Consultation: | FYEG General Assembly 2017 |
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Agenda item: | 2. Internal Structural Documents |
Proposer: | General Assembly (decided on: 11/03/2005) |
Status: | Submitted |
Submitted: | 04/07/2017, 17:46 |
Statutes
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Article 1 : Name
An international non-profit organisation was set up bearing the name of
“Fédération des Jeunes Ecologistes Européens” in accord with the Belgian law of
October 25th 1919 and recognised by royal decree of March 20th 1996.
The name of this organisation shall be from now: “ Federation of Young European
Greens “ , abbreviated “ FYEG IVZW “, and the organisation is now under the
rules of title III of the Belgian law of 27 June 1921 concerning the non profit
organisations, the international non profit organisations and the foundations.
Article 2 : Address of the administrative seat .
The seat of the organisation is at the address: European Parliament, ASP 08G138,
Rue Wiertz 1047
Brussels.
The seat can be moved to any other place in Belgium by decision of the Executive
Committee if published in the annexes of the Moniteur Belge.
Article 3 : Objective
The organisation has the following non-profit making goals of international
benefit.
A) To organise the education of the member organisations and their individual
members. De
education will be on the field of ecology, sustainability, democracy, social
justice an international solidarity.
B) For this the federation will assist her members with extending their network
and provid educational and practical assistance to their activities.
C) Provide a forum where young people with greens sympathies from all over
Europe can engage in a meaningful dialogue.
The activities that the federation organises to achieve above goals are the
following:
A) Exchange activities
B) Seminars and study sessions
C) Training programs
D) Awareness raising campaigns
Article 4 : Members
The organisation is open to Belgians and foreigners.
She is composed of organisations with legal personality according to the laws
and customs of the country they are founded in.
There are three categories of members:
• Full members
• Candidate members
• Observer members
Article 5 : Joining. Leaving and exclusion
5.1 Conditions for joining
Joining the federation is subject to following conditions:
1. Full Members:
To become a full member the organisation has to be at least one year a candidate
member.
To become a full member the organisation shall send an official application to
the secretariat of the federation together with her statutes, number of members,
age limit, list of activities, budget and all other possibly relevant
information.
The organisation shall than be visited by at least one member of the Executive
Committee. This member will advise the next GA about the application.
Full members have voting right on the GA.
2. Candidate members:
Candidate members should fulfil the following criteria:
• Be active on a regional or national level.
• Consist mainly of young people
• To subscribe the statutes and the political platform of FYEG AISBL.
• To send an official application to the secretariat of the federation together
with her statutes,
number of members, age limit, list of activities, budget and all other possibly
relevant information.
The Executive Committee will present the application to the next General
Assembly.
Candidate members can participate in the General Assembly, have speaking rights
but do not have voting rights.
3. Observers:
An organisation that doesn’t want to become a full member or who doesn’t full
fill all criteria can apply for observer ship. Here for they will send an
official application to the secretariat of the federation together with her
statutes, number of members, age limit, list of activities, budget and all other
possibly relevant information.
The Executive Committee will present the application to the next General
Assembly.
Observers can take part in the GA, have speaking right but no voting right.
5.2 Leaving the federation
Every member can at all times cancel its membership.
For this they shall send a signed letter to the Executive Committee with a
motivation for the cancellation of their membership.
The Executive Committee shall inform the next GA about this motivation. A member
that leaves the federation loses all claims to the assets of the organisation.
5.3 Suspension and expulsion
Suspension of membership can be proposed by the Executive Committee to the GA.
The Suspension will be decided upon by the GA with a two third majority.
Suspended members can ask the next General Assembly to revoke their suspension.
For this they shall send a month before the GA a signed letter with motivation
to the Executive committee.
Expulsion of a member can be proposed by the Executive Committee to the GA. The
Suspension will be decided upon by the GA with a two third majority.
Suspended or expelled members have no claim on the assets of the organisation.
Article 6 : Membership fee
The members pay a yearly contribution of maximum 10.000 euro as determined by
the General Assembly on proposal of the Executive Committee.
Article 7 : The General Assembly
7.1. Powers of the General Assembly
The General Assembly has the broadest competence in order to achieve the goals
and activities of the organisation
To the exclusive competence of the GA belong the following:
a) changing the statutes
b) electing and expelling Executive Committee members or the commissioners
c) Approval of the budget and the annual accounts
d) The acquittal of the EC members and the commissioners
e) Voluntarily disbanding the organisation
f) Expulsion of a member
g) Other powers:
• the acceptance and changing of the internal rules of procedure
• the acceptance and changing of the political platform
• the acceptance and changing of the Charter
7.2. Composition
The General Assembly consists of all members.
Only the full members have voting rights.
All full members have two votes.
The candidate members and observers can attend the General Assembly but have no
voting right.
7.3. Meeting and official call.
The General Assembly meets and is chaired by a member of the Executive
Committee. The GA meets every year on the administrative seat or any other place
as described in the Official Call .
The call will be made by the Executive Committee and will be sent out by letter,
fax, email or any other communication tool. The call shall be issued at least
one month before the GA and will contain the points on the agenda.
An extraordinary meeting of the GA can be called by the Executive Committee or
one fifth of the full members in the following cases:
• One fifth of the full members thinks to have sufficient evidence that the EC
is acting either against the Goals of the federation or by her decisions and
actions is gravely endangering the
organisation.
• The Executive Committee judges that an unforeseen and extraordinary situation
has arisen which makes it necessary for the GA to meet.
And by the following procedure:
The members, who wish to call an extraordinary GA, inform by signed letter the
Executive Committee.
The EC has 8 days after receiving the letter to make the necessary preparations
and issue the call.
The call will be made by the Executive Committee and will be sent out by letter,
fax, email or any other communication tool. The call shall be issued at least
eight days before the GA and will contain the points on the agenda.
7.4. Decision making
The General Assembly can only take binding decisions if more than half of her
full members are present.
The GA can add points to the agenda of the meeting.
Except in the cases foreseen in these statutes, all decisions are taken by
simple majority of the present and represented members.
All decisions taken will be communicated to the members in the following way.
The minutes of the GA will be sent out to the members within 14 days to all
members by letter, fax, email or any other communication tool.
The decisions of the GA are noted down in a register, signed by the president
and kept by the secretary general who ensures the accessibility of the register
on the administrative seat of the organisation.
Article 8. Changing the statutes and disbanding
the organisation.
All proposals for changing of the statutes or disbanding the organisation will
come from the executive committee or one twentieth of the full members of the
organisation.
The executive committee has to inform the members at least one month before
about the date of the GA on which the proposals will be discussed as well as
about the proposals itself.
The General Assembly can only change the statutes with two third majority.
In case the quorum of 2/3 of the full member is not reached as second meeting
will be called for which can be only thirty days later take binding decisions on
the proposal made to the first GA with a majority of 2/3rd of the votes never
mind how many full members present or represented.
The General Assembly decides the way the organisation will disband and fulfil
its obligation.
The assets after the disbanding will be donated to a legal person with a similar
goals as the disbanded organisation..
Article 9. Executive Committee
9.1. Competence
The Executive Committee is entrusted with all matters of management concern
except these that are belonging to the GA.
The Executive Committee entrusts the daily management of the federation to a
daily management consisting of the president, the treasurer and the secretary
general. The competence of the daily management are described in article 11.
9.2. Composition of the EC
The organisation is run by the Executive Committee, consisting of at least three
members.
The members are elected by the GA for one year and their mandate can be renewed
three times.
Their function will be ceased by death, resignation, civil incapacity or legal
guardianship, dismissal or ending of the term of their mandate.
EC members can be dismissed by the GA who decides on this with a two third
majority. In case of a mandate not filled in, the EC can appoint a replacement
who continues the mandate.
The Executive Committee chooses from its members a president, a secretary and a
treasurer.
9.3. Meeting and call
The Executive Committee meets at least four times a year. The Call will be sent
out by letter, fax, email or any other communication tool .
9.4. Decision making
The Executive Committee can only meet validly if at least half of its members
plus one are present or represented.
An EC member can be represented by another EC member who can only be
representing one other member.
Decisions of the EC are taken by simple majority of the members present and
represented.
9.5. Register of the decisions
The decisions are noted down in a register, signed by the president and kept by
the secretary general who ensures the accessibility of the register to members
at the administrative seat.
Article 10. Legal representation of the
organisation
All documents binding the organisation need to be, except in cases of special
mandates, signed by a member of the executive committee or the secretary general
and who need to present to justification of their mandate to third parties.
The Executive Committee acts for the organisation as plaintiff or defender in
juridical cases and is represented in them by a member of the EC or the
secretary general.
Article 11. Daily management
11.1. Composition
The daily management consists of the president, a treasurer and the secretary
general.
The secretary general is an employee and is hired by the Executive Committee
according to the procedures written down in the IRP.
11.2. Powers
All members of the daily management have full access to the financial accounts
of the organisation.
For things concerning these accounts, the signature of only one of the members
of the daily management is required.
The daily management can represent the organisation legally as stated in article
10.
Article 12. Budget and annual account
The fiscal year of the organisation starts January 1st and end December 31st.
In accordance with article 53 of the law the annual accounts of the previous
fiscal year as also the budget of the next fiscal year are every year made by
the Executive Committee and for approval presented to the GA at her next
meeting.
Article 13. General provisions
For everything that is not foreseen in the statutes above, and especially
concerning the publications in the annexes to the Moniteur Belge, will be acted
in accordance with the provisions of title III of the law of 27 June 1921
concerning the non-profit organisations, international non profit organisations
and the foundations.
Reason
Our Statutes entered into force in 2005 which form the basis how FYEG is organised as a registered youth NGO.