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HISTORY

On the initiative of employers from 17 companies from the mining sector - 3 from geology, 6 from ore mining, 3 from uranium mining, 3 from the mining of natural minerals and rock decorative materials, and 2 from mining construction, on 9 August 1991, a Branch Union was established of the employers from the sectors of geology, ore mining, uranium mining, natural minerals and rock decorative materials, and mining construction.
This was an attempt to put up an organized resistance to the extremely active trade union actions in that sector and the progressive withdrawal of the State from the problems, which had emerged in the companies.
An interim Board of Managers comprised: Chairman - Lachezar Tsotsorkov, Managing Director of "Asarel-Medet", Vice-Chairman - Haralampi Dragiev - Interim Manager of "Gorubso", Petar Kazandziev - Manager of "Vatia", Kiril Gradev - Manager of "Bulgarigranite", and Secretary Petar Petrov, Managing Director of "Georesource".
The task of the interim Board of Managers was to legitimize the new structure before the public and to popularize its purposes, to seek co-operation with the ministries with the purpose of attracting all companies within the branch, to prepare a constituent assembly and provide for the registration of the Association.
Through a period of 3 months, the interim Board of Managers prepared the Statute of the Association, gained the support of the Ministries, including that of Energy, popularized its aims and tasks among the companies from the branch, established contacts and specified principles for cooperation with the central bodies of the mining trade unions.
The General Constituent Assembly of the Branch Chamber was held on 20.11.1991. Employers from 43 companies from the branch took part in it - 4 from geology, 8 from coal mining, 10 from ore mining, 9 from uranium mining, 3 from natural resources mining, 1 from the mining of rock facing materials, 8 from mining construction.
The Assembly approved the Statute of the Association called Bulgarian Branch Chamber of the commercial companies from the sectors of exploration, mining and processing of mineral resources; it elected Governing Council of 7 members - Lachezar Tsotsorkov (ore mining) - from Chairman and members: Toncho Valkanov (uranium mining), Dimitar Ruschev (coal mining), Serafim Elenkov (rock mining), Nikolay Valkanov (mining construction).
By decision of 30.06.1992, the Sofia City Court of Justice enrolled the Association, its Statute and managing bodies in the Court Register.
The decision on company case 2701 is under batch No 495 and is in volume VIII, section V, p. 157.
In 2001, in accordance with the new Law for Legal Non-Profit Making Persons, the Association was re-registered and enrolled with its brief name: Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology.
By now, the members of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology are 69 commercial companies from the sectors of geology, mining and processing of coal, ores, industrial raw materials, rock facing materials and decorative rocks, research, designing and engineering related to the mining sector, mining construction, trade with products from the mining industry. The personnel employed in these companies amounts to over 35 000 people. More than 90 per cent of the companies are private and the rest (mainly from coal mining) are in the process of privatization and restructuring.

The Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology is a voluntary (non-governmental) organization of the employers from the mining sector and is an associate member of the Bulgarian Industrial Association.

Since November 1999 it has also been an associate member of the European Association of Mining Industries, Metal Ores & Industrial Minerals - EUROMINES seated in Brussels, of EURACOAL (European Association for Coal and Lignite's) and of CEPMC (Council of European Producers of Materials for Construction).
The Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology has signed agreements for cooperation with the mining chambers of Mexico, USA, SAR and Sweden.

The basic aims of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology stated in the Association's Statute are:

  • to enhance the transition towards a market economy;
  • - to prompt and encourage its members in their activities;
  • - to represent its members and stand for their interests.
    • The main partners of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology are:
  • - the State institutions (ministries) linked with the mining industry, such as the Ministry of Economy and Energy (for the successful restructuring of the companies from the sectors of geology, ore mining, coal mining, uranium mining in liquidation, production and processing of mineral resources, production and processing of rock facing materials, trading with mineral resources, mining research and design, mining and energy construction), the Ministry of Environment and Waters (for the strategy and financing of geological survey activities, the protection and preservation of the bowels of the earth), the Ministry for Regional Development and Public Works (the production and processing of building materials and decorative rocks), the Ministry of Finance (for the budgetary financing of liquidation and reclamation work on mining sites, subsidies, customs and fiscal policies for the branch), the Ministry of Education and Science (for the training of high-school and university degree holders for the branch, recruitment and new jobs), the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies (programmes for alternative employment of workers and specialists dismissed from the branch, programmes for creating conditions for safe and healthy conditions at work), the Privatization Agency (privatization of the assets within the branch), the Parliament - Committee for the Economy, Committee for the Energetics (branch-related legislation), with the regional authorities and the mayor’s offices in the mining regions (for the development and smooth restructuring of the sector).
  • the miners' trade unions - Federation of the Independent Miners' Union with the Confederation of the Independent Trade unions in Bulgaria and the Miners' Trade Union Federation "Podkrepa" - for the social relations between employers and employees within the branch, collective labour contracting in the branch, Social Cooperation Committee, Branch Council on Labour Conditions.
    • The Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology works in close cooperation with the rest of the non-governmental organizations from the branch: the Scientific and Technical Union for Mining and Geology, the Bulgarian Geological Society, the Association "Coal Mining", the Branch Chambers for Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metallurgy, the Bulgarian Chamber for Building.

    The logo (symbol) of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology displays a stylized miner's lamp in the basic colours of yellow - the symbol of light, and black - the symbol of the darkness in the bowels of the earth.
    The patron of Bulgarian miners and the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology is St. Ivan Rilsky, and the day of his succession (death) - 18 August) - is commemorated as the Professional Day of the Miner. Each year on that day, the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology organizes a nation-wide celebration of the Professional Day, and diplomas are awarded to the most successful companies in the various sub-sectors.
    The Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology is governed by the General Assembly, which elects the Governing Council, consisting of 15 members and comprises representatives of all sub-sectors within the branch.

    The Chairman of the Governing Council is Dr. Dipl. Eng. Lachezar Tsotsorkov. Dipl. Eng. Petar Petrov is the Executive Secretary.

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    STATUTE

    OF A NON-PROFIT MAKING ASSOCIATION
    FOR ACTIVITIES TO PRIVATE BENEFIT

    "BULGARIAN BRANCH CHAMBER
    OF THE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES FROM THE SECTORS
    OF EXPLORATION, MINING AND PROCESSING
    OF MINERAL RESOURCES"

    /"Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology"/

    I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

    ARTICLE 1. The Bulgarian Branch Chamber of the commercial companies working in the sectors of exploration, mining and processing of mineral resources (hereunder "Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology") is a voluntary NON-PROFIT MAKING ASSOCIATION FOR ACTIVITIES TO PRIVATE BENEFIT and comprises the branch commercial companies from the sectors of exploration, mining and processing of mineral resources.

    ARTICLE 2. The Association is a non-profit making legal person and is considered established since its enrolling in the Trade Register of Non-Profit Making Persons at the District Court of Justice with respect to the seat of the legal person.

    ARTICLE 3. The non-profit making legal persons are bearers of all rights and obligations, which are not related to the innate characteristics of the natural persons, and they can possess property.

    ARTICLE 4. THE Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology is a collective member of THE BULGARIAN INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION and is also an associate member of EUROMINES.

    DEFINITION OF THE ASSOCIATION'S ACTIVITIES.
    AIMS AND MEANS TO THEIR ACHIEVING

    ARTICLE 5. THE Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology is a NON-PROFIT MAKING association for activities to PRIVATE BENEFIT and is established in view of the following aims:
    1. To assist and prompt the activities related to enhancing the transition towards market economy within the branch;
    2. To assist, represent and defend the interests of its members;
    3. To exercise appropriate impact in order to enhance the process of restructuring within the branch;
    4. To cooperate and efficiently assist its members in the activities related to carrying out the privatization within the branch;
    5. To cooperate for the attraction of foreign investment in the production and servicing sectors within the branch;
    6. To assist its members for the modernization of the enterprises and in providing safe and healthy conditions at work, modern technical and technological level and ecologically cle3an working environment;
    7. To develop programmes and cooperate for the attainment of high level of professionalism and authority of the managerial potential of its members.
    ARTICLE 6. In accordance with the national law in force and the current Statute, THE Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology implements its purposes, by performing the following activities TO PRIVATE BENEFIT, as follows:
    1. Discusses, prepares and defends concepts and strategies for the development of the branch and the related activities and to submit them to the competent state authorities.
    2. Expresses opinion and provides motivated written positions on submitted drafts for legislative acts related either directly or indirectly to the branch.
    3. Represents and defends the economic interests of its members and the branch as a whole, before the central and local state and trade-union authorities, organizations and persons, in the development and discussion of projects concerning preferences, taxation, duties, interest rates and other economic and organizational conditions, which ensure efficiency in the activities and the development of the branch and the related productions.
    4. Coordinates and cooperates for the interests of its members in the various areas of activity, at the same time observing the principles and requirements for legal and economic independence, non-intrusion in the activities of the members, loyal competition, lack of monopolistic actions, protection of commercial and company secrets, ethics and correctness in the relations.
    5. Assists the development of the intercommercial and technological relations between its members and the branch.
    6. Cooperates to the carrying out of market research, studies and analyses of the conditions on the domestic and foreign markets.
    7. Assists its members and gives recommendations as to the efficient development of their economic activities and prompts their cooperation in cases of large orders both in the country and abroad.
    8. Accomplishes business contacts and collaboration with local and international organizations and persons for the assistance, exchange of opinions and discussion of the general and specific problems, as well as for the attracting of Bulgarian and foreign investment in the branch and for the establishing of joint ventures.
    9. Assists for the crediting of loans from Bulgarian foreign financial and banking institutions for the development of the economic activities within the branch.
    10. Informs its members about opened tenders, exhibitions, fairs and other public events related to the interests of its members and assists their participation in them by providing type contracts, samples, tender papers and other materials, if possible.
    11. Cooperates for the establishment and functioning of commodity and labour exchanges in favour of the branch.
    12. Assists for the improvement of the qualification and specialization of the managerial and servicing potential of its members, by organizing and carrying out national and international meetings, symposia, seminars, conferences, courses and others aimed at the vocational training and qualification, jointly with state bodies, organizations, national and foreign institutions and persons.
    13. Cooperates for the voluntary and mutually beneficial solving of any disputes between its members.
    14. Participates and represents the members of the branch in the collective labour negotiating and tripartite collaboration in signing collective labour contracts with the trade unions and the employers at a branch level by signing a sectoral (branch) collective labour contract.
    15. Participates in the organs for social collaboration and partnership at a branch level, by protecting the interests of its members.
    16. Consults its members on problems of the labour legislation, healthy and safe conditions at work, social relations.
    17. Participates in the elaboration of standards and technical requirements for the products.
    18. Elaborates and gives proposals to its members within the branch, aimed at good production practices.
    19. Participates in the work of consultation councils at the state and municipal bodies.
    20. Elaborates and submits to the respective competent state authorities and institutions analyses, expertise and other proposals of interest to the developments in the branch.
    21. Prepares annual reports for the state-of-the-art and the perspectives for development of the branch.
    22. Assists and exerts control over the observance of business ethics, morale and the rules for loyal market behaviour in the branch.
    23. Issues certificates for the professional right to operate to those who have passed the forms of vocational training.
    24. Prepares and updates detailed lists of experts in property assessment with specific knowledge in the various areas of the branch in favour of its members, of the state and municipal bodies, and the procurement commissioners.
    25. Issues certificates for activities performed by its members for origin and quality of the goods to be of use in their economic relations, insofar this is not imposed onto a state organ or institution.
    26. Also implements other assigned tasks within the framework of its competence and purposes.
    ARTICLE 7. /1/ The Association could also carry out additional economic activities, if only they are related to the subject of the main activity for which it has been registered and if using the revenues for the achievement of the purposes as defined in the present Statute.
        /2/ The area of economic activity is defined in the Statute of the Association as a non-profit making person for activities to private benefit.
        /3/ The carrying out of economic activity in line with the previous Section is subject to the national law in force.

    NAME OF THE ASSOCIATION

    ARTICLE 8. The name of the non-profit making association is: A NON-PROFIT MAKING ASSOCIATION FOR ACTIVITIES TO PRIVATE BENEFIT, "BULGARIAN BRANCH CHAMBER OF THE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES FROM THE SECTORS OF EXPLORATION, MINING AND PROCESSING OF MINERAL RESOURCES" (henceforth "Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology"). (The name is spelled in Latin characters: "Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology").

    SEAT AND ADDRESS OF THE MANAGEMENT

    ARTICLE 9. THE SEAT AND ADDRESS OF MANAGEMENT of the Association is: Sofia 1309, "Krasna Poljana" municipality, 205 Al. Stambolijski Blvd., Fl. 2, Office 30.

    TERM OF EXISTENCE

    ARTICLE 10. THE Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology is established FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME and its existence is not restricted by terms or any other condition.

    WRITTEN ACTS OF THE ASSOCIATION

    ARTICLE 11. Any written statement on behalf of THE Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology and in its capacity of a non-profit making association for activities to private benefit should necessarily contain its name, seat, address, as well as data about its registration, including BULSTAT number.

    REPRESENTATION OF THE ASSOCIATION

    ARTICLE 12. /1/ The non-profit making association expresses its will and performs legal actions through its bodies. It is REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGEMENT ORGAN, THROUGH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL.
        /2/ In cases of legal disputes between the Association, as a legal person and its management body, or members of the managing organ, respectively, the legal person could be represented by one or more persons elected by its GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
        /3/ The non-profit making legal person can participate in the work of an organ of the non-profit making legal person THROUGH A REPRESNTATIVE OR A PERSON AUTHORISED BY IT.

    CONSTITUTION

    ARTICLE 13. /1/ The constitution of the non-profit making Association is governed by the Law for Non-Profit making Legal Persons and the Constituent Act, or the Statute.
        /2/ The non-profit making legal person could also have BRANCHES. THE BRANCH MANAGER represents the non-profit making legal person for the activities of the branch.

    II. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ASSOCIATION. STATUTE.

    ARTICLE 14. The non-profit making Association is established by five or more persons, which unite with the purpose to carry out non-profit making activities to private benefit.

    ARTICLE 15. The founders accept a Statute, which should contain the provisions and data required by force of Art. 20 of the Law for Non-Profit Making Legal Persons.

    III. MEMBERSHIP RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

    ARTICLE 16. /1/ Membership in THE Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology IS VOLUNTARY.
        /2/ The members of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology may be natural or legal persons and companies carrying out production and commercial activities within the branch, as well as non-profit making companies, whose tasks and purposes do not contradict the present Statute.
        /3/ Any legal or natural person according to the provisions of the previous Section, which is not a founder of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology, can declare its will for membership BY A WRITTEN APPLICATION TO THE GOVERNING COUNCIL with the explicit statement that it accepts indisputably the terms of the present Statute.
        /4/ The application for accession of new members to the Association should be accompanied by: Court decision for the registration of the legal person, a statement of the current state-of-the-affairs, a reference by a member of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology, payment document for entrance fee and annual membership fee for the current year.
        /5/ The membership application is considered by the Governing Council in the presence of the applicant and the decision of the Governing Council is communicated to him within 7 days.

    ARTICLE 17./1/ Each member of THE Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology has the RIGHT:
    1. To participate in the management of the Association;
    2. To be informed about its activities and to look through the documents of the Association;
    3. To make use of the Association's property and the results of its activities by the order stipulated in the present Statute;
    4. To pose for discussion and to seek solutions to problems related to the carrying out of its economic activities and labour relations.
        /2/ Each member of THE Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology has the OBLIGATION:
    1. To comply with the Statute and the decisions of the General Assembly;
    2. To pay property fees in case this is provided for by the Statute and in the specified size and terms;
    3. Not to use the Association for purposes which contradict the Statute and the professional ethics;
    4. As for the collective members - to report within 14 days about the changes in their staff and management bodies, as well as about other important events.
        /3/ Any member of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology is responsible for the Association's liabilities up to the size of the property fees provided for by the Statute.
        /4/ Any member of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology is not PERSONALLY responsible for the Association's liabilities.
        /5/ With the exception of the property rights, the membership rights and obligations are non-transferable and are not passed onto other persons in cases of death or termination, respectively. The carrying out of the membership obligations and the exerting of the membership rights could be transferred to another person, in case the Statute stipulates it.

    IV. CESSATION OF MEMBERSHIP:

    ARTICLE 18.Membership is TERMINATED:
    1. By a multilateral statement of will expressed before the Governing Council of the Association, through submitting a written warning for voluntary withdrawal;
    2. In case of death or placement under judicial disability;
    3. By expelling;
    4. By termination (cessation) of the non-profit making legal person;
    5. In case of falling out.
    ARTICLE 19. /1/ EXPELLING of a member of the Association is undertaken in cases of behaviour which makes further membership incompatible, in the following cases:
    1. In case of violating the Statute and the national law in force;
    2. In case of harming the purposes and interests of the non-profit making Association to private benefit;
    3. In case of taking actions which do harm to the image of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology;
        /2/ The decision for expelling is taken by a DECISION OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL, with a qualified majority by all members.
        /3/ The decision for expelling could be protested before the General Assembly within one month since the notice for expelling, however not later than one year since the date of passing the decision.

    ARTICLE 20./1/ FALLING OUT of membership in the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology takes place in the following cases:
    1. In case of non-payment of the established property fees and non-fulfillment of the financial obligations to the Association in the determined size and terms, except under force-major conditions.
    2. In case of consistent non-participation in the activities of the Association.
        /2/ The falling out is established by documents and is voted ON THE DECISION OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL BY MAJORITY OF THE VOTES OF THE PRESENT MEMBERS.
        /3/ the decision for falling out could be protested before the general Assembly within one month of the notice of falling out of membership, but not later than one year from passing the decision.

    V. MANAGEMENT BODIES OF THE ASSOCIATION

    ARTICLE 21. The management bodies of THE Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology are:
    1. General Assembly;
    2. Governing Council;
    3. Chairman;
    4. Control Council.

    GENERAL ASSEMBLY

    ARTICLE 22. The General Assembly is the supreme organ of THE Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology and it comprises all members of the Association.

    RIGHTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

    ARTICLE 23. /1/ The General Assembly:
    1. Approves and amends the Statute;
    2. Approves other internal acts;
    3. Elects and dismisses the members of the Governing and the Control Councils and their Chairmen;
    4. Takes decisions as to the opening and closing down of branches;
    5. Takes decisions as to the membership in other organizations;
    6. Takes decisions as to the transformation or cessation of the Association;
    7. Approves the major trends for the activities of the Association, determines the strategy and the prospective programmes for the actions of the Association within the branch;
    8. Approves the annual budget and a report about the financial affairs of the Association.
    9. Takes decisions as to the size of the due membership fee, as well as to the terms for its payment;
    10. Approves the report of the Governing Council;
    11. Waives decisions of other organs of the Association, which contradict the Law, the Statute and other internal acts stipulating the activity of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology;
    12. Takes other decisions, according to the provisions of the Statute.
        /2/ The rights of the General Assembly as per Sect. 1, items 1, 3, 6, 8, 10 and 11 of the previous Section cannot be assigned to other organs of the Assembly.
        /3/ The decisions of the General Assembly are obligatory for the other members of the Association.
        /4/ The decisions of the General Assembly are subject to judicial control with respect to their legality and compliance with the Statute before the Court of Justice, with regard to the registration of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology by each member of the Association, or of its member, or of the prosecutor within a month of receiving notice, but not later than one year of the date of taking the decision.
        /5/ Decisions contradicting to the law, the Statute or a previous decision of the General Assembly, could be protested before the General Assembly on demand of the interested members of the Association or of its organ within one month of receipt of notice, but not later than one year of the date of taking the decision.

    SUMMONING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

    ARTICLE 24. /1/ The General Assembly is summoned:
    1. On the initiative of the Governing Council;
    2. ON THE INITIATIVE of 1/3 OF THE ASSOCIATION'S MEMBERS in the settlement of its seat. In this case, if the Governing Council does not publish a written invitation in one month's time for summoning the General Assembly, it is summoned by the Court of Justice in the settlement of the seat, upon the written request of the interested members, or a person authorized by them.
        /2/ The invitation for summoning necessarily contains: agenda, date, timing and venue for holding the General Assembly, as well as information on whose initiative it is summoned.
        /3/ The invitation is published in the State gazetteer and is also popularized by placing announcements in the building where the premises of the Association's management are, at least one month prior to the day specified.

    MEETINGS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

    ARTICLE 25./1/ The meetings of the General Assembly are either regular or extraordinary.
        /2/ The regular meetings are summoned once a year according to the provisions of Art. 24 of the present Statute.
        /3/ The EXTRAORDINARY MEETINGS are summoned by the Governing Council or its Chairman on the basis of a motivated written request of at least 1/10 of the Association's members. If the Governing Council refuses or delays the summoning of the meeting for more than 14 days of registering the request, the General Meeting is summoned on a judicial basis.

    ARTICLE 26. /1/ The meetings of the General Assembly are recorded in a Protocol, which reflects all decisions and election results.
        /2/ The Protocol is signed by the Chairman of the meeting, the Protocol-keeper and the Chairman of the Governing Council.

    QUORUM

    ARTICLE 27. /1/ The General Assembly is legal if MORE THAN HALF OF ITS MEMBERS is present.
        /2/ In case of a lack of quorum, the meetings is postponed for an hour later at the same place and the same agenda and could be held irrespective of the number of members present.

    VOTING

    ARTICLE 28. /1/ Each member of the General Assembly has the right to one vote.
        /2/ A member of the General Assembly does not have the right to vote in cases of solving issues related to:
    1. Members, their spouses or relatives of direct line without restrictions, of lateral branch to the fourth degree, or by marriage to the second-degree incl.;
    2. Legal persons for whom the member is a manager or could impose upon or prevent from decision taking.
        /3/ Voting at the General Assembly by a Letter of Attorney is admissible if one person could represent not more than 3 (three) members of the General Assembly, on the basis of an explicit Letter of Attorney. Re-authorization is not admitted.
        /4/ Voting is open, unless the General Assembly decides otherwise.

    DECISION TAKING

    ARTICLE 29./1/ THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY takes decisions with a MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT.
        /2/ The decisions for CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS TO THE STATUTE, as well as for transforming or terminating the Association are taken by A MAJORITY OF 2/3 OF THOSE PRESENT.
        /3/ No valid decisions could be taken on problems, which are not included in the agenda specified in the invitations.

    GOVERNING COUNCIL

    ARTICLE 30. /1/ THE GOVERNING COUNCIL of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology is its managing body.
        /2/ The Governing Council consists of at least 3 persons, members of the Association. The legal persons, members of the Association, could nominate persons who are not members of the Association for members of the Governing Council.
        /3/ The members of the Governing Council are elected for a period of up to 5 years.

    CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL

    ARTICLE 31. /1/ Out of the members of the Governing Council, the General Assembly elects a CHAIRMAN. HE IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology and REPRESENTS THE ASSOCIATION. The Chairman of the Governing Council is elected for a period of 5 years.
        /2/ On the decision of the General Assembly, the functions of the Governing Council could be performed by a single person-manager.

    AUTHORITIES OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL

    ARTICLE 32.The Governing Council has the following authorities:
    1. Represents the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology through its Chairman, and also determines the scope of representation of its members.
    2. Ensures the implementation of the General Assembly's decisions.
    3. Accepts new members of the Association.
    4. Disposes of the property of the Association in observing the provisions of the Statute and the national law in force.
    5. Prepares and submits to the general Assembly a draft budget.
    6. Prepares and submits to the general Assembly a report about the Association's activities.
    7. Determines the procedure, organizes and directs the activity of the Association according to the strategy and programmes for a fruitful development of the Association and bears the responsibilities for that.
    8. Takes decisions for the determining of the annual membership fee due by the members of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology in accordance with the Statute and the law in force.
    9. Takes decisions for the expelling or falling out of the members of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology in accordance with the statute and the law in force.
    10. Carries out decommissioning (liquidation) of the Association in case of closure of the non-profit making legal person.
    11. Takes decisions on all matters within its authorities, apart from those of the exclusive competence of the General Assembly and other organs according to the Statute and the law in force.
    12. Performs the obligations stipulated in the Statute.

    MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL

    ARTICLE 33. /1/ The meetings of the General Council are summoned and chaired by its Chairman at least once every three months. In the absence of the Chairman, a meeting of the Governing Council could be summoned by a member nominated by the Governing Council.
        /2/ The summoning is carried out on a written invitation with explicit mentioning of the agenda, date, venue and timing of the meeting, at least 14 days before the day of the meeting.
        /3/ In exceptional cases, the summoning is carried out within 24 hours by telephone, fax or e-mail.
        /4/ THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL is obliged to summon a meeting of the Governing Council on the WRITTEN REQUEST OF 1/3 OF ITS MEMBERS. If he fails to do so within one week, the Governing Council could be summoned to hold a meeting by any of the interested members of the Governing Council.
        /5/ The Governing Council could take decisions if MORE THAN HALF OF ITS MEMBERS ARE ATTENDEES at its meeting. In legal terms, AN ATTENDEE is also a person with whom there exists bilateral telephone or other connection, which ensures the person's identification and provides for his/her participation in the discussion and in the decision taking. The Chairman of the meeting then certifies the vote of that attendee.
        /6/ The meeting of the Governing Council is recorded in a written Protocol, signed by the Chairman of the Governing Council and the Protocol-keeper.

    DECISION TAKING BY THE GOVERNING COUNCIL

    ARTICLE 34. /1/ The decisions of the Governing Council are taken by MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT at the meeting. Discussions about liquidation of the Association, about disposal of its property and determining of the order and organization for carrying out the activities of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology are taken BY A MAJORITY OF ALL MEMBERS.
        /2/ Upon SEPARATION OR DIVISION, the non-profit making legal persons are SOLIDARILY RESPONSIBLE for the liabilities having emerged prior to their transformation.
        /3/ The members of the non-profit making legal persons, who have MERGED or JOINED, become members of the NEWLY ESTABLISHED non-profit making LEGAL PERSON. The members of the non-profit making legal person, who have SEPARATED, become members of the NEWLY ESTABLISHED non-profit making legal persons on their choice.

    VII. CESSATION AND LIQUIDATION OF THE ASSOCIATION

    ARTICLE 36./1/ The non-profit making Association IS CEASED:
    1. With the expiry of the term for which it was established;
    2. By a decision of the General Assembly as the supreme organ;
    3. By a decision of the District Court of Justice at the seat of the non-profit making legal person, in case: it was not established according to the national law in force; it carries out activity which contradicts the law or is contrary to the public order or good manners; it is declared insolvent;
        /2/ The Court decision of Section 1, items 1 and 3, is enacted by a claim of each interested member of the Association, or the prosecutor.
        /3/ The Court of Justice could assign an appropriate term for removing the grounds for the cessation and its consequences.
        /4/ In the cases of Section 2, the cessation is EX OFFICIO written and the Court of Justice appoints a liquidator.

    LIQUIDATION

    ARTICLE 37. /1/ In case of ceasing a non-profit making company, liquidation takes place.
        /2/ The liquidation is carried out by the managing organ or by a person appointed by him.
        /3/ If, by force of the above Section 2, no liquidator is appointed, as is the case of ceasing the Association on the decision of the General Assembly, the liquidator is determined by the District Court of Justice, according to the seat of the Association.

    IX. OBLITERATION OF A NON-PROFIT MAKING LEGAL PERSON

    ARTICLE 39. Upon distribution of the property, the liquidator is obliged to demand obliteration of the record of the non-profit making legal person by the District Court of justice.

    COURT REGISTER OF NON-PROFIT MAKING LEGAL PERSONS

    ARTICLE 40. /1/ A Register of the non-profit making legal persons is kept at the District Court of Justice.
        /2/ Subject to enrolling in the Register of Non-Profit Making Legal Persons are the circumstances considered in Art. 18, Sec. 1, from the Law for Non-Profit Making Legal Persons.
        /3/ Subject to enrolling are also the changes in the circumstances of Sections 1, 2 and 3 of Art. 18 of the above-mentioned Law.

    X. PROPERTY OF THE ASSOCIATION.
    FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology

    ARTICLE 41. /1/ The property of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology is constituted by property rights and other real rights on real estate and movable property, rights to intellectual property and rights to takings, etc.
        /2/ Sources of the property, as well as of the financial support of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology are: membership fees, revenues from own property, interests on deposits, donations from local and foreign persons and subsidies from the state budget, as well as any other income permitted by the law in force.
        /3/ All incomes of the Association, as of Sec. 2, irrespective of their nature and source, are included in the property and budget of the Association and serve to cover the expenses and/or are included in funds.
        /4/ The finances of the Association's budget are earmarked. They could not be used for any other purposes, different from those specified in the Statute, as well as for carrying out activities stipulated in the Association's annual programme.
        /5/ The budget of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology is constituted and implemented annually on the principle of economic expenditure and in accordance with the economic possibilities of its members.
        /6/ The Association could also collect extraordinary input fees for covering expenses related to the activities in the branch.

    ARTICLE 42. On the decision of the General Assembly, earmarked funds could be formed, and the sources and the procedures for their use are exceptionally defined by the decision for their formation.

    ARTICLE 43. THE Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology is responsible for the obligations undertaken with its property. It does not bear responsibility for the material obligations of its members, and they are not responsible for the obligations undertaken by the Association as a self-sustained legal person.

    REMUNERATION

    ARTICLE 44. /1/ The elective organs of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology work on public principles.
        /2/ The appointed personnel of the Association receives labour remuneration in accordance with the Labour Law in force and the branch agreements under the collective contracting.
        /3/ The Chairman and the members of the Governing and Control Councils could receive, in view of their contribution, lump annual remunerations, determined on an individual basis and in the respective size by the General Assembly, and included in the budget of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology.
        /4/ The experts and collaborators of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology receive remuneration according to the commissioned contracts and the work done, as well as according to the national law in force.

    FINAL PROVISIONS

    PARAGRAPH 1. The Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology has its logo, registered in accordance with the respective procedure. The Association has a round seal with the stamp "Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology" Sofia. The stamps could be two - with Bulgarian and Latin letters.

    PARAGRAPH 2. For any problems not regulated by the present Statute, the provisions of the Law for Non-Profit Making Legal Persons, as well as the national law in force.

    PARAGRAPH 3. /1/ The amount of the INITIAL MEMBERSHIP FEE is determined by the GENERAL ASSEMBLY, the term for its payment being 15 FEBRUARY OF THE CURRENT YEAR.
        /2/ The amount of the ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE is determined by the GOVERNING COUNCIL and is due within ONE MONTH SINCE THE ACCEPTANCE AS A NEW MEMBER.
        The present Statute was accepted at the General Assembly of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology held on 5 April 2001 and is enrolled in the Register of Non-Profit Making Legal Persons on the lot of the Association by a decision No 3 of 17.05.2001 of the Sofia Court of Justice.
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