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Personal registration
The required minimum age for a personal registration is 14 or higher according your domestic laws, to register companies the minimum age is 18.
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Corporate registration
A corporate registration requires your personal registration first.
Admission regulations for company members (Association)
These regulations specify the prerequisites, conditions, and procedures for the admission, support, assessment, and certification of corporate members.
Dual membership only: A company member is a member of the association and cooperative.
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a) Required documents
These documents must be made available, by providing the relevant links, for inspection by the association, management consultant, cooperative, and capital holding company, and must be kept up to date at all times.
• Commercial register extract or incorporation document
• Statutes and organizational documents
• List of Owners
• Annual Financial Statements
• Restructuring plan (in the event of a loss in the annual financial statements)
• Overview of financial liabilities
• Information on subsidiaries and investments
• List of operating facilities
• List of products and key business areas
• Environmental and Health Concept
• Information on employees and working conditions
b) Conditions for an active company membership
1. Ownership conditions
• The company may only be owned by its owners, managers, employees and former employees. Or it is non-profit or a customer cooperative.
The shares of other owners must either be converted or paid out.
• A supervisory board shall consist only of co-owners and former employees, as well as 3 other persons (management consultant, principal capital provider, capital holding company).
• Subsidiaries shall also become members. Corporate investments must be converted or terminated.
2. Financial conditions
• The company must not make long-term operating losses. In the event of a loss according the annual report, a restructuring plan must be prepared.
• The company must not have interest-bearing debts or bonds.
Interest-bearing debts and bonds must either be repaid or converted.
• Commercial property: Longterm either owned by the company or a tenant company; For rent, not a fixed amount but a percentage of the business income;
• Wages/salary: the maximum wage must not exceed four times the minimum wage; any higher remuneration or bonuses may only be paid in company units;
• Claims against the capital holding companies and companies can be used for the settlement of claims that companies have to accept (receivables as an internal means of payment).
3. Ethical conditions
• The company must be in harmony with nature, should cause no health or environmental damage und must not act against life. Otherwise, facilities may not be constructed or operated.
• The company must not produce or sell any products that are harmful to the environment or health.
• The company must be fair to its employees (fair wages and good working conditions, profit sharing) and fair to its customers, suppliers and subcontractors.
c)
1. A transition period of one year applies from the date of registration to comply with the conditions. The company is a provisional member until it passes all of the 9 important points of the admission conditions or with the end of the transition period.
2. A provisional member has no disadvantages except that it has no voting right at the general meeting.
3. It should be possible to meet the 9 key points of the conditions within the transition period, thereby enabling a switch to active membership.
4. Upon expiration of the transition period and in the event of a block by the responsible business consultant, the company switches to restricted membership.
5. In the case of restricted membership, restrictions apply regarding the cooperative. Furthermore, there is no voting right at the general meeting. Links and details concerning the association and the cooperative must be removed from the company website.
d) Terms for working with management consultants
1. Management consultants assist the association with the review, support, and further development of corporate members. They act on behalf of the association and may not automatically be designated as auditors, public accountants, or state-recognized supervisory bodies.
2. The inspection may only cover matters necessary for association membership: submitted documents, relevant accounting and financial information, ownership and organizational structure, products and operating facilities, work and environmental processes, publicly available information, and details provided by employees or business partners, to the extent legally permissible.
3. Confidentiality and data protection: All information received must be treated confidentially. Information may only be used for admission, supervision, monitoring, certification, or sanctioning procedures. Personal data shall be processed only to the extent necessary for these purposes. Access is restricted to the relevant authorized personnel.
4. The company must accept one of the applying management consultants. However, if the company is not blocked/restricted, it can terminate the cooperation at any time.
5. As long as the admission requirements are not met, inspections may be carried out on an ad-hoc basis as often as necessary; otherwise, they are usually conducted annually.
6. The company must not refuse an inspection; it must be supported to the best of one's knowledge and belief.
7. The provided documents can be reviewed online. The company must truthfully answer inquiries regarding the content of the documents.
8. Prior to an inspection at the member company's premises, an appointment must be arranged with the company, and the reason for the inspection as well as the scope of the examination must be communicated; based on this, an expense allowance for costs and time is to be agreed upon.
9. In cases of misconduct, an improvement plan is to be developed jointly.
10. In cases of financial liabilities and financial problems, a restructuring plan is to be developed jointly.
11. Verification of whether the developed improvement plan or restructuring plan is being implemented.
e) The company has to place a link on their website to their company introduction page.
f) As long as capital liabilities exist, a report on the monthly net income (revenue less costs) must be entered at the end of each month.
g) In cases of refusal to pay or suspected fraud the company can be restricted until all claims are paid. |
If your company can or wants to comply with these conditions:
Companies that cannot comply with the conditions:
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