BARE ACTS, JUDGEMENTS, AND OTHER LEGAL TEXT

PHILIPPINES

• Constitution of 1987 [ cooperatives mentioned at 7 places]

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Cooperative Law Act, 1982

POLAND

PORTUGAL

1. Decree-law 6-C/2021Extends the extraordinary support for the gradual resumption of activity in companies in a situation of business crisis with a temporary reduction of the normal working period (PNT), under the Economic and Social Stabilisation Programme and creates new simplified support for micro-enterprises in business crisis, with a view to maintaining jobs.

2. DECREE LAW No. 54/2017, of 2017-06-02

   WORK, SOLIDARITY AND SOCIAL SECURITY

   This decree-law creates the ‘On-the-Spot Cooperative’ initiative, which simplifies the procedure for setting up cooperatives.

3. DECREE LAW NO. 143/2017

   This decree-law is intended to:

   • ensure better cooperation between the State and organisations in the social and solidarity sector

   • give organisations more time to complete the process for permanently handing over ISS's integrated establishments to private non-profit organisations that provide social services.

4. Decree Law No. 66/2017 

   This decree-law defines rules for the recognition of forest management entities.

   Forest management entities aim to manage, in a professional and sustainable way, forest areas belonging to several owners to enhance their profitability through joint management. They may be agricultural cooperatives, private limited-liability companies or public limited-liability companies.

Cooperative Law of Qatar, 1975

Law No. 5 on Cooperative Societies, 2000

QATAR

The given text is an excerpt from an order (Order No. 203 dated February 28, 2019) that establishes the criteria according to which cooperative members benefit from exemptions provided in Article 76 paragraph (1) letter e) of the Agricultural Cooperation Law No. 566/2004. The order specifies criteria for granting exemptions from property tax for buildings and land used for agricultural activities by cooperative members, including conditions related to the percentage of marketed production and the types of agricultural structures and land eligible for the exemption.

This law is an amendment to previous agriculture cooperative law and supports the rights of individual households in the countryside to join cooperatives. The law regulates the establishment, organization, and functioning of agricultural cooperatives and promotes cooperation among farmers and rural development.

This decree defines the structure of the cooperative and its principles. The law also includes provisions regarding the activities, capital, membership, formation, and registration of cooperative societies, among other aspects

ROMANIA

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RUSSIA

• Civil Code of the Russian Federation (Part 1)

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Law Governing Cooperatives in Rwanda, 2021

Law Determining the Establishment, Organization, and Functioning of Cooperative Organizations in Rwanda, 2007

RWANDA

Cooperative Societies Act, 2011, revised 2017

SAINT KITTS and NEVIS

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Cooperative Societies Act, 2003

Cooperatives Societies Regulations, 1999

SAINT LUCIA

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Cooperative Societies Act, 2012

SAINT VINCET and the GERNADINES

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Co-operative Societies Ordinance, 1952

SAMOA

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SAN MARINO

SAO TOME and PRINCIPE

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Cooperative Law No. 26, 1962

Implementing Regulations of the Cooperative Health Insurance Law, 2019

Royal Decree No. M/10 and Council of Minister’s Resolution No. 71, 1999

Cooperative Insurance Companies Control Law, 2003

SAUDI ARABIA

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Statut général des coopératives (loi 83-07), 1983

SENEGAL

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