# The European Cooperative Society Regulations 2006 (revoked) S.I. 2006/2078 · made 25 July 2006 · revised to 31 December 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/european-cooperative-society-regulations-2006-revoked/pdf/uksi_20062078_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/european-cooperative-society-regulations-2006-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20062078_en.pdf ## Introductory text COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES Made 25th July 2006 Laid before Parliament 27th July 2006 Coming into force 18th August 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: General ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Competent authorities ## 3 Competent authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Formation, registration, structure and proceedings of an SCE ### Formation of an SCE ## 4 Participation by a body whose head office is not in the European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Provision of documents by a cooperative which participates in the formation of an SCE by merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Power to oppose the participation of a cooperative in the formation of an SCE by merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Publication of a proposal to convert into an SCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Registration of SCEs ## 8 Register of SCEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Provision of documents for registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Provision of documents following registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Cancellation of registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Transfer of registered office to another EEA State ## 14 Provision of a solvency statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Additional forms of publication of a proposal to transfer a registered office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Power to oppose the transfer of a registered office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Structure and proceedings of an SCE ## 17 Arrangements for employee involvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Power of general meeting to appoint or remove members of the management organ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Minimum number of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Supervisory organ's power to require information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Acts of competent organ which are outside the SCE's objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Power to represent an SCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 First general meeting of an SCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Sectorial or section meetings of an SCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Appeals ## 25 Appeals against competent authority's decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Conversion of an SCE into a cooperative ## 26 Publication of a proposal to convert into a cooperative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Certification of assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Decision of the general meeting to convert into a cooperative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Compliance and offences ## 29 Provision of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Inspection of accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Holding of an inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Power to give directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Power to petition for winding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Offences in relation to the provision of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Offence in relation to solvency statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Offences in relation to an SCE's name and the use of the acronym “SCE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Offence in relation to operation as an SCE after cancellation of registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Bodies corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Miscellaneous ## 39 Expression of capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Public notice of certain information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Electronic communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Inspection and copies of records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2078 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/european-cooperative-society-regulations-2006-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.