in question are not in accordance with the objects of the SCE, providing they do not exceed the powers conferred on them by the law of the Member State in which the SCE has its registered office or which that law allows to be conferred on them.
Member States may, however, provide that the SCE shall not be bound where such acts are outside the objects of the SCE, if it proves that the third party knew that the act was outside those objects or could not in the circumstances have been unaware of it; disclosure of the statutes shall not of itself be sufficient proof thereof.
3. The limits on the powers of the organs of the SCE, arising under the statutes or from a decision of the competent organs, may never be relied on as against third parties, even if they have been disclosed.
4. A Member State may stipulate that the power to represent the SCE may be conferred by the statutes on a single person or on several persons acting jointly. Such legislation may stipulate that this provision of the statutes may be relied on as against third parties provided that it concerns the general power of representation. Whether or not such a provision may be relied on as against third parties shall be governed by the provisions of Article 12.
Article 48 Operations requiring authorisation
1. An SCE's statutes shall list the categories of transactions requiring:
- under the two-tier system, authorisation from the supervisory organ or the general meeting to the management organ,
- under the one-tier system, an express decision adopted by the administrative organ or authorisation from the general meeting.
2. Paragraph 1 shall apply without prejudice to Article 47.
3. However, a Member State may determine the minimum categories of transactions and the organ which shall give the authorisation which must feature in the statutes of SCEs registered in its territory and/or provide that, under the two-tier system, the supervisory organ may itself determine which categories of transactions are to be subject to authorisation.
Article 49 Confidentiality
The members of an SCE's organs shall be under a duty, even after they have ceased to hold office, not to divulge any information which they have concerning the SCE the disclosure of which might be prejudicial to the cooperative's interests or those of its members, except where such disclosure is required or permitted under national law provisions applicable to cooperatives or companies or is in the public interest.
Article 50 Conduct of the business of organs
1. Unless otherwise provided by this Regulation or the statutes, the internal rules relating to quorums and decision-taking in SCE organs shall be as follows:
(a) quorum: at least half of the members with voting rights must be present or represented;
(b) decision-taking: a majority of the members with voting rights present or represented.
Members who are absent may take part in decisions by authorising another member of the organ or the alternate members who were appointed at the same time to represent them.
2. Where there is no relevant provision in the statutes, the chairman of each organ shall have a casting vote in the event of a tie. There shall be no provision to the contrary in the statutes, however, where half of the supervisory organ consists of employees' representatives.
3. Where employee participation is provided for in accordance with Directive 2003/72/EC, a Member State may provide that the supervisory organ's quorum and decision-making shall, by way of derogation from the provisions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, be subject to the rules applicable, under the same conditions, to cooperatives governed by the law of the Member State concerned.
Article 51 Civil liability
Members of management, supervisory and administrative organs shall be liable, in accordance with the provisions applicable to cooperatives in the Member State in which the SCE's registered office is situated, for loss or damage sustained by the SCE following any breach on their part of the legal, statutory or other obligations inherent in their duties.
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Statute for a European Cooperative Society (SCE)
Art. 01 Form of the SCE
Art. 02 Formation
Art. 03 Minimum capital
Art. 04 Capital of the SCE
Art. 05 Statutes
Art. 06 Registered office
Art. 07 Transfer of registered office
Art. 08 Law applicable
Art. 09 Principle of non-discrimination
Art. 10 Particulars to be stated in the documents
Art. 11 Registration and disclosure requirements
Art. 12 Publication of documents in the Member States
Art. 13 Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union
Art. 14 Acquisition of membership
Art. 15 Loss of membership
Art. 16 Financial entitlements of members in the event of resignation or expulsion
Art. 17 Law applicable during formation
Art. 18 Acquisition of legal personality
Art. 19-34 Formation by merger
Art. 35 Procedures for formation by conversion
Art. 36 Structure of organs
Art. 37-41 Two-tier system
Art. 42-44 The one-tier system
Art. 45-51 Rules common to the one-tier and two-tier systems
Art. 52-62 General meeting
Art. 63 Sectorial or section meetings
Art. 64 Securities other than shares and debentures conferring special advantages
Art. 65 Legal reserve
Art. 66 Dividend
Art. 67 Allocation of available surplus
Art. 68-71 Annual accounts and consolidated accounts
Art. 72-76 Winding up; Liquidation; Insolvency and Cessation of payments
Art. 77 Economic and monetary union
Art. 78-80 Final Provisions
Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS Art. 01 - Art. 16
Chapter II FORMATION
- Section 1 General Art. 17 - Art. 18
- Section 2 Formation by merger Art. 19 - Art. 34
- Section 3 Conversion of an existing cooperative into an SCE Art. 35
Chapter III STRUCTURE OF THE SCE Art. 36
- Section 1 Two-tier system Art. 37 - Art. 41
- Section 2 The one-tier system Art. 42 - Art. 44
- Section 3 Rules common to the one-tier and two-tier systems Art. 45 - Art. 51
- Section 4 General meeting Art. 52 - Art. 63
Chapter IV ISSUE OF SHARES CONFERRING SPECIAL ADVANTAGE Art. 64
Chapter V ALLOCATION OF PROFITS Art. 65 - Art. 67
Chapter VI ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS Art. 68 - Art. 71
Chapter VII WINDING UP; LIQUIDATION; INSOLVENCY AND CESSATION OF PAYMENTS Art. 72 - Art. 76
Chapter VIII ADDITIONAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS Art. 77
Chapter IX FINAL PROVISIONS Art. 78 - Art. 80