The European Cooperative Society Regulations 2006

Provision of documents for registration

9.—(1) A body proposing to be registered in the United Kingdom as an SCE must send—

(a) a copy of its statutes;

(b) a list of the members of the competent organ signed—

(i) by or on behalf of the members of the SCE, and

(ii) by each person named in the list giving his consent to act as a member of the competent organ; and

(c) a statutory declaration signed by—

(i) a solicitor engaged in the formation of the SCE, or

(ii) a person named as a member of the competent organ in the list sent under sub-paragraph (b),

to the person who is required under regulation 8(1) or (2) to register it as an SCE.

(2) The list referred to in paragraph (1)(b) must include, in relation to each member of the competent organ—

(a) his name, any former name, date of birth, usual residential address, nationality and business occupation; or

(b) in the case of a body corporate, its name, any former name, date of incorporation and the address of its registered office.

(3) The statutory declaration referred to in paragraph (1)(c) must confirm compliance in respect of the SCE with—

(a) in the case of an SCE formed under Article 2(1), the requirements for formation under the EC Regulation and these Regulations and the requirement for registration in Article 11(2);

(b) in the case of an SCE that proposes to transfer its registered office to the United Kingdom under Article 7, the requirements for transfer under the EC Regulation and these Regulations.