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   STATUTES FOR THE CLUB INTERNACIONAL D'ANDORRA

 

 

Art.1 - INCORPORATION

 

                The ”CLUB INTERNACIONAL D'ANDORRA”  is a non-profit-making Club or Association.

 

Art. 2 - REGISTERED ADDRESS

 

                The registered address of the ”CLUB INTERNACIONAL D'ANDORRA”  is the Hotel ”París-Londres”, 11 Av. Miquel Mateu, in  Escaldes-Engordany –

                 the relevant permission having been obtained from the latter's owner, Mr. Joan Albert Montané - and may be moved to another place

                within the Principality, if the General Assembly so decides.

 

Art. 3 -  AIM

 

                3.1 - The aims of the association are the following: to guide, organize and initiate meetings and activities of a linguistic,

                cultural or leisure nature, inside and outside the territory of Andorra, in order to promote friendship between the various nationalities.

 

                3.2 - The Club has no profit-making, commercial, religious or political objectives or social demand.

 

                3.3 - The association may carry out economical activities if these fall within its statutory aims

                and are not be aimed, implicitly or explicitly, at securing economic or financial gains to be shared out among its members.

 

                3.4 - The Club may carry out all  legal activities relevant to the purposes  of its Statutes,

                always according to the requirements and conditions of the Law.

 

Art. 4 - LIFE

 

                The Club shall  last indefinitely.

 

Art. 5 - APPLICABLE LEGISLATION

 

                The association has its own legal personality and capacity and  is based on democratic principles.

                It is governed by the Law of Associations of  29 December 2000, the Regulations of the Association Register of 1 August 2001 enacted by Decree

                on 1 August 2001, by these Statutes and by agreements validly taken by its bodies.

 

MEMBERS

 

Art. 6 - ADMISSION OF MEMBERS

 

              The ”CLUB INTERNACIONAL D'ANDORRA”  may be joined by all those who wish to practise and carry out its activities and to promote friendship between the various nationalities.

                To become a member of the Club, the person in question must make the relevant application for membership to the Governing Board by filling in a membership application form. Membership shall come into force within a week.

 

                6.1 - CLASSES OF MEMBERS:  - Members shall be classified in the following categories:

 

                    6.1.1 - Members - Those members who have applied for Club membership and who pay their membership fee.

 

                    6.1.2 - Honorary members - This category shall be formed by all those who have given notable service to the Club by a decision taken by the General Meeting on a proposal from  Governing Board with three quarters of the members present at the Meeting being in favour.

 

                    6.1.3 - Family members - This category allows a family group to form part of the Club and join in its activities.

                Family membership entitles to only one vote.

 

                    6.1.4 - Associate members - Members of the ”International Singers” Choir that do not wish to be full members of

                or receive any information about the Club. Associate members have no vote and pay only a nominal fee, the amount of which is fixed

                by the Governing Board.

 

                    6.1.5 - Members resident outside Andorra – Members no longer resident in Andorra may continue their membership on payment of an appropiate fee to cover the membership dues and postage.

 

Art. 7 - CAUSES FOR A CEASING TO BE A MEMBER

 

                                               Any member may resign from the Club and may not be obliged to remain in it against his will, providing only that

                if he is not up to date with his membership fee he shall be required  to pay this.

 

Art. 8 - LEGAL SYSTEM

 

                8.1 - Rights  of members

 

                    8.1.1 - All members of the Club, other than those limited or excluded by Articles 6.1.3, 6.1.4

                       and 6.1.5  shall have the right to:-

 

                      a)     - Be present, take part and vote at General Assemblies, personally or by proxy.

                      b)     - Vote in all the other bodies of the Club to which he belongs.

                      c)     - Be elected to the governing bodies.

d)      -  Be informed of all the Club activities and take part in them.

e)       -  Be informed of the running of the Club and especially of the decisions taken by the

                                governing bodies, statement of accounts and Club relations with public authorities

                                and third parties.

f)        -  This right may be exercised by requesting the Governing Board or the other bodies

          for the relevant information or asking questions at General Assemblies.

g)      - Leave the Club. If the member wishing to resign from the Club is noted in the                          

         Register as a founder member, he may ask for his resignation to be recorded in the

                         Register.

h)      -  Members who have had their vote against a decision recorded in a Minute and 

          those not present in the meeting at which the decision was taken, may  legally

                          impugn it  if the decision is contrary to the Law of Associations or these Statutes,

                          or if it benefits some members or third parties to the detriment of other members or

          the interests of the Club, within thirty days of its being taken.

i)        -  Members who have impugned a decision may ask the Secretary to make a marginal

                          note of this impugning in the Minutes.

                      j)     - Any member has the right to ask for and  obtain a  total or partial copy of   the

                                Minutes of meetings of the General Assemblies and of the Governing Board.

                                These copies shall be certified by the Secretary.

 

 

                8.2 - Duties of  members

 

                    8.2.1 - Members of the Club shall have the following general duties:-

                      a)  - To be loyal to the objectives and aims of the Club and act to achieve them.

                      b)  - To contribute to the maintenance of the Clubby means of a  yearly subscription fee.

                      c)  - To respect and comply  with the decisions taken by the bodies of the Club.

 

Art. 9 -  MEMBERSHIP FEES

 

                Every member shall pay the annual subscription, the amount of which will be proposed by the Governing Board and approved by the General Assembly. All members shall pay their subscription by a direct debit to the member's bank account.

 

                The current Governing Board may decide on the payment of additional fees for extra activities, for example for unforeseen expenses. Such additional fees may not be collected by direct debit but must be presented to the members in the form of a detailed invoice., clearly stating the reason for these expenses. If these additional expenses do not figure in the budget approved by the previous Annual General Meeting, then they must first be approved by an Extraordinary Meeting of members.