Association of Leather & Shoe Industries of the Slovak Republic

Nobelova 18, 31 02 Bratislava, Slovak Republic,
Postal Address : Nám.J.Herdu 1, 91822 Trnava
Phone : +421 33 5501282 Fax : +42133 5501282, E-mail : zkop@zkop.sk ,website :www.zkop.sk
 

Welcome to the Association of Leather and Shoe Industries of the Slovak Republic

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Operation of he Association

The Association of Leather and Shoe Industry of the Slovak Republic (AL&SI), headquartered at Bratislava, was established by the founding members' general meeting on 2 November 1992. As a legal entity the Slovak Leather and Footwear Association has been in existence since 1st January 1993 when its regular registration was made. At present, the AL&SI comprises 22 major footwear companies concerned with both manufacture and sale of footwear, shoe materials and components in the territory of the Slovak Republic. The number of member companies' employees is about 6 thousand. AL&SI associates entrepreneurial organizations and interest groups established by entrepreneurs and organizations in the field of leather and shoe industry in the Slovak Republic . The Slovak Leather and Footwear Association was created as an interest group to safeguard and defend its members' interests and secure their co-ordinated and unified course of action. A member of the AL&SI may be also the organizations of common relations and interests with leather and shoe industry.The membership in the Association is voluntary.Entering the Association the members do not lose their legal subjectivity.

The total number of shoes produced in the Slovak Republic in 2002 was 9,7million pairs. The SlovakLeather and Footwear Association has established contacts and co-operates with similar professional associations in European countries such as Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Italy, etc.

The Slovak Leather and Footwear Association coordinates also its members' activity during the INTERSHOE Fairs, at which season collections are presented. In organizing the fair the Association aims at raising the event to the level of Central European importance. The Association takes part in preparation of the INTERSHOE PRIX ( Zlaté kopýtko) competition for the best exhibits.

The range of services provided by the Association to member companies is as follows:

- organization of common attendance of exhibitions and fairs held in the Slovak Republic as well as abroad.
- assistance in establishing business contacts with companies abroad (through Chambers of Commerce and footwear associations in the neighbouring countries, etc)
- arrangement of business contacts in the Slovak Republic
- provision of information from the database of manufacturers and sellers of footwear, leather fancy goods and related products
- organization of technical lectures and courses
- collective bargaigning on the branch level

For futher details on the activities of the Association of Leather and Shoe Industry of the Slovak Republic and terms of membership contact please the AL&SI :

 

Association of Leather and Shoe Industries of the Slovak Republic

Nobelova 18, 31 02 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Postal Address : Nám.J.Herdu 1, 918 22 Trnava
Phone : +421 33 5501282 Fax : +421 33 5501282 E-mail : zkop@zkop.sk

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S T A T U T E S

ASSOCIATION OF LEATHER AND SHOE INDUSTRY
OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

(Approved by the General Assembly of the Association of Leather and Shoe Industry of the Slovak Republic (ZKOP SR in Slovak abbreviated form) on the 30th October 1992 and modified 10th July 1996 and 5th March 1998, registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Slovak Republic)

Article 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

  1. A de facto the legal person has been set up in sense of the § 2 and 9a of the Law No. 83/1990 Zb. about association of citizens and in sense of Law No. 300/1990 Zb. with the name: “Association of Leather and Shoe Industry of the Slovak Republic” (next only Association).

  2. The registered office of the Association is located in Bratislava.

  3. The Slovak Republic.

  4. Association is a legal person

Article 2

AIM OF ACTIVITIES

  1. The Association was constituted as a non profit-making association with legal subjectiveness. Its aim is to ensure the dynamic development of undertaking in the Slovak Republic and to protect and promote the common professional, economic, social, and commercial and business interests its members.

  2. The Association is open and independent organization, based on democratic principles. It associates entrepreneurial or employer subjects of the leather and shoe industry. The membership in the Association is voluntary. The reflections and suggestions of the Association are processed by activity of members, which take part in creation direct or through their representatives at the special committees or work groups.

  3. Decisions of the Association bodies, regarding of pursuance its mission and ways to come up to tasks, including the programme declaration, have character of statements and recomendations.

Article 3

OBJECT OF ACTIVITIES

To reach its goals the Association especially:

  1. represents and safeguards employer, entrepreneurial and commercial interests of its members at the dialogue with the Trade Unions, government, political parties and other national and international institutions

  2. forces through and protects interests its members at the negotiations with the trade-unions bodies in the framework of preparing and concluding the Collective Agreement on the branch level

  3. protects commercial, employer and entrepreneurial interests of member-firms

  4. organizes educational and consultant activities, seminars and conferences

  5. supports work its members by help of information offers, co-ordinates an access to solve problems and to create their common assessments, co-ordinates the activity of member-firms towards the Authorities of the government

  6. operates as a special consultant by presentation of own proposals, registrations and interventions in the framework of preparing the political-economic decisions on both national and international level

  7. has the right to associate with other legal persons

  8. deputizes the interests its members in international partner organizations (CEC)

Article 4

MEMBERSHIP

  1. The membership in the Association is voluntary. The member of the Association could be every organization of the leather and shoe industry registered in the Slovak Republic, which gathers employer subjects, which employs employees, has representative character and usually signs a collective agreement.

  2. Applicant for the membership in the Association must have its residence in the Slovak Republic

  3. The full rights membership at the Association comes into existence on the basis of applicant's writing request by the day of decision of the Presidium of Association

  4. An organization can become an associated member, if it associates entrepreneurial or employer subjects, it wants to be a member of Association, but for different purpose for example as member other associations. The object of its activity is similar for entrepreneurial sphere and it has representative character.

  5. The member has the following rights:

  1. to have its representatives at the Association's bodies, to vote and to be voted

  2. to take part in negotiation of the General Assembly with the vote, if the membership fee was paid in time determined by GA of Association. All members of the Association are equal to each other, but at the polling about selected problems there is different value of vote according the statutes Art.6.

  3. to be invited to all sessions of the Association' bodies

  4. to use all other services offered by the Association to its members

  5. to be an addressee of all information and materials obtaining by bodies of the Association

  6. share in activity of the Association's work groups for effective solution and support interests of members, share in preparation of stand-points and other documents of the Association

  7. in the framework of the Association to be in charge whatever activity independently, especially to take part in negotiations but it doesn't allow to do

    8. reflections which are in conflict with resolutions of the Association bodies

  8. the associated member:

  • takes part in the General Assembly of Association with advisory vote

  • takes part in aside proceeding behalf on Association in the sphere of its activity

  • receives all materials according to demands

  1. The member has the following duties:

  1. to pay a subscriptions in the Association in determined volume and time in accordance with the decision taken by the General Assembly

  2. to keep the Statutes and the decisions of Organs of Association

  3. to ensure that the delegated representatives in the Association bodies will fulfil their tasks responsibly, properly and in time

  4. if the member doesn't keep its duties, it loses vote right and it hasn't the right to nominate its members in to the bodies where is the Association a member.

  5. to inform the respective Association bodies immediately about principal matters to wise up at its activity in the framework of the Association area

  1. The membership at the Association ceases:

  1. by cancellation of member organization. The notice of resignation of the member is sending by registered letter to the Secretariat of the Association at least six months before the end of the financial year. After resignation is the member required to make payment of the subscriptions which are due

  2. a member may be expelled upon decision of the General Assembly of the Association in such case if the member organization contravenes the Statutes or good name of the Association or it does not settle its subscription in due the time ( more than 3 months)

  3. by cancellation of the Association.

Article 5

ASSOCIATION´S BODIES

  1. Corporate, steering and control bodies of the Association are following:

  1. General Assembly

  2. Presidium

  3. President

  4. Secretary General

  5. Supervisory Board

  6. Work Committees

Article 6

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The General Assembly /GA/ is the supreme organ of the Association. GA:

  1. is created by the representatives of members firms. Each member of the Association has authority to nominate its President or Vice-president to GA. A member of the Association can recall its representative and to nominate a new one. Nomination and recall must have a writing form.

  2. approves and amends the Statutes, elective order and negotiation order

  3. approves the budget for the following financial year and results of the Association economy, approves the level of member contribution and its consistency

  4. constitutes the basic trends activities of the Association

  5. discusses and approves the concrete standpoints and proposals of members

  6. votes and recalls Presidium, President, Vice-president, members of the Supervisory Board of the Association

  7. nominates and recalls the Secretary General

  8. according to the needs constitutes committees and work groups

  9. nominates and recalls the delegates into bodies of interests of the Association

  10. makes decisions about restructualization of Association or about acceptance and exclusion of its member, approves its membership in foreign organizations

  11. The negotiations of the General Assembly are:

  • Ordinary, which calls and chairs the President or the Vice President or the Secretary General. GA is called according to needs, but not less than once every year. Each member has to be invited on paper, at least 14 days in advance.

  • Extraordinary, which the President has to call during 2 months after asking of the Presidium or the Supervisory Board or at the request of at least one half of its members

l) The minute book is made from the General Assembly and chairman signs it

and by one auditor. The minute book is delivered to members of the General Assembly up to 14 days after it takes place.

  1. GA is considered to have reached a quorum when at least two thirds of members are present or represented. GA makes its decision on the basis of a simple majority of members present

  2. Member of the Association, at vote about questions according to Article 6, has the

number of votes, which is derivative from the value of membership fees.

  • contribution up to 50 000 Sk of membership fees founds the claim for 1 votes

  • contribution up to 100 000 Sk of membership fees founds the claim for 2 votes

  • contribution up to 200 000 Sk of membership fees founds the claim for 3 votes

  • contribution exceed of 200 000 Sk of membership fees founds the claim for 4 votes

Article 7

PRESIDIUM

The Presidium is the corporate managing body of the Association in the period between GA.

  1. Presidium consists of 11 members. They are elected for 3 years

    2. -President

    -Vice-president

    -Secretary General

    -Chairmen of Committees (4)

    -Representatives nominated by GA (4)

  2. Presidium constitutes the Secretariat for managing of administrate and economic activities

  3. Presidium has the right to call an Extraordinary General Assembly for solution very important problems and making decisions of an urgent nature of Association

  4. The negotiation of Presidium calls and chairs the President or the Secretary General according to the needs, but at least one time quarterly. Presidium has to be called, if more than half of Presidium members ask for this.

  5. The principle of negotiation is determined by Negotiation Order of Presidium of the Association. Presidium makes its decision if a majority of present Presidium member's votes for it.

  6. Presidium submits for discussion of GA yearly report, program of activities, annual budget, proposal for subscription etc.

  7. Presidium at proposal of the Secretary General approves the representatives of the Association into the bodies where is the member.

  8. Presidium umpires about acceptance and exclusion of member

Article 8

PRESIDENT

  1. The President calls and chairs negotiations of the General Assembly and Presidium. He manages the activity of the Secretary General.

  2. The President is elected for the period of three years

  3. The President represents the Association. He is compulsory to abide by the conclusions of the General Assembly at his activity.

  4. In the absence is the President fully represented by Vice President or Secretary General

Article 9

Secretary General

  1. The Secretary General is the statutory body of the Association Office and he manages its activity

  2. The Secretary General is acting as head of organisation

  3. The Secretary General is authorised to act outwardly at economic matters in the name of the Association. The Secretary General substitutes of the President in determined range. He also represents the Association in the range of its activity that is determined by the General Assembly and Presidium of Association.

  4. The Secretary General is responsible for activities of the Association Office concerning to the organisation, work, legal and economic matters. He has responsibility towards the President and the General Assembly to which he presents reports about his activities and the economic conditions.

Article 10

SUPERVISORY BOARD

  1. The Supervisory Board consists of 3 members. It is electing by General Assembly for the period of three years.

  2. Members of the Supervisory Board elect the chairman, which calls and chairs their meetings.

  3. The Supervisory Board:

  • speaks to account and estimate

  • speaks to other materials which are presented to the General Assembly

  • supervises on financial management of the Association.

  1. The Supervisory Board is authorized asking the President to call Extraordinary General Assembly or it can call extraordinary GA itself according to the Article 6

Article 11

COMMITTEES

  1. Whichever member of the Association can suggest (in writing form) creation of Committee and an object of activity by help of its representatives at the General Assembly.

  2. General Assembly of Association approves the committee if a majority of present member's votes for it. The negotiation order, chairman and a work program of the committee is approved on its first sitting.

  3. The Committees are advisory and work bodies of the Association. The Committee doesn't have attribution to present outside in the name of the Association. The positions of the Committee are not prescriptive for the members of the Association before approval by General Assembly or Presidium. Each member has attribution to have its representative in whichever Committee

  4. The committee prepares particular positions, expressions and proposals and presents them to the Presidium or to the General Assembly of Association

Article 12

ECONOMY PRINCIPLES

  1. The Association manages with own property and a property to which it has attribution of manage.

  2. The own property of the Association is created especially from contributions of members and from the Association's activities. This property is in ownership of the Association.

  3. All bodies of the Association are compulsory to care for the property of the Association, to use it the most economical and to save it before injury, destruction and wastage.

  4. The budget of a calendar year and the report of economy for calendar year is approved by the General Assembly on the suggestion of the Secretary General.

Article 21

FINAL PROVISIONS

  1. The Statues are binding for all members of Association a for all its bodies

  2. Only the General Assembly of the Association can convert these Statutes according to Article 6 b

  3. These Statuses comes into operation on the 5th of March 1998.

 

The Statutes were approved on the 5th of March 1998.

 

Bratislava, 5th of March 1998

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