STATUTES of the Nonprofit Partnership «Association for Electronic Communications»

Функционирует при финансовой поддержке Федерального агентства по печати и массовым коммуникациям

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STATUTES of the Nonprofit Partnership «Association for Electronic Communications»

General Provisions
The Association's Legal Status
The Association's Goals and Objects of Activity
The Association's Primary Functions
The Association shall be entitled to
The Association may not
Admission, Withdrawal and Exclusion of the Association's Members
The Association's Property Sources
The Association's Management Bodies
The General Assembly of the Association's Members
The Sole Executive Body of the Association
The Board of the Association
The Specialised Bodies of the Association
The Association's Board of Trustees
Record-keeping
Provision of Information by the Association
The Association's Reorganisation and Liquidation
Modification of the Statutes

1. General Provisions

1.1.The Nonprofit Partnership “Association for Electronic Communications” (hereinafter referred to as “the Association”) is an organisation based on the membership of legal entities carrying out professional activities in the areas of search, production, storage and distribution of information in the Internet, utilising Internet technologies and acting in other areas of electronic communications.
1.2.The Association has been incorporated in conformity with the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and the Federal Law #7-FZ “On Nonprofit Organisations” dated January 12, 1996.
1.3.The Association's full name in Russian is Некоммерческое партнерство «Ассоциация электронных коммуникаций».
The Association's abbreviated name in Russian is НП «РАЭК».
The Association's abbreviated name in English is «RAEC».
1.4.The Association's registered address is 31A, bldg. 2, Fortunatovskaya Street, Moscow 105187.

2. The Association's Legal Status

2.1.The Association's legal status is determined by the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, the Federal Law #7-FZ “On Nonprofit Organisations” dated January 12, 1996 and these Statutes.
2.2.The Association is deemed a legal entity from the date of its state registration in the manner prescribed by the laws and shall have separate property; it shall be liable for covering its obligations using that property; it may, on its own behalf, acquire things and exercise property and non-property rights, incur obligations, be a claimant or a defendant in court.
2.3.The Association may, to the extent provided by the laws, open accounts in the banks within the Russian Federation or abroad.
The Association shall have the seal comprising its full name in Russian.
The Association may have stamps and stationery as well as its emblem, which shall be registered in the manner prescribed by the laws.
2.4.The property transferred to the Association by its members shall be deemed the Association's property. The Association shall be liable for covering its obligations using any and all of the property owned by the Association. The members of the Association shall not be liable for the obligations of the latter nor shall the Association be liable for the obligations of its members.
2.5.The Association shall make use of its property for the purposes provided for in these Statutes.
2.6.The Association shall not refund the cost of the property, which had previously been transferred to the Association by its member as a membership fee or any other fee provided for in the Statutes of the Association upon the cessation of membership of that particular member.
2.7.The Association may set up branches and representation offices within the Russian Federation in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation. The Association's branch or representation office shall not constitute legal entities, they are to be provided with the property of a nonprofit organisation that has set up such branch or a representation office and they shall act in accordance with the provision adopted by such organisation. The property of a branch or a representation office shall be recorded in the separate balance sheet and in the Association's balance sheet.
2.8.The duration of the Association shall not be limited.
2.9.The Association shall, in pursuance of public social, economic and fiscal policies, be liable for the safekeeping of documents (administrative, financial, economic, personnel-related), it shall transfer the documents representing scientific and historical importance into the custody of public authorities, the Central Archives of the city of Moscow in accordance with the existing laws. The Association shall, subject to applicable provisions, safekeep and make use of the documents relating to its personnel.
2.10.The Association shall take actions as to mobilization training in compliance with the existing laws and the regulations adopted by the Moscow City Administration.
2.11.The Association may set up associations (unions) in compliance with the laws of the Russian Federation on nonprofit organisations. The Association may be a member of chambers of commerce and industry in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation on chambers of commerce and industry as well as it may be a member of other nonprofit organisations.
2.12.The Association shall carry out its activity in accordance with the existing laws of the Russian Federation and these Statutes.
2.13.The nonprofit organisation shall obtain a status of a self-regulatory organisation from the date of a its registration with the Public Registry of self-regulatory organisations and shall cease to be a self-regulatory organisation from the date when its registration with the above Registry has been canceled.

3. The Association's Goals and Objects of Activity

3.1.The Association's activities are based on the principles of voluntary membership and unimpeded discontinuance of such membership; self-sufficiency; direct involvement of its members as to the management of the Association.
3.2.The Association shall develop and adopt the standards and rules of professional activities in accordance with the Sub-Clause 1.1. of these Statutes, it shall set forth the disciplinary measures policies in respect of its members for the breach of the standards and rules of the Association as well as it shall provide information transparency as to the rights and lawful interests of any persons as far as the Association's members activity is concerned.
3.3.The Association's objects of activity are the following:
1. 3.3.1. Relations with the state government agencies, local government bodies, state institutions;
2. 3.3.2. Promotion of information and communication technologies as well as Internet technologies in the Russian Federation;
3. 3.3.3. Enhancement of investment value of the Internet technologies market;
4. 3.3.4. Support of the high level of professional competence of Russian experts in the area of Internet technologies;
5. 3.3.5. Arrangement of educational, scientific and exhibition programmes, conferences, forums and symposia;
6. 3.3.6. Introduction of the achievements of the Russian Internet market at the international level, provision of assistance to active participation of Russian representatives of information and communication technology sector in international projects;
3.4.The Association's goals are the following:
- 3.4.1. Provision of assistance to the members of the Association as to expert evaluation, standardisation and development of Internet technologies (including those of computer-assisted search, production, storage and distribution of information via Internet network);
- 3.4.2. The Association's members' interests support and protection.

4. The Association's Primary Functions

The Association shall exercise the following functions:

4.1.Develop and set forth the membership conditions for commercial entities;
4.2.Carry out the disciplinary measures provided for in the Association's by-laws in respect of its members;
4.3.Constitute a private arbitration for the resolution of disputes arising between the members of the Association as well as between the members of the Association and the consumers of goods (works, services) and the third parties in accordance with the arbitration laws;
4.4.Carry out the analysis of its members' activities according to the information provided by the members to the Association in the form of reports as approved by the General Assembly of Members of the Association;
4.5.Represent its members' interests as between the latter and the state government agencies of the Russian Federation, the state government agencies of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the local government bodies;
4.6.Arrange for professional education, performance appraisal of the employees of the Association's members or carry out the certification of goods (works, services) unless otherwise provided for by the federal laws;
4.7.Provide for the information transparency as to its members' activities and publish the information on such activities pursuant to the procedures established by the Association's by-laws;
4.8.Exercise control over the Association's members' business activities to the extent that their activities satisfy the Association's standards and rules;
4.9.Consider complaints about the actions of the Association's members and examine issues as to the breach of the Association's standards, rules and membership conditions by its members.

5. The Association shall be entitled to:

5.1.Participate in the discussions of the draft federal laws and other regulatory acts of the Russian Federation, draft laws and other regulatory acts of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, public programmes connected with the issues, which correspond to the goals and objectives of the Association, and to deliver the results of independent expert evaluations, which have been carried out by the Association in respect of such draft regulatory acts, to the state government agencies of the Russian Federation, the state government agencies of constituent entities of the Russian Federation and the local government bodies;
5.2.Deliver its proposals for further consideration by the state government agencies of the Russian Federation, the state government agencies of constituent entities of the Russian Federation and the local government bodies as to formation and implementation of state and local policies accordingly, taking into account the Association's activities;
5.3.Make inquiries and receive information from the state government agencies of the Russian Federation, the state government agencies of constituent entities of the Russian Federation and the local government bodies, which is necessary for carrying out the functions assigned to the Association by the federal laws to the extent as provided by the federal laws.

6. The Association may not:

6.1.Carry out activities and commit acts that result in the conflict of interests between the Association and its members or create grounds for such conflict;
6.2.Commit the following acts or make the following deals unless otherwise provided for by the federal laws:
- to pledge its property as collateral to guarantee the fulfillment of the third parties' obligations;
- to grant surety in respect of the persons other that its employees;
- to acquire stock, bonds or other securities that have been issued by its members except that such securities are circulating in stock exchanges or offered by other trading entities in the exchange market;
- to grant surety in respect of its own obligations by pledging the property of its members as collateral or using their guarantees or sureties;
- to act as an intermediary (commission merchant, agent) for further sales of goods (works, services) that are being produced or provided by the Association's members;
- to make other deals as provided for by the federal laws.

7. Admission, Withdrawal and Exclusion of the Association's Members

7.1.The Association is open for the new members to join in.
7.2.Legal entities that have acknowledged the Association's Statutes, have paid relevant fees and desiring to make a contribution as to the support and the implementation of the Association's objectives, may become the Association's members.
7.3.The admission to membership shall be effected by the Board of the Association in accordance with the application (decision) addressed to the Director of the Association who shall submit the applicant to the Board of the Association at the earliest meeting of the latter following the date of such application (decision). An entity shall be deemed admitted provided it has received more than 50% of votes by the Association's Board members.
7.4.Any entity that has been admitted to the Association shall pay in full the admission fee along with the membership fee within one month from the date it has been admitted by the Board of the Association.
7.5.The amount of admission and membership fees may be varied not more frequently than 1 time a year from the date of such latest variation.
7.6.The sequence of payment of membership fees shall be 2 times a year but not later than on the last day of a month following the last month of the half-year period, for this purpose the first half of the year is deemed to commence on January 1^st and the second half of the year is deemed to commence on July 1^st.
7.7.There shall be two options for the admission and membership fees representing larger or smaller amount. This option shall be selected by the Association's member (an organisation being admitted to the Association). Nevertheless, the opportunity of variation of the above payment options may be taken by the Association's member not more frequently than 1 time a year.
7.8.The amount of admission and recurring membership fees in a larger amount shall be determined by the General Assembly of the Association's members and the same fees in a smaller amount shall be determined by the Board of the Association.
7.9.Each Member of the Association shall be entitled to:
1. 7.9.1. participate in the management of the Association;
2. 7.9.2. nominate its representative to act in the Board of the Association;
3. 7.9.3. obtain information about the Association's activities as provided for in these Statutes;
4. 7.9.4. discontinue the membership at its own discretion;
5. 7.9.5. receive a part of the Association's property or an appropriate sum representing the value of such part of the property to the extent of that value of the property, which had been transferred to the Association's ownership, in case of the Association's liquidation.
7.10.Each Member of the Association must:
1. 7.10.1. comply with the provisions of these Statutes as well as with other by-laws of the Association;
2. 7.10.2. participate in the Association's activities, including the participation in the General Assembly of the Association's members;
3. 7.10.3. pay recurring membership fees in a timely manner;
4. 7.10.4. provide information to the Association that is required for the resolution of issues connected with the Association's activities.
7.11.The Association's member's rights and obligations shall not be transferred or passed to the third parties.
7.12.The member of the Association shall discontinue its membership by notice to the Board of the Association having given such notice to the Director of the Association. Such notice of withdrawal shall be accompanied by the relevant decision of the authorised executive body of that legal entity. The member shall be deemed withdrawn from the Association from the date it has given the relevant notice.
7.13.The member may be excluded from the Association as a result of non-observance of the provisions of the Statutes of the Association, including failure to pay the membership fees more than three times consecutively without acceptable reasons; it may be excluded from the Association for the activities that contravene the Association's goals and objectives as well as for other acts that discredit the Association and inflict moral or material damage.
7.14.The exclusion of the members from the Association shall be carried out by the General Assembly of Members of the Association. The Association's decision to exclude a member may be subject to hearings against that exclusion in the court.
7.15.The member that is being excluded from the Association shall not be entitled to receive a part of the Association's property or an appropriate sum representing the value of such part of the property to the extent of that value of the property, which had been transferred to the Association's ownership.
7.16.The member of the Association shall give a notice in writing, within one week, concerning alterations in its company details.

8. The Association's Property Sources

8.1.The property, which is transferred to the Association by its members shall be deemed the Association's property.
8.2.The following sources shall constitute the Association's property:
1. 8.2.1. Recurring and one-time payments made by the Association's members (admission, membership fees and special-purpose contributions);
2. 8.2.2. Voluntary contributions consisting of property and donations;
3. 8.2.3. Money received from the information, the disclosure of which may be carried out on a paid basis;
4. 8.2.4. Money received from the provision of educational services connected with business, commercial or professional interests of the Association's members;
5. 8.2.5. Funds received from the sales of information materials connected with business, commercial or professional interests of the Association's members;
6. 8.2.6. Interest earnings from the bank deposits;
7. 8.2.7. Other sources to the extent that they are not prohibited by the laws.
8.3.Any earnings, property or funds of the Association shall only be used for the achievement of the Association's goals in accordance with these Statutes and may not be divided between the Association's members.
8.4.The special-purpose contributions are dedicated to financing the specific events and programmes. The time, amount and form of such contributions shall be specified by the Board of the Association.

9.The Association's Management Bodies

9.1.The Association shall have the following management bodies:
1. 1) The General Assembly of the Association's members shall be the superior management body;
2. 2) The Board of the Association shall be the permanent collective management body;
3. 3) The Director shall be the executive body.
9.2.The General Assembly of the Association's members may carry out the functions of the Board of the Association.
9.3.The meeting may be held in praesentia using the electronic means of communication following the initiative of a person or a body of the Association requiring the extraordinary General Assembly of Members or the meeting of the Board of the Association to take place.
9.4.For the purpose of taking a decision by the General Assembly of Members or by the Board of the Association, the Director shall deliver to each member of the Association (member of the Board of the Association) a meeting notice that shall include the agenda items, draft decisions and the materials as to the agenda items.
9.5.The members of the Association (members of the Board of the Association) are required, within 7 (seven) business days from the date on which the meeting notice has been mailed, to express their opinion as to the issues of the agenda by giving respective notice to the Director.
9.6.The list of matters, the consideration of which is not practicable by means of holding a meeting, shall be determined by the General Assembly of Members and the Board of the Association accordingly.

10. The General Assembly of the Association's Members

10.1.The superior management body – the General Assembly of the Association's members (which is also to be referred to as “the General Assembly of Members”) shall be convened on a periodic basis but not less than once a year and not later than on June 30th of the year following the year expired.
The right to convene the General Assembly of Members (including an extraordinary meeting) shall be granted to the Board of the Association, the Director of the Association and/or the members of the Association jointly representing not less than 25 percent of the total number of the Association's members.
The main function of the General Assembly of Members shall be the provision of the Association's compliance with the goals for which the Association has been established. The Association's members shall be notified about the date and the agenda of the meeting by the Director of the Association not less than 15 (fifteen) calendar days before that meeting by means of an official letter with record of delivery; via electronic mail with the confirmation of its receipt, which shall be sent to the address given by the member of the Association; by fax with the confirmation of receipt of that fax message or using a printed letter of invitation delivered against receipt by a courier. The message shall comprise the date and the place of the meeting and the prospective agenda for the General Assembly of Members.
10.2.The agenda for the General Assembly of Members shall initially be made by those who have initiated the session of the General Assembly of Members. The right to include the additional issues to the agenda for the General Assembly of Members shall be granted to the Board of the Association, the Director of the Association and/or the members of the Association jointly representing not less than 25 percent of the total number of the Association's members. Each of the above categories may introduce not more than 2 (two) questions to be discussed during that General Assembly of Members. The proposals concerning the addition of questions to the agenda of the General Assembly of Members shall be submitted to the address of the sole executive body of the Association not later than 5 (five) calendar days prior to the date on which the General Assembly of Members is to take place. The Association's members shall be advised of the additional matters included into the agenda by the Director of the Association using the means of communication similar to those, which are used for the notification about the General Assembly.
10.3.The General Assembly of Members shall be entitled to adopt the decisions provided that more than a half of the Association's members are in attendance. The General Assembly of Members shall be eligible to take decision on any matter relating to the Association's activities.
10.4.The decisions taken by the General Assembly of Members shall be adopted by the simple majority of votes by the members attending the meeting except for the cases provided for in the Statutes. The reserved matters of the General Assembly of Members shall require the qualified majority of votes by the members attending the meeting (not less than ¾ of the attendees).
10.5.
The matters reserved to the General Assembly of Members are the following:
1. 10.5.1. The approval of the Statutes of the nonprofit organisation and making the alterations thereto.
2. 10.5.2. Approval of the Association's standards and rules and making the alterations thereto provided that the Board of the Association had submitted this matter to the General Assembly of Members.
3. 10.5.3. Election of the Board of the Association's members, early termination of powers of that body or the early termination of powers of certain members of that body.
4. 10.5.4. Appointment of the Director of the Association, early termination of that appointment.
5. 10.5.5. Determination of the Association's business priorities and taking the decisions as to the principles of formation and use of the Association's property.
6. 10.5.6. Determination of disciplinary measures, the manner and grounds for the implementation of such measures in respect of the breach of standards, rules and membership conditions of the Association.
7. 10.5.7. Consideration of cases as to which the disciplinary measures are to be applied to the members of the Association.
8. 10.5.8. Examination of a complaint of a person whose membership has been discontinued by the Association as to the inconsistency of such disciplinary measure the decision of which had been taken by the Board of the Association with further taking of a decision in respect of that complaint.
9. 10.5.9. The approval of reports prepared by the Board of the Association and the Director of the Association.
10. 10.5.10. The approval of the Association's finance plan, making alterations thereto and the adoption of the annual financial statements of the Association.
11. 10.5.11. Taking a decision relating to a reorganisation or a liquidation of the nonprofit organisation; appointment of a liquidator or a liquidation committee.
12. 10.5.12. Taking a decision relating to the Association's participation in an association (union).
13. 10.5.13. Taking other decisions in accordance with the federal laws and these Statutes.

11. The Sole Executive Body of the Association

11.1.The sole executive body of the Association shall be the Director of the Association.
11.2.The Director of the Association shall be appointed or dismissed by the General Assembly of the Association's members and further to the qualified majority of votes (not less than ¾ votes of the attendees). The term of appointment of the Director of the Association shall be 3 (three) years and such appointment may be renewed.
11.3.The Director of the Association shall:
1. 11.3.1. Determine the main areas of the Association's activities;
2. 11.3.2. Carry out the management of the Association's ongoing operations, sign contracts relating to economic activities; open the bank accounts; manage the Association's financial operations; employ and dismiss the personnel and sign the labour agreements with the personnel; approve the personnel schedule; issue orders and instructions relating to the Association;
3. 11.3.3. Introduce the Association's finance plan for its further approval by the General Assembly of the Association's members;
4. 11.3.4. Submit the by-laws of the Association for the further approval by the Board of the Association;
5. 11.3.5. Represent the Association, without a letter of attorney, in relation to public or other organisations, legal entities, and individuals as to any matter or issue connected with the Association's activity, within the Russian Federation or abroad;
6. 11.3.6. Issue letters of attorney;
7. 11.3.7. Convene the session of the Board of the Association;
8. 11.3.8. Convene the General Assembly of the Association's members (incl. the extraordinary session);
9. 11.3.9. Act in the representative capacity and shall be entitled to address to public on behalf of the Association;
10. 11.3.10. Have a primary authority to sign financial, economic and other documents;
11. 11.3.11. Take any other decisions as to economic or other matters relating to the Association that are not reserved to the General Assembly of Members or the Board of the Association.
11.4.The procedure of election and the employment duties of the Director of the Association shall be determined by these Statutes and the labour agreement, into which the Director shall enter.

12. The Board of the Association

12.1.The Board of the Association shall be the permanent collective management body of the Association.
12.2.The Board of the Association shall comprise the representatives of legal entities that are the Association's members paying the recurring membership fees in a larger amount as provided for in the Sub-Clause 7.7. of these Statutes.
1. 12.2.1. The composition of the Board of the Association shall be approved by the General Assembly of the Association's members for a term of 1 (one) year. Each member of the Association is entitled to nominate persons to the above Board.
2. 12.2.2. The Board's members shall not be paid for the carrying out of their functions. However, the Board's members may receive compensations for the expenses that have been incurred by them in relation to the performance of their duties as shall be set forth by the Board of the Association.
12.3.The number of members of the Board of the Association shall be odd and representing not less than 3 (three), and not more than 15 (fifteen) persons.
12.4.The Chairperson shall be one of the Board's members and shall be elected for a period of 1 (one) year further to simple voting by the members of the Board. The Chairperson shall be entitled to sign the documents on behalf of the Board of the Association and to preside over the sessions of the Board.
12.5.Each member of the Board of the Association shall have one vote.
12.6.The following matters shall relate to the Board of the Association:
1. 12.6.1. Setting up the specialised bodies of the Association with further approval of provisions and operating rules that shall relate to such bodies;
2. 12.6.2. Appointment of an audit organisation for the purposes of examination of accounting and financial reporting of the Association; taking decisions concerning the examination of activity of the Director of the Association.
3. 12.6.3. Introduction, to the General Assembly of Members, of a nominee or nominees for the appointment as the Director of the Association.
4. 12.6.4. Approval of a list of persons, the candidacy of whom may be proposed as arbitrators for their further election by the participants of the disputes at the private arbitration that shall be set up by the Association.
5. 12.6.5. Taking decision as to admission of an applicant to the Association as provided for in these Statutes.
6. 12.6.6. Approval of annual balance sheet and financial statements.
7. 12.6.7. Setting up branches and representation offices of the Association.
8. 12.6.8. Participation of the Association in other organisations.
9. 12.6.9. Submission, for the approval by the General Assembly of Members, of provisions regulating the Association's activities.
10. 12.6.10. Determination of medium-term (1-3 years) and long-term (3-10 years) prospects of development of the Association.
11. 12.6.11. Convocation of an extraordinary General Assembly of Members further to the decision of not less than a half of the Board's members.
12. 12.6.12. Approval of transactions, which represent the interests of the Director or the Chairperson of the Association.
13. 12.6.13. Adoption of standards and rules of the Association, making alterations thereto and the control over the observance thereof by the members of the Association.
14. 12.6.14. The Board of the Association shall be entitled, at its own discretion, to consider any matter except for the matters reserved to the General Assembly of Members.
12.7.The sessions of the Board of the Association shall be deemed eligible provided that more than a half of its members are in attendance. The Director of the Association shall attend the sessions of the Board of the Association without right to vote.
12.8.The decisions of the Board of the Association shall be taken by the majority of votes of its members who are in attendance and shall be in the form of Protocols of the Board of the Association. The session Protocols and the decisions of the Board of the Association shall be signed by the Chairperson of the Association and the Secretary of session.

13. The Specialised Bodies of the Association

13.1.The specialised bodies of the Association, which are set up by the Board of the Association, shall be:
1. 1) The body exercising control over the observance of the Association's standards and rules by its members;
2. 2) The body examining the cases where the disciplinary measures are to be applied in respect of the Association's members.
13.2.In addition to the specialised bodies listed in the Sub-Cluse 13.1. the Board of the Association shall be entitled to create, whether temporarily or permanently, other specialised bodies.
13.3.Each specialised body that has been created by the Board of the Association shall act in accordance with the relevant provision approved by the Board of the Association.
13.4.The specialised bodies of the Association shall carry out their functions on the independent basis.

14. The Association's Board of Trustees

14.1.The Association may comprise the additional consultative body – the Board of Trustees of the Association with its composition of not less than 5 (five) persons and that shall be acting as provided for in the Provision relating to the Association's Board of Trustees and approved by the General Assembly of Members.
14.2.The Association's Board of Trustees shall act in accordance with these Statutes and the decisions taken by the General Assembly of Members.
14.3.The composition of the Association's Board of Trustees shall be elected by the qualified majority of votes (not less than by ¾ of the attendees of the session of the Board of the Association) for a period of 3 (three) years, the nominees for that Board of Trustees shall be proposed exclusively by the Board of the Association. The members of the Board of Trustees shall not be paid for their activities. The Board of Trustees may comprise the members other than the members of the Association.
14.4.The Association's Board of Trustees shall be managed by its Chairperson, who shall be elected by the Association's Board of Trustees by means of the qualified majority of votes (¾ votes as to this matter).

15. Record-keeping

15.1.The Association shall keep administrative, accounting and statistical records in accordance with the existing laws. The accounting and financial (accounting) reporting of the Association shall be subject to compulsory audit.
15.2.The Association shall, for the purposes of implementation of social, economic and fiscal policies, be responsible for the safekeeping of the documents (administrative, financial, economic, personnel-related etc.); it shall transfer the documents representing scientific and historical importance into the custody of public authorities, the Central Archives of the city of Moscow in accordance with the existing laws; the Association shall, subject to applicable provisions, safekeep and make use of the documents relating to its personnel.

16. Provision of Information by the Association

16.1.The Association shall provide the information by means of publication of that information on the Internet website www.raec.ru and/or using other mass media. That information shall relate to the following:
1. 1) the composition of the Association's members;
2. 2) terms and conditions, methods and procedures as to the liability of the Association's members in respect of the consumers of goods (works, services) or other persons;
3. 3) the members that have discontinued their membership in the Association, including the reasons of such discontinued membership as well as there shall be the information about the new members of the Association and their nature of business;
4. 4) the Association's terms and conditions of membership;
5. 5) the standards and rules of the Association;
6. 6) the composition and competence of the Association's management and specialised bodies;
7. 7) the decisions taken by the General Assembly of Members and the Board of the Association;
8. 8) the cases of breach of the laws of the Russian Federation by the Association's members as to the procedures of business and the standards or rules of the Association (if any);
9. 9) any claims or declarations submitted to court by the Association;
10. 10) the composition and value of the property constituting the Association's compensation fund;
11. 11) the certificates issued to the Association's members or their personnel further to the results of education provided that the Association is carrying out the attestation of its members' employees;
12. 12) the process and the results of expert opinions as to the development of regulations in which the Association has been involved;
13. 13) the results of examination of activities of the Association's members that have been carried out by the Association;
14. 14) the Association's annual accounting statements and the results of the Association's audit;
15. 15) other information as provided for by the federal laws and the Association.
16.2.The Association shall provide information to federal executive bodies as provided for in the laws of the Russian Federation.
16.3.The Association shall be entitled to disclose, along with the disclosure of information as provided for in the Sub-Clause 16.1. of these Statutes, other information relating to the Association's and its members' activities in a manner prescribed by the Board of the Association provided that such disclosure shall not breach the Association's member's rules of disclosure of information that constitutes a commercial secret as well as provided that such disclosure shall not entail the conflict of interests between the Association and its members and shall be a reasonable measure as to the improvement of information transparency relating to the Association and its members.
16.4.The manner as to how the information may be disclosed shall be provided by the Board of the Association taking into account that such information should be accessible to the majority of the consumers of goods (works, services) produced or provided by the Association's members as well as this information should be accessible to the Association's shareholders, investors and creditors.

17. The Association's Reorganisation and Liquidation

17.1.The Association may be re-organised in the manner provided by the existing laws of the Russian Federation. The Association's reorganisation may be carried out in the form of merger, accession, separation, extraction or transformation.
17.2.The Association may be liquidated subject to the decision taken by the General Assembly of Members or following the decision of court as provided for by the laws. The body that has taken such decision shall appoint a liquidation committee and set forth the procedure and the period of liquidation.
17.3.The powers of the Association's management shall be transferred to the liquidation committee from the date of appointment of such committee.
17.4.The liquidation committee shall prepare an interim balance sheet, which is to be approved by the General Assembly of Members, upon the termination of the period during which the creditors are to submit their claims.
17.5.Following the settlements with the creditors, the Association's property shall be subject to distribution between the members in proportion of the value of that property, which had been transferred to the Association's ownership, except for the value of the membership fees.
17.6.Further to settlements with the creditors and the distribution of the property amongst the members, the remaining property shall be provided for the objectives set forth in these Statutes.
17.7.If the Association is re-organised then all of the documents (administrative, financial, economic, personnel-related etc.) shall be transferred to the Association's successor as applicable.
17.8.Upon the liquidation of the Association, the documents that are of historical or scientific importance shall be transferred to the archives for their public safekeeping as provided by the existing laws; the personnel-related documents (orders, personal files, records, personal accounts etc.) shall be transferred for their further safekeeping in the archive of the administrative district, on the territory of which the Association is domiciled. The transfer and processing of documents shall be effected by and on the account of the Association in accordance with the archive's requirements.

18. Modification of the Statutes

18.1.The alterations or amendments to these Statutes shall be made by the General Assembly of Members.
18.2.The alterations or amendments to these Statutes shall enter into effect from the date of their state registration.

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