{"id":649,"date":"2015-07-29T12:18:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T10:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/blog\/?p=649"},"modified":"2015-08-05T11:32:42","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T09:32:42","slug":"the-charter-of-a-club-society-or-association-mandatory-content-and-bespoke-clauses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/blog\/en\/digital-democracy\/the-charter-of-a-club-society-or-association-mandatory-content-and-bespoke-clauses","title":{"rendered":"The Charter of a club, society or association – mandatory content and bespoke clauses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cUnity is strength\u201d goes the adage, which is why a group of people will often form a union to achieve a common goal. And with a formal union, club or society come democratic procedures, elections and ballots. But a union, or association, also needs rules.<\/p>\n

The Charter \u2013 the constitution of the association<\/h2>\n

Every association requires a charter, which must be drawn up and agreed on at the founding meeting of the association. The charter is the equivalent of a constitution. It complies with the few regulations pertaining to association law as stipulated in the Civil Code (BGB<\/em>) and sets out the structures and functions of the association.<\/p>\n

The charter of any association operating under private law is an expression of the group\u2019s private autonomy; it does not have the character of a law on a country\u2019s statute books.<\/p>\n

Things that the charter must state, should specify and may include<\/h2>\n

There are clauses that an association charter must<\/em><\/strong> contain, clauses that it should<\/em><\/strong> contain and clauses that it may<\/em><\/strong> contain.<\/p>\n

\u00a7 57 BGB<\/em> stipulates that an association charter must<\/em><\/strong> contain the following items of information:<\/p>\n