The General Assembly. 1. The General Assembly shall be the highest decision-making body of ATAF. It shall meet at least once every financial year.
2. The General Assembly shall consist of the Heads of the Tax Administrations of the Parties or their authorized representatives.
3. The powers and responsibilities of the General Assembly are to:
(a) elect the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and members of the Council;
(b) approve or amend the future Work Programmes and annual budget as proposed by the Council;
(c) note the appointment and conditions of service of the Secretariat, and the extension or termination of the employment of the Executive Secretary, by the Council;
(d) receive, consider and adopt, with or without modification, reports from the Council on the activities of ATAF since the last General Assembly, incorporating audited annual accounts for each year under review which shall be certified by the External Auditors;
(e) approve or amend the minutes of the previous General Assembly;
(f) consider and approve the financial report for the past year;
(g) review annual Membership fees and Associate Membership fees;
(h) amend this Agreement;
(i) approve and amend the Rules and Procedures;
(j) review the decisions of the Council;
(k) provide the Council with the mandate to engage with Development Partners on the financing of ATAF Work Programmes;
(l) approve the admission requests for membership of ATAF submitted by the Council;
(m) take note of the termination of membership;
(n) approve the venue of every annual General Assembly;
(o) provide a platform for discussions on tax-related technical areas;
(p) delegate to the Council such authority necessary to facilitate the operation of the affairs of ATAF between meetings of the General Assembly;
(q) deal with any other issues relating to the objectives of ATAF; and
(r) decide on the dissolution of ATAF in terms of the provisions of Article 26.
The General Assembly. 4.1 The General Assembly is the strategic, decision-making and supervisory body of APPEC.
4.2 Each Participating Institution of APPEC may appoint one (1) representative to the General Assembly (hereafter “Partner of the GA”). The representative will normally be the director of its major astroparticle physics Institute/Agency or a manager of a major national astroparticle physics program/funding agency. The Participating Institution reserves the right to change its representative to the General Assembly at any time. The Chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Committee and the General Secretary shall be invited to attend the meetings of the General Assembly without voting rights. The legal entities having acquired the observer status according to article 8 of the MoU shall attend the meeting of the General Assembly without voting rights.
The General Assembly. Composition
The General Assembly. The General Assembly shall be the representative body of all the members of the IFSB referred to in Article 6.
The General Assembly. The General Assembly is the Supreme Organ of the Organization and it is make up by Full Members, Associate Members and Permanent Observers. The General assembly shall meet at least once a year without prejudice of gathering in Special Sessions requested by the Executive Council or by a decision taken by a majority of Full Members.
1. To establish the general policy of the Organization.
2. To elect the seat of the Organization whose representative will assume the Presidency
3. To elect the other members of the Executive Council.
4. To determine the location for the Sessions of the General Assembly.
5. To approve the budget for the following year.
6. To establish the ways in which Full, Associate Members or cooperating entities shall contribute to the Organization.
7. To give opinion about the Annual Activities Report submitted by the Executive Council.
8. To give opinion about the Annual Financial Report submitted by the Executive Council.
9. To give opinion about the Working Plan programmed for the following year.
10. To approve or reject the accession of new members.
11. To approve the regulation of this Establishment Agreement, the rules of procedure for the conduction of its sessions, amendments, as well as, the regulations as it deems necessary.
12. To approve amendments to the provisions of this Establishment Agreement.
13. To approve the dissolution of the Organization in accordance with the provisions established in this Agreement. The reports referred by in this article, which must be submitted to the General Assembly for any kind of pronouncement, shall be distributed among Full Members, thirty calendar days before the relevant Session.
The General Assembly. 13.1 The Company shall have a General Assembly composed of all the Partners. The General Assembly shall be convened at the invitation of the General Manager at least once every year on the date and at the place to be determined by the General Manager during the four months following the end of the financial year.
13.2 The General Manager must call a General Assembly if so required by a number of Partners holding not less than one quarter of the capital.
13.3 Invitations to attend the General Assembly shall be sent by registered letters with acknowledgement of receipt addressed to each Partner at least twenty-one days before the date of the meeting. The invitations must include the particulars of the agenda and the place, date and time of the meeting.
13.4 Every Partner shall have the right to attend a General Assembly irrespective of the number of shares he holds. A Partner may, by proxy, delegate another Partner other than the Managers to represent him at the specified meeting of the General Assembly. Each Partner shall have a number of votes equal to the number of shares he owns or represents.
13.5 The agenda for the annual General Assembly must include the following matters:
a) review of the report of the General Manager on the Company's activities and financial position during the year, the report of the Board of Supervision and the auditor's report;
b) discussion and adoption of the balance sheet and profit and loss account;
c) detennination of the share in the profits to be distributed among the Partners and the share of each of them;
d) nomination and appointment of the board of directors , the managing director and the auditors for the next year and determination of their remuneration;
e) any other matter within its competence approved by the absolute majority of the partners to be included in the agenda;
f) Every Partner or his representative shall have the right to discuss matters included in the agenda. The Managers are obliged to reply to any Partner's question provided it is not detrimental to the Company's interest. The General Assembly shall have the power to settle any dispute in this regard;
g) Any of the Partners may review the minutes of the meetings and the resolutions adopted therein personally or by proxy. They may also review the Company's balance sheet, profit and loss account and annual report and discussing the same with the auditors.
13.6 The quorum for the meetings of the General Assembly shall be constituted by the presence all...
The General Assembly. 17.1 The General Assembly shall be the representative body of all members of the IILM.
17.2 The General Assembly shall have, inter alia, the following duties and responsibilities:
(a) to review and approve the final audited accounts of the IILM;
(b) to review and approve the proposal to increase the authorised capital
(c) to approve the appointment of the external auditor of the IILM;
(d) to discuss issues relating to the objectives and functions of the IILM;
(e) to decide on suspension or termination of the operations of the IILM and the distribution of its assets
(f) to approve the reserves and the distribution of the net income and surplus of the IILM as proposed by the Governing Board; and
(i) on the proposal by the Governing Board, to amend the Articles of Agreement.
17.3 Two thirds of all IILM members shall constitute a quorum for the General Assembly.
17.4 Each member shall, unless its membership is suspended, have one vote at each meeting of the General Assembly and all matters before the General Assembly shall be decided by a simple majority of all members present in the meeting, unless specifically provided otherwise in other Articles.
17.5 The General Assembly shall meet at least once in a year within six months of the end of the financial year of the IILM on such date, time and place as shall be determined by the Governing Board.
The General Assembly. 4.1 The General Assembly is the strategic, decision-making and supervisory body of APPEC.
4.2 Each Participating Institution of APPEC may appoint one (1) representative to the General Assembly (hereafter “Partner of the GA”). The representative will normally be the director of its major astroparticle physics Institute/Agency or a manager of a major national astroparticle physics program/funding agency. The Participating Institution reserves the right to change its representative to the General Assembly at any time.
4.3 The General Assembly will elect a Chairperson among the Partners of the GA (hereafter “Chairperson of APPEC”) to serve for two years. Re-election will be possible once, including consecutively.
4.4 The General Assembly shall be convened by its Chairperson at least twice a year.
4.5 The General Assembly may invite international organizations and other appropriate nonPartner organizations with which APPEC shares common objectives and which have not acquired the observer status according to article 8, to attend the meetings with an advisory role.
The General Assembly. 4.1 The General Assembly, hereinafter “GA” is the governing and decision-making body of the GENERA Network. Each Member may appoint one representative on the GA.
4.2 The GA elects a chairperson, hereinafter “Chair”, from the Membership in the GA for a term of two years. Re-election of the Chair will be possible, but not for consecutive terms. The GA may elect a Deputy Chair among the Membership of the GA to serve on the same terms as the Chair. The Chair will be supra partes and will not have a right to vote.
4.3 The GA shall be convened face-to-face or remotely by the Chair at least once a year.
4.4 Quorum is met with participation or representation of at least half of the Members.
4.5 Quorum is required for the GA to deliberate or make a decision.
The General Assembly. 5.1. The General Assembly is composed solely of Operational Members who have fulfilled their statutory obligations. It is chaired by the President of FIAP and in his or her absence by one of the two vice-presidents.
5.2. Every Operational Member is entitled to a single vote.
5.3. In case of impediment, an Operational Member may be represented by another Operational Member or by a member of the Board of Directors by proxy. Members of the Board of Directors may vote for the Operational Member of their origin under the same conditions. Apart from the vote of origin, a member of the Board of Directors or an operational member may have as many as two proxies at most. Voting by correspondence or by e-mail is not permitted.
5.4. Adhering Regional, Local or Individual Members have the right to attend the General Assembly without the right to vote.
5.5. The General Assembly decides sovereignly about general activities, the goals and purposes of FIAP. It elects the Board of Directors.
5.6. The General Assembly is convened by the Board of Directors once a year between the months of August and December and can take place either in Luxembourg or abroad.
5.7. The General Assembly meets every two years in congress, which may take place either in Luxembourg or abroad.
5.8. The General Assembly may be exceptionally convened, in Luxembourg or abroad, by the Board of Directors, as many times as required for the purposes of the association. The General Assembly must be convened by the Board of Directors when 20% of the Operational Members, having fulfilled their statutory obligations, submit a written request within a period of 6 months from the date of the submission of the petition to the Chairperson.
5.9. The individual convocations for the ordinary and extraordinary assemblies, made three months prior by the Board of Directors, must be accompanied by an agenda.
5.10. A deliberation of the General Assembly is necessary for the following matters:
a) Amending statutes;
b) Appointing and removal of members of the Board of Directors;
c) Approval of budgets and accounts;
d) Dissolution of the association;
