Statutes of the Galicia Forestry Association

TITLE I

OF THE NAME, NATURE, SCOPE, DURATION AND DOMICILE

 

Article 1.- Name, object and regulations

1. The statutes of the association called GALICIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION, with CIF nº G-15112121, registered in 1986 with number 68,382 in the Register of Associations of the Ministry of the Interior of the Xunta de Galicia and with a modification of statutes registered in the Provincial Register of Associations with protocol nº 1,794 /1ª and with resolution date of June 18, 2001.
2. GALICIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION (hereinafter AFG) is a non-profit, autonomous and independent association that, in the territorial area of ​​Galicia, brings together private forest owners, private communal neighborhood forest owners and forest holders. It aims to contribute to the defense and promotion of the social and economic interests of its members, promoting the sustainable management of Galicia's forests and the improvement of forestry.
3. The association will be governed according to democratic principles, as established in the Constitution, by Organic Law 1/2002, of March 22, regulating the right of associations, by the other existing legislation on associations that is applicable to it, the rest of the legal system and by the provisions of these statutes.

 

Article 2.- Birthplace and capacity

AFG:

1. It has full legal personality and capacity to act.
2. It will be able to promote and assume the corresponding procedures and exercise the rights and actions that correspond to it before any authority, body and jurisdiction.
3. It has the necessary capacity to carry out the acts and contracts aimed at fulfilling its purposes.
4. It may join, federate or associate with other national and foreign entities of forest owners, as well as participate in any others, after the agreement of the Governing Body which will have to be ratified by the General Assembly.

 

Article 3.- Scope and duration

1. The association is established for an indefinite period and will only be dissolved, in accordance with these statutes, by the will of the members expressed in an Extraordinary General Assembly or for the reasons provided for in current legislation.
2. The AFG, based on its goals and the location of its registered office, will fundamentally carry out its activities within the territorial scope of the Autonomous Community of Galicia.

 

Article 4.- Domicile

1. AFG has its main and permanent address in Santiago de Compostela, rúa do Vilar, nº 33, 1º, CP 15705.
2. Other additional associative premises may be used in other localities, by agreement of the General Assembly at the proposal of the Governing Board, which will have powers to change both the domicile and the premises, and will report its agreement to the body in charge of the Register of Associations. 

 

TITLE II

OF THE PURPOSES OF THE ASSOCIATION

 

Article 5.- Purposes of the association

The aims of the association are:

1. To bring together forest owners and landowners in Galicia.
2. To represent its members before national and international administrations, entities, corporations and institutions in the forestry sector.
3. To contribute to the development of forestry policies in line with the interests of Galician foresters.
4. To improve forestry production in Galicia in quantity and quality, increasing the profitability of forests.
5. To provide its partners with information, advice and technical assistance in the forestry field.
6. To inform the Administration about legislation that could affect forest property, the practice of forestry and, in general, Galician forests and forest products.
7. To support and promote forestry research and propose research lines and projects that respond to the needs of Galician foresters.
8. To encourage initiatives and suggest proposals that improve the structure of forest property in Galicia aimed at obtaining technically appropriate exploitation units.
9. To disseminate and promote knowledge and techniques aimed at achieving sustainable management of forest resources in Galicia.
10. To develop training activities that contribute to increasing knowledge and management capacity in the forestry field.
11. To promote initiatives that contribute to increasing the added value of goods, products and resources generated in the Galician forests.
12. To promote and carry out activities for the defense of the environment and the conservation of nature, including the formalization of land custody agreements for the conservation of natural heritage and biodiversity.
13. To develop all those activities compatible with the aforementioned purposes, the statutes and current legislation.

The profits that are obtained for any concept will be allocated exclusively to the fulfillment of these purposes, without being able to be distributed among the partners or other natural or legal persons with a profitable interest. 

 

TITLE III

ABOUT PARTNERS

 

Article 6.- Requirements and procedure for acquiring membership status

1. All private forest owners, of private forests and private communal neighborhood forest owners, and the holders of forest holdings, whether natural or legal persons, by themselves or through their legal representation, may belong to the AFG, provided that their forests are located in Galicia. However, the AFG may also belong to those entities with their own legal personality for the fulfillment of their purposes, which, even if they lack ownership of forest properties or forest operations, group other people or entities that mostly have that ownership and share the purposes of the AFG.
   Likewise, natural or legal persons who meet the conditions provided for in article 7 of the Statutes may belong to the AFG, even if they do not own forest properties.
2. Joining the association will be voluntary.
3. In order to acquire membership status, it will be necessary to request it in writing addressed to the association, explicitly assuming compliance with the statutory provisions that govern it.
4. Admission will be agreed upon by the Government, which may deny it through a duly motivated resolution.
5. The association will keep a register of members in which all the members belonging to the entity will appear and where the additions and deletions that occur will be noted.

 

Article 7.- Other members: honorary members and protectors, and affiliated members

Honorary partners and protectors may be natural or legal persons, whether national or foreign, who, in the opinion of the General Assembly and the proposal of the Board of Governors, have merits that make them eligible for this distinction.

1. Those natural or legal persons who, due to their relevant contributions in the field of forestry, ecology, or in general in the disciplines related to the forestry sector, may be considered as honorary partners, in the judgment of the General Assembly and the proposal of the Board of Government.
2. Those persons or entities that, in the judgment of the General Assembly and the proposal of the Board of Governors, can have the condition of protective partners, help in a notable way to the development of the aims of the association.
3. Members may be natural or legal persons, whether national or foreign, who are part as full members of any private communal neighborhood forest , association or organization that in turn is a member of the AFG, as well as natural persons or legal attached to the PEFC and FSC certification systems of the Selga group.
4. Honorary and protective members, as well as affiliated members, will have the right to participate in the acts and activities of the association but will be exempt from the rights and duties listed in sections 1 and 2 of article 8.
5. The status of honorary member and protector may be withdrawn by agreement of the General Assembly at the proposal of the Board of Governors.

 

Article 8.- Rights and duties of partners

1. Members have the following rights:

• To decide on the affairs of the association, participating in the assemblies, meetings and events for which they are called, with the right to voice and vote, except for the honorary members, protectors and adherents who will not have the right to vote.
• To exercise and serve the positions for which they are elected and appointed.
• To be informed of the composition of the governing bodies and representation of the association, of its statement of accounts and the development of its activity.
• To use AFG services and participate in its activities.
• To be heard prior to the adoption of disciplinary measures against him and to be informed of the facts that give rise to said measures, and the agreement that, where appropriate, imposes the sanction, must be motivated.
• To challenge the agreements of the bodies of the association that are contrary to the law or the statutes.

The partners are obliged to:

• Share the goals of the association and collaborate to achieve them.
• Satisfy the quotas that are established and the required contributions in accordance with the commitments subscribed and those made by the General Assembly.
• Carry out the positions for which they were elected.
• Communicate to the AFG truthful information about your forest property at the time of the application for admission, as well as notify any subsequent variation.
• Maintain confidentiality in relation to the data you provide to AFG.
• Refrain from any action, practice or conduct that involves unfair competition with the AFG or entities in which the association participates.
• Adhere to and comply with these statutes and the agreements validly adopted by the governing bodies and representation of the association.
• Have good individual and civic conduct.

 

Article 9.- Loss of membership status

1. Member status is lost:

• Of their own free will by writing to the Governing Board. It will also be considered that you wish to resign as a member if you return the payment of the annual fee on your own initiative.
• Due to the delay of more than a year in the payment of the annual fees.
• For non-compliance with the statutes or the agreements of the governing bodies.
• For failure to comply with their obligations or the performance of actions that seriously harm the interests of the association, after a disciplinary file, with a hearing of the interested party.
• By death of the natural person or extinction of the legal person.
• For failing to fulfill the requirements established to hold membership status in articles 6 and 7 of these Statutes.

2. The member who ceases to belong to the association, for any reason, will be subject to the fulfillment or cancellation of the commitments and obligations he had contracted at the time of his withdrawal.

 

Article 10.- Violations

Regardless of what is provided as a reason for dismissal, the following may be sanctioned:

1. Malicious inaccuracy or deficiency in the information or documents provided by members.
2. To harm the interests of the association and the normal development of its functions, according to the present statutes.
3. The delay in the fulfillment of the obligations, as long as this delay is not a reason for termination of the association.

 

Article 11.- Sanctioning regime

1. The determination of the faults and their seriousness, the sanctions and the procedure to be followed will be the responsibility of the Governing Board.
2. The Board of Governors may sanction the infringements mentioned, according to their seriousness, with a written warning or with the suspension of their rights for a maximum period of twelve months to the infringing member.
3. The imposition of sanctions on members will in any case require the initiation of the corresponding file for which an instructor appointed by the Governing Body will be appointed.

  

TITLE IV

GOVERNMENT BODIES AND ADVISORY BODIES

 

Article 12.- Governing bodies

The management and administration of the AFG will be carried out by the General Assembly, the Board of Governors, the Executive Commission and the president.

 

Article 13.- Duration of positions

The elective offices of the governing bodies will have a term of four years, although they may be subject to re-election.

 

Article 14.- Cessation of governing bodies

The status of a member of a governing body of the AFG will be lost for:

1. To cause dismissal as a partner.
2. To stop fulfilling the requirements required to be a member and, in the case of private communal neighborhood forest owners, by losing the status of a member of the Board of Governors of the forest community, unless the Board of Governors formally supports his continuation as a member of the body of government of the AFG.
3. Voluntary resignation.
4. Not complying with the conditions required to access the governing bodies.
5. Elapse of the term for which they were elected.
6. Cessation agreement adopted by more than half of the partners present or represented, meeting in an Extraordinary General Assembly called for that purpose.

Resignation and the passage of the term do not give rise to automatic termination, but an effective transfer of powers must be made with the delivery of documentation and updating of the successor.

Vacancies that may occur during the term of office of any governing body of the AFG, will be filled provisionally among the members of the same governing body until the final election by the General Assembly. In any case, the Board of Governors must be made up of at least 5 elected people.

 

Article 15.- The General Assembly

1. The General Assembly of members is the body of expression of the will of the association and will be formed by all its members. The president and secretary of the Assembly will also be the president and secretary of the Governing Body.

2. The powers of the Ordinary General Assembly are:

• To approve the plan of activities and intervene in the affairs of the AFG, approve or censure the management of the Governing Board and demand responsibilities from its members, if applicable.
• To examine and approve the accounts and balance sheets of the previous year.
• To approve the income and expenditure budgets for each financial year.
• Examination and approval of quotas.
• To approve the participation, association or federation with other entities or associations, as proposed by the Governing Board.
• To resolve on the matters and proposals submitted by the Governing Board, as well as to agree on the decisions it deems appropriate for the smooth running of the AFG.
• To approve the execution of loan operations, credit, guarantees, commercial discounts, advance certifications, financial leasing operations (leasing) and factoring, necessary for the development of collaboration agreements, contracts, projects and fulfillment of the goals of the association at the proposal of the Governing Board.
• To approve the changes of registered office of the association and of the additional associative premises.

3. Powers of the Extraordinary General Assembly are:

• To elect and terminate the members of the Governing Board.
• To amend the statutes of the association.
• To authorize the alienation, encumbrance or mortgage of social assets.
• To request the declaration of public utility of the association.
• To approve the internal regulations of the association.
• To agree on the dissolution of the association.
• To appoint liquidators.
• Those that fall under the jurisdiction of the Ordinary General Assembly, for reasons of urgency or necessity, but cannot wait for their call without serious prejudice to the AFG.

 

Article 16.- Classes and call of the General Assembly

The meetings of the General Assembly will be ordinary and extraordinary.

1. The Ordinary General Assembly will meet once a year, within the first six months of each fiscal year.
2. The Extraordinary General Assembly will meet as many times as agreed by the Board of Directors, or requested by at least 10% of the members with voting rights. In the latter case, it will be done by means of a letter addressed to the president, authorized with the signatures of the applicants, in which the reason for the call and the agenda are set out.
3. Both the Ordinary Assembly and the Extraordinary Assembly will be convened at least 15 days in advance by the president of the Governing Board, indicating at least the date, time and place of the meeting, if it is the first or the second convocation, between which he will mediate at least half an hour, and will express clearly and precisely the matters that make up the agenda.
4. The General Assembly, whatever its nature, may only deal with those issues included in the agenda.
5. Both for ordinary and extraordinary assemblies, notification will be made at the association's premises and at the address of the members listed in the association's database or at the electronic address provided.

 

Article 17.- Functioning of the General Assembly

1. The General Assembly will be validly constituted as long as half plus one of the members with the right to vote are present in the first call or, after half an hour in the second call, with any number of attendees but, in any case, with the presence of the president or vice-president and the secretary or person who replaces him.
2. Every member, except for the members referred to in article 7 of the Statutes, has the right to vote, which he may exercise personally or by means of delegation. Voting delegation can only be granted to a natural person who is a member of the AFG or the representative of a legal person who is a member of the AFG. Accreditation will be done before the secretary, in writing and prior to the holding of the assembly, showing the vote delegation signed by the represented member, accompanied by a photocopy of his ID and the original ID of the representative. Each partner or natural person may exercise only one delegation.
3. The agreements adopted must be by the affirmative vote of the simple majority of those present or represented with the right to vote with the following exceptions: the favorable vote of more than half of those present or represented will be required for what is specified in the section g of point 2 and for the sections b, c, d, and of point 3 of article 15; the favorable vote of 2/3 of those present or represented for the sections will be necessary f, g of point 3 of article 15.
4. The agreements adopted in accordance with the above precepts will bind all members, including non-attendees.
5. Sessions will open when the president so determines. The secretary will then proceed to check and record the delegated votes and then read the minutes of the previous assembly. Next, the items on the agenda will be presented, proceeding to the debate and the approval of the corresponding agreements in the terms contained in these statutes according to the matter in question.
6. Minutes signed by the secretary and the president will be drawn up for each session of the General Assembly, which will specify the number of attendees, the agenda, place and time, the main deliberations and the content of the agreements adopted.
7. Dissenting partners may formulate a private vote in writing that will be included in the minutes.
8. The minutes will be approved by the majority of those present with the right to vote in the same or the next session of the General Assembly, in any case, the secretary may issue certifications on the agreements adopted, without prejudice to the subsequent approval of the minutes.
9. Voting may be done by a show of hands, by roll call, by secret ballot or by unanimous consent. The form of voting will be decided by the president.
10. Agreements that go against these statutes or infringe the goals of the association may be appealed before the General Assembly. From the resolution of the replacement appeal, the way to appeal before the ordinary jurisdiction will be expedited.

 

Article 18.- The Governing Body

The Board of Governors is the body in charge of the governance, management and administration of the AFG.

1. The Board of Governors will be formed by the president of the AFG, three vice-presidents, and a number of members not exceeding sixteen.
2. The director of the AFG and the executive positions agreed upon by the Governing Body will also form part of the Governing Body, with a voice but without a vote.
3. The secretary and the treasurer will be elected from among the members of the Governing Board.
4. The positions that make up the Board of Governors will be held free of charge, without prejudice to the right to be reimbursed for duly justified expenses that they may incur for actions related to the association.
5. The members of the Governing Board will be elected by the General Assembly. Their duration will be for a period of four years, although they may be subject to re-election.

The Governing Body has the following powers:

1. To comply with and to enforce the provisions of these statutes and the agreements validly adopted by the governing bodies of the AFG;
2. To resolve the procedures for the acquisition and loss of membership status.
3. To program and direct the associative activities.
4. To carry out the administrative and economic management of the association.
5. To submit the annual budget of income and expenses, as well as the statement of accounts for the previous year, for approval by the General Assembly.
6. To propose the association's activity plan to the General Assembly for its approval, promoting and directing its tasks.
7. To choose from among its members the people who make up the Executive Commission.
8. To appoint the representatives of the AFG before any other associative organization and public and private bodies.
9. To appoint secretary and treasurer.
10. To appoint the director and the other management positions of the AFG, fixing their functions and powers.
11. To instruct and resolve disciplinary files.
12. To determine the number of members of the Board of Governors who will be elected in the General Assembly.
13. To establish the Electoral Commission and to designate the members who will be part of it.
14. To call and set the date of the General Assembly.
15. To propose to the General Assembly the fixing of ordinary and extraordinary quotas for members.
16. To designate the work committees or sections that are deemed appropriate for the good functioning of the association that must be chaired by the members of the Governing Board in order to delegate to them the preparation of certain acts or activities or to obtain the necessary information from them.
17. To dictate internal organizational rules and to approve acts and contracts and exercise any functions, rights and actions not expressly assigned to the General Assembly.
18. To approve the AFG's contributions to other entities.
19. Those not expressly attributed to another body of the association, and those assigned by the General Assembly.

 

Article 19. Functioning of the Board of Governors

1. The Board of Governors will meet at least twice a year, following the call of the president or whenever requested by at least half plus one of its members. The members of the Governing Board may delegate their representation to another elected member of the body itself.
2. For the valid constitution of the body, to hold sessions, deliberations and take decisions, the participation of at least half plus one of its members (present or represented) and, in any case, the president or vice-president who replaces the secretary or person who replaces him.
3. The agreements will be adopted by the majority of votes of the attendees present or represented. The secretary or, in his absence, whoever replaces him, will take minutes of each session.
4. The members of the Governing Body are responsible for:

• Receiving, at least twenty-four hours in advance, the calls with the agenda of the meetings.
• Participating in debates and sessions, exercise your right to vote and make a private vote.
• Obtaining the necessary information to fulfill assigned duties.

 

Article 20.- The Executive Commission

1. The Executive Commission has the following powers:

• The direction of the association, without prejudice to the powers of the Board of Governors.
• Assistance to the president in the exercise of his functions of management and representation.
• The monitoring of the actions taken and the agreements or decisions adopted by the other governing bodies.
• To form the Bureau of the General Assembly.
• To propose the organizational structure of the AFG to the Board of Governors.
• The adoption of agreements regarding technical and administrative personnel.

2. The Executive Commission will meet as many times as the president of the Governing Body calls it, or at least a number of members not less than a third of the total.

 

Article 21.- The president

1. The president is the highest representative of the entity.
2. The president of the association is responsible for:
   1. Representing the association in all acts and contracts that are held, as well as before the authorities, departments of the Administration, courts, private entities and individuals.
   2. Presiding over the sessions, moderating the development of the debates and, where appropriate, suspending it when there is a duly justified cause of any of the governing bodies of the association.
   3. Complying with and enforcing these statutes, validly adopted agreements, and the legal and regulatory standards.
   4. Taking the social signature.
   5. Supervising the entity's activities.
   6. Ordering expenses and authorizing payments in cases where this faculty is not expressly attributed to another body or director of the AFG.
   7. Granting, in accordance with the Government, the necessary powers to follow procedures and exercise rights and actions.
   8. Endorsement of the minutes and certificates of the agreements of the governing bodies.
   9. How many other functions are inherent in his condition.

 

Honorary president

The General Assembly, at the proposal of the Governing Council, may appoint an honorary president of the AFG to that natural person who meets the merits for such a distinction in recognition of his contribution to Galician forestry and his support to the Forestry Association of Galicia. The honorary president will have the functions of honorary representation of the Forestry Association of Galicia entrusted to him by the Government. The honorary president, in the official events of the AFG, will occupy the most prominent place as a matter of protocol.

 

Article 22.- The vice-presidents and members

1. The vice-presidents:

• Three vice-presidents will be part of the Governing Board: from private communal neighborhood forests, from private individual forests, representing their respective groups, and a third from institutional relations.
• In the event of absence, illness, resignation, death or when, for any other reason, the position of president is absent or temporarily vacant, the vice president for institutional relations and, in his absence, the oldest vice president will exercise his duties.
• The vice-presidents may exercise the functions of representation of the AFG conferred on them by express delegation of the president.

2. The members will have the following attributions:

• Up to a maximum of 16 members will form part of the Governing Body.
• They will be able to carry out programs and proposals in their area of ​​action.
• They will carry out the work entrusted to them by the Governing Body.

 

Article 23.- The secretary

The secretary is responsible for:

1. Receiving and processing admission applications.
2. Maintaining the membership file and membership record book.
3. Directing the administrative work of the entity.
4. Receiving communications from members of the Governing Body and the General Assembly.
5. Being responsible for the filing of all documents relating to the association, as well as records, files and databases.
6. Executing or notifying the calls of the meetings of the General Assemblies and the Board of Governors by order of the president.
7. Drafting the minutes of the assemblies and the Government Meeting, authorizing them with his signature and the approval of the president, taking care of their custody.
8. Issuing the certifications of the agreements adopted with the approval of the president.
9. Taking the inventory of the assets of the association.

 

Article 24.- The treasurer

1. The treasurer is responsible for:

• Custodying of the funds belonging to the association.
• Complying with the payment orders issued by the president.
• Keeping the accounting of the association.
• Verifying incomes and payments.
• Preparing the draft budget, as well as the profit and loss accounts and balance sheets.

2. The treasurer has the obligation to close the budget year so that the accounts are available to the members of the association 15 days before the celebration of the Ordinary General Assembly.

 

Article 25.- Consultative bodies: councils of private communal neighborhood forest owners and councils of foresters

1. The councils will have a consultative nature to adjust and facilitate the development of the actions of the AFG.
2. Within each province, a "council" can be set up made up of representatives of private communal neighborhood forest and another of owners of individual private forests, all of them members of the AFG. The first receives the name "Council of private communal neighborhood forest owners" and the second "Council of foresters".
3. In order for a council of private communal neighborhood forest owners to be established, at least thirty member communities of the AFG in the same province will be necessary.
4. Councils of foresters require a minimum number of 200 members from the same province, owners of private forests, for their valid constitution.
5. The territorial scope of each council that may be established within the AFG will be provincial.

 

Article 26.- Organization of the councils

1. Each board will be composed of:

• The elected delegates to form each council.
• The president of the AFG or person to whom he delegates.
• An AFG technical director.

2. The delegates of the councils of private communal neighborhood forest owners will be elected by the representatives of the member communities of the AFG. One for each region in which there are a minimum of ten members of private communal neighborhood forest owners, according to the regions recognized by the Xunta de Galicia.

3. The members of the councils of private communal neighborhood forest owners will be the representatives of a community that the governing boards designate in each case.

4. The delegates of the foresters' councils will be elected by the members of the AFG in each region where there are at least 30 members.

5. The position of delegate will be valid for four years, and they may be re-elected successively. They will have the functions of collecting the demands, problems and interests of the AFG members and transferring them to the council, as well as coordinating the demands of AFG activities in the area for which he was elected to the position.

 

Article 27.- Powers and functioning of the councils of private communal neighborhood forest owners and the councils of the foresters

1. The councils are responsible for:

• Studying and analyzing the problems that affect the forests in their territorial scope.
• Bringing to the attention of the AFG Board of Directors how many questions they consider of interest to the members, as well as the solutions they present.
• Developing and coordinating the activity of the AFG in its respective territorial scope.
• Proposing to the Governing Body the actions of the AFG in its territorial scope.
• Exchanging information with the managers of the AFG and with the representatives of that office in their territorial scope.
• Calling all the members of your district to the meetings they deem appropriate.

2. Under no circumstances may the actions or decisions taken by the councils contradict, or oppose, the decisions of the governing bodies of the AFG.

  

TITLE V

OF THE ELECTORAL PROCEDURE

 

Article 28.- Call for elections

1. The elections in charge of the AFG Board of Governors will be called by the president of the AFG one month before the date of the respective elections.
2. The elections to the delegates of the councils of private communal neighborhood forest owners and the councils of the foresters, wherever they have been, will be held at the end of their mandate and will be called by the president of the AFG.
3. The procedure for the election of these delegates will be regulated by the Governing Body.

 

Article 29.- Applications

1. The lists of candidates for members of the Governing Body will be closed. Each candidacy will specify the names proposed for the positions of president, vice-president of institutional relations, vice-president of private communal neighborhood forest owners, vice-president of private individual forests and the corresponding members appointed by the Government in each case.
2. The lists of delegates to the councils of the AFG will be open.
3. The positions of the Board of Governors will be elected by the members of the AFG with the right to vote in the Extraordinary General Assembly called for that purpose.
4. If no candidacy is presented within the stipulated period, the Extraordinary General Assembly convened for the purpose will also be held to decide on the calling of a new electoral process and the confirmation, if considered so, of the existing Governing Body until a new election is held.

 

Article 30.- Electoral Commission

For the election of the Governing Body, in each electoral period, an Electoral Commission will be constituted of three members who will be appointed by the Governing Body.

1. The Electoral Commission will have the following tasks:
   • To ensure compliance with electoral regulations.
   • To establish the Electoral Board.
   • To resolve within twenty-four hours, on working days, the resources that arise in relation to the electoral processes.
   • To examine and announce candidacies.
2. Any member of the AFG who is not going to present himself as a candidate for the Governing Body in the electoral process that is called can be part of the Electoral Commission.
3. The Electoral Commission will be established within three working days from the start of the electoral process by decision of the Governing Body. They will choose a president from among themselves.
4. The candidacies, complete to fill all the positions of the Governing Body fixed in the election call, will be presented to the Electoral Commission at least seven days before the fixed election date. Each candidate will appoint an auditor who will be the interlocutor with the Electoral Commission.
5. Once the candidacies have been examined and the allegations that may have been raised have been resolved, the Electoral Commission will take the necessary actions for the development of the electoral process with all democratic guarantees.

 

Article 31.- Voting and scrutiny

1. For the election of the Governing Body, a polling station will be set up half an hour before the start of voting, made up of the members of the Electoral Commission and the intervenors of each candidate presented.
2. The elections will be held by secret ballot using formalized ballots for each candidacy that will include the names proposed for each position of the Governing Body.
3. The exercise of the right to vote will require proof of the identity of each voter and of their status as members of the AFG.
4. Once the votes have been deposited in the ballot box, it will be opened and counted. The president of the Electoral Commission will take out the ballots one by one and will read aloud the voted candidate, showing the ballot to the members of the Electoral Board. Once the count has been carried out, and taking into account the null and blank votes, a record of the scrutiny will be drawn up that must be signed by all the members of the table and the result of the scrutiny will be announced aloud before the assembly.

  

TITLE VI

OF THE ECONOMIC REGIME

 

Article 32.- AFG assets, resources and accounts

1. The assets of the AFG will be made up of all kinds of goods, rights, shares and participations, with no further limitations than those established by law.

2. The economic resources of AFG will come from:

1. The registration fees, the regular and extraordinary periodic fees, as well as the members' contributions.
2. The performance of the services provided by AFG.
3. Those derived from the organization of courses, conferences, seminars, journeys and activities, as well as the sale of publications.
4. Those generated by studies and research projects and cooperation.
5. Aid, subsidies and donations.
6. The products, rights and dividends derived from your assets and your social shares.
7. Any other that conforms to the law.

3. The end of the financial year will coincide with the end of the calendar year.

4. The annual economic report will include an annual budget with differentiated income and expenditure items. The draft budget will be drawn up by the treasurer of the association who must have it ready in advance so that it can be approved at the Ordinary General Assembly.

5. Annually, with reference to the last day of the financial year of each year, the accounts will be drawn up and will be formalized in a report that will be made available to the members for a period of no less than 15 days from the time indicated for the celebration of the Ordinary General Assembly, which must approve or censure them.

6. The economic budget for each year will also be submitted to the consideration of the Ordinary General Assembly.

7. For the disposal of funds from the accounts that the association has in banking institutions, two joint signatures will be required, of the president or vice-president who replaces him, and of the person or persons designated by the Governing Board.

 

Article 33.- Regulation of quotas

The Ordinary General Assembly, at the proposal of the Board of Governors, will approve both the ordinary and the extraordinary quotas, which will not be refundable under any circumstances. The proceeds will be dedicated to meeting the needs of the association.

 

Article 34.- Responsibility of AFG and partners

1. The association, for all purposes, and especially in its relations with third parties, due to the operations agreed with them, will respond with its present and future assets.
2. As a non-profit entity, under no circumstances can the resources obtained by the association be distributed among the members.

  

TITLE VII

OF THE AMENDMENT OF THE STATUTES

 

Article 35.- Amendment of statutes

The present statutes may only be modified in an Extraordinary General Assembly called for that purpose, by agreement adopted with the favorable vote of more than half of the members with the right to vote present or represented. The call proposal must be accompanied by the text of the proposed amendments.

 

 

TITLE VIII

OF THE DISSOLUTION OF THE ASSOCIATION

 

Article 36.- Dissolution

The AFG will be dissolved voluntarily or for any of the reasons provided for in the current regulations.

 

Article 37.- Dissolution procedure

The dissolution of the association, proposed by the Board of Governors, can only be agreed upon by the Extraordinary General Assembly convened for that purpose through the favorable vote of two thirds of the votes present or represented.

 

Article 38.- Liquidation

1. Once the dissolution has been agreed, the Extraordinary General Assembly will appoint three liquidating partners, who, together with the president and the treasurer, will proceed to liquidate the assets, paying debts, collecting credits and determining the resulting net assets.
2. The resulting balance, once the liquidation has been carried out, will be donated to another non-profit association registered in the autonomous community.
3. The proof of the donation will be submitted to the corresponding Register of Associations to proceed with the registration of the dissolution of the association.

 

 

TITLE IX

INTERNAL REGIME

 

Article 39.- Internal regulations

The internal regime regulation, where applicable, will develop those matters not directly contemplated in these statutes, such as the disciplinary procedure, and may not in any case go against what is stipulated therein. In any case, the internal functioning of the association will be subject to the civil jurisdictional system.

 

 

ADDITIONAL PROVISION

All questions and controversies arising from the interpretation, application and execution of the regulations in these statutes are submitted to the courts and tribunals of Santiago de Compostela.

  

TRANSITIONAL PROVISION

The composition and structure of the governing bodies of the AFG will be maintained until the end of the current term of office of its members, without prejudice to the incorporation of positions and management personnel in the terms provided for in these statutes.

 

FINAL DISPOSITION

These statutes will enter into force the day after their approval by the Extraordinary General Assembly convened for that purpose.

 

2018. Juan Ramón Gallástegui, in his capacity as secretary of the Forestry Association of Galicia, states that these statutes were amended at the Extraordinary General Assembly held in Vilagarcía de Arousa on May 26, 2018.

 

Vilagarcía de Arousa, May 26, 2018