X. The General Assembly

  1. The highest governing body of the Association is the General Assembly of the Members, which shall be convened by the decision of the President of the Association at least once a year. Extraordinary General Assembly shall be convened at request of not less than one-third of the Members or one-half Members of the Executive Board.

  2. ĒThe General Assembly shall be valid if attended by at least one-half of the Members of the Association.

  3. The General Assembly consists of all Members of the Association, each of whom shall have one vote at the time of decision-making. Collective members participate in the General Assembly by proxy.

  4. During the General Assembly the President, or in his absence the Vice-President, shall preside.

  5. Date, place and agenda of the General Assembly shall be informed by the Executive Board to the Members in a written or electronic form at least 30 days prior to its holding. Proposals for the agenda of the General Assembly shall be sent by the Members of the Association to the Executive Board no later than 15 days prior to its holding. The Executive Board shall make a decision on inclusion of issues on the agenda. In extraordinary cases, the General Assembly is able to make a decision to consider other issues not included on the agenda.

  6. In the case of an extraordinary assembly, the date, place and agenda of the Extraordinary General Assembly shall be informed by the Executive Board to the Members in a written or electronic form at least 8 days prior to its holding.

  7. The competence of the General Assembly shall include resolving of any issues of statutory activity of the Association. General Assembly may delegate its rights and powers to the Executive Board for resolving of any issues except issues within its exclusive competence.

  8. The exclusive competence of the General Assembly shall include:

    1) approval of the Charter of the Association and its amendments;

    2) determination of the main areas of activity of the Association;

    3) approval of the number of Executive Board;/P>

    4) election and dismission of the Executive Board;

    5) election and dismission of the President of the Association;

    6) election and dismission of the members of the Audit Committee;

    7) sale of property and funds of the Association;

    8) hearing and approval of reports on the activities of the Executive Board, the President and the Audit Committee;

    9) establishment of enterprises and organizations and approval of their statutes;

    10) making a decision on reorganization or liquidation of the Association.

  9. Decisions of the General Assembly shall be approved by a simple majority vote of the Members of the Association present.

  10. Results of General Assembly and decisions approved shall be fixed in the minutes. Minutes of the General Assembly shall be signed by the President and by secretary of the General Assembly, appointed by the President from among the Members present.

  11. Decisions made by the General Assembly shall take effect from the date of their approval, unless otherwise determined by the General Assembly.

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