Statutes
Article 1
Name, registered office and duration.
- The non-profit association adopts the name of Associação Terra Sintrópica, has its headquarters in Mértola, Estrada dos Celeiros, Nº 15, Além-Rio, 7750-301 Mértola, parish of Mértola, municipality of Mértola, district of Beja and is constituted in accordance with and under the applicable legislation.
- The association has the legal person number 515170941.
Article 2.
Object.
The purpose of the association is:
- Environmental protection.
- Local development.
- Encouraging interaction between nature, agriculture, food and local communities, by applying models of ethical and conscious exploitation and management of natural, human and financial resources.
- Developing and supporting the regeneration through use of territories with a high susceptibility to desertification and climate change, through research, demonstration, cooperation and education.
- To disseminate and promote syntropic agriculture, as well as other concepts that contribute to the aforementioned objective.
Article 3.
Revenue.
The following constitute the association's income
- The initial fee paid by members;
- The proceeds of the contributions set by the general meeting;
- Income from the association's own assets and income from social activities;
- The donations accepted by the association;
- The subsidies allocated to it;
- Donations and patronage.
Article 4.
Organs.
- The association's bodies are the general assembly, the board of directors and the supervisory board.
- The term of office of the members of the governing bodies is 3 years.
Article 5.
General Assembly.
- The general assembly is made up of all members in full possession of their rights.
- The powers of the general meeting and the way in which it operates are laid down in the Civil Code, specifically in article 170 and articles 172 and 179.
- The board of the general assembly is made up of three members, a chairman and two secretaries, who are responsible for running the assembly meetings and drawing up the respective minutes.
Article 6.
Management.
1. The board of directors, elected at the general meeting, is made up of 3 members.
2. The board of directors is responsible for the social, administrative and financial management of the association, and for representing the association in and out of court.
3. The way in which it operates is laid down in article 171 of the Civil Code.
4 The association is bound by the intervention of 2 elected members of the board.
Article 7.
Supervisory Board.
- The supervisory board, elected at the general meeting, is made up of 3 members.
- The supervisory board is responsible for overseeing the management's administrative and financial acts, auditing its accounts and reports, and giving its opinion on acts that involve an increase in expenditure or a decrease in income.
- The way it operates is laid down in Article 171 of the Civil Code.
Article 8.
Admission and Exclusion.
The conditions for admission and exclusion of members, their categories, rights and obligations shall be set out in the regulations to be approved by the general meeting.
Article 9.
Termination, Destination of Assets.
Once the association has been wound up, the fate of the assets that make up the company's assets, which are not earmarked for a specific purpose and which have not been donated or left to it with any charge, shall be the subject of a decision by the members.
