The
principles of the credit cooperative.
Credit
Cooperative is a nonprofit organization created in the form of a consumer
cooperative and operates on the basis of the following principles neighbors credit union :
ü voluntary membership in a credit
cooperative;
ü management of the credit cooperative on
democratic principles (one member of the cooperative credit - one vote);
ü loans to the credit cooperative society
on equal terms;
ü availability of information on the
activities of credit cooperative to its members.
ü
Creation
of the state registration of credit cooperatives.
Credit
cooperative can be established by at least five individuals and (or) at least
two legal entities, unless otherwise provided by federal law. The
state registration of credit cooperative shall be as defined by federal law on
state registration of legal entities.
Credit
Cooperative is established from the date of the relevant entry in the Unified
State Register of Legal Entities.
Credit
cooperatives can be established in the form of credit consumer cooperatives of
citizens, rural credit cooperatives, mutual credit, mortgage credit
cooperatives and other credit cooperatives in accordance with the Federal Law
"On credit cooperation" and other federal laws.
The
activity of certain types of credit cooperatives may be regulated by special
federal laws.
Charter credit cooperative.
Credit
Cooperative Charter should contain the following information:
1)
the name and address of the credit cooperative;
2)
the subject and purpose of the credit cooperative;
3)
the procedure and conditions of the credit cooperative, the grounds and
procedures for termination of membership in the credit cooperative;
4)
the rights, obligations and responsibilities of the credit cooperative;
5)
The manner of payment of the members of the cooperative credit losses incurred;
6)
structure, the order of creation and competence of the credit cooperative
decision-making rules, including on issues requiring decisions unanimously or
by qualified majority;
7)
the size and order of compulsory shares and liability for breach of obligations
on their making, and how to make additional equity contributions;
8)
payment arrangements with a member of the credit cooperative exit from the
credit cooperative;
9)
funds set up in the credit cooperative, and the order of their formation;
10)
the distribution of revenue credit cooperative;
11)
the procedure for convening and date of the general meeting of the credit
cooperative, the organization of the vote count;
12) the
procedure of reorganization and liquidation of the credit cooperative;
13)
other by this Federal Law and other federal laws information.
Charter
credit cooperative established financial standards of its activities. It is
mandatory to set limits of relations:
ü the amount of own funds and the assets of
the cooperative credit balance;
ü current assets and current liabilities of
balance credit cooperative;
ü mutual fund size and the size of the
reserve fund credit cooperative;
ü the amount of loans granted to a single
borrower, and the balance of the loan assets of the cooperative.
ü
Credit
Cooperative Charter may contain other provisions necessary for its operation
and is not contrary to the federal law "On credit cooperation" and
other normative legal acts of the Federation neighbors credit union .
Changes
and amendments to the charter of the credit cooperative resolution of the
general meeting of its members are subject to state registration in the federal
law.
Limitations
of the credit cooperative.
In
carrying out its activities credit cooperative shall not:
ü provide loans to non-members of the
credit cooperative;
ü act as security for the obligations of
its members and third parties;
ü make their property as a contribution to
the authorized (share) capital of business partnerships and companies,
production cooperatives;
ü issuance of equity securities;
ü
ü buy equity securities, except for state
and municipal securities, to perform other operations on the stock markets.
Credit
cooperative may carry on business in so far as it serves to achieve its
statutory objectives and meet these goals.
The
order of granting credit cooperative loans to its members.
Credit
cooperative uses its funds to provide loans only to its members.
The
amount of loans granted to members of the cooperative credit can not exceed the
amount established by the general meeting of the credit cooperative.
Loan
agreement, regardless of the size of the loan shall be in writing. Failure
to comply with the specified form of the loan agreement shall entail its
invalidity.
Repayment
of the loan credit cooperative member - an individual is provided the amount of
its shares, as well as the amount of his personal savings to the user credit
cooperative, in addition to certain other loan contract method.
Repayment
of the loan credit cooperative member - an individual entrepreneur or legal
entity must be secured by collateral or otherwise as provided by the loan
agreement.
In
case of failure by the borrower to ensure the specified credit cooperative may
provide a return on the loan through its insurance for the borrower neighbors credit union .
Creating a credit
cooperative neighbors credit union