Re: [atlarge-discuss] I PROPOSE FRANCE

[DannyYounger@cs.com]

Jefsey,

Elisabeth Porteneuve has previously discussed the 1901 law:

> The law 1901 is explicitly dedicated for not for profit associations.
> It is extremely flexible, and is used in France for various purposes.
> The spectra ranges from associations of school's parents managing
> minimal budget with no staff to non for profit association of banks,
> with hundreds of employees. Approximately one million associations
> in France use law 1901 framework. The European Academic and Research
> Network, BITNET sister-network, was operationg in Europe in late 1980's
> using French law 1901, with the international Board (Chair in Danemark,
> Vice-Chair in Israel), and staff (Manager from Belgium, engeneers
> from France, Italy and India/British Commonwealth).
>
> A non for profit using law 1901 is defined in its Status, which shall
> be drafted accordingly to its purposes and composition, and include:
>  1.1. Duration (may be limited in time, renewable periodically)
>  1.2. Registration place
>  1.3. Membership (may be open to individuals or moral persons, i.e.
>       institutions; no requirement for French or European Union
>       citizenship; the criteria for various membership such as full
>       members or observers shall be described in Status of Association)
>  1.4. Resources (membership fees as well as donations, either from
>       public or private institutions or individuals)
>  1.5. Fiscal regime (VAT, taxes on company benefits if any)
>  1.6. Structure (very flexible, usually Board of Directors,
>       General Manager, and General Assembly; the composition of
>       Board and its renewal are defined in Status, the General
>       Manager is a non voting member of the Board; the powers of
>       the Board and its Chair are defined in Status as well,
>       it include annual budget, work plan, recruitment plan,
>       finances and accounting, rules for member's acceptance and
>       revocation, and any other business as it see fits; the annual
>       GA meeting is mandatory; the mandate of General Manager
>       is defined in Status)
>  1.7. The staff of non for profit association is submitted
>       to the common French rule for employment (such as packages
>       for retirement or medical insurance).
>
> To declare a non for profit using law 1901, the following shall
> be accomplished:
>  2.1. Status shall be written (either using any of standard
>       examples provided in loi 1901 books, or adapted carefully
>       to the desired purposes)
>  2.2. Declaration at the prefecture of the Registration place,
>       then subsequent public record and number in the French
>       Journal Officiel (JO). The declaration may be accomplished
>       by a delegate from Board, the cost is 290 FF. Within 2 weeks
>       such a declaration is recorded in the JO, and the association
>       acquire a legal status. Once the legal status established,
>       the association is ready to run its business, including
>       an opening of a business bank account (no restrictions on
>       currency, may be in dollars US).

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