Chapter 1

1. A cooperative society may be set up within the territory of the Community in the form of a European Cooperative Society (SCE) on the conditions…

1. An SCE may be formed as follows:

1. The capital of an SCE shall be expressed in the national currency. An SCE whose registered office is outside the Euro-area may also express its…

1. The subscribed capital of an SCE shall be represented by the members' shares, expressed in the national currency. An SCE whose registered office…

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, "the statutes of an SCE" shall mean both the instrument of incorporation and, when they are the subject of a…

The registered office of an SCE shall be located within the Community, in the same Member State as its head office. A Member State may, in addition…

1. The registered office of an SCE may be transferred to another Member State in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 16. Such transfer shall not result…

1. An SCE shall be governed:

Subject to this Regulation, an SCE shall be treated in every Member State as if it were a cooperative, formed in accordance with the law of the…

1. The law applicable, in the Member State where the SCE has its registered office, to public limited-liability companies regulating the content of…

1. Every SCE shall be registered in the Member State in which it has its registered office in a register designated by the law of that Member State…

1. Publication of documents and particulars concerning an SCE which must be made public under this Regulation shall be effected in the manner laid…

1. Notice of an SCE's registration and of the deletion of such a registration shall be published for information purposes in the Official Journal of…

1. Without prejudice to Article 33(1)(b) the acquisition of membership of an SCE shall be subject to the approval of the management or administrative…

1. Membership shall be lost:

1. Except where shares are transferred and subject to Article 3, loss of membership shall entitle the member to repayment of his/her part of the…