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Concept selected: Cooperative company
Definition
Company which, with variable capital and a democratic structure and management, associate, in the form of an open membership with voluntary delisting, persons who have common socio-economic interests or needs, who carry out corporate activities for the satisfaction of the latter and for the benefit of the cooperative. The economic results are imputed to partners once cooperative funds have been dealt with, depending on the cooperative activity that is carried out.The corporate domicile needs to include the words "Sociedad Cooperativa" or its abbreviation "S. Coop.".
The number of partners is unlimited and the responsibility of these for corporate debts is that set out in the statutes.
The law does not require minimal capital for the constitution of cooperatives, it is the statutes themselves which determines this.
For the acquisition of legal personality registration in the cooperative companies register and public deed is required.
Source
Surveys Mercantile Companies and Bankruptcy ProceedingsTopic
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