On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Giuliano Colla wrote:
> Michael Van Canneyt ha scritto:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I checked the legislation in Belgium for the creation of a non-profit
> > organization.
> >
> > Basically, you need:
> >
> > 1. 3 people who form the organization.
> >
> > 2. Their names and signatures, plus a charter of the organization,
> > which must be deposited in a court of law. The 3 persons need
> > not be present, they must not have the Belgian identity.
> >
> > What needs to be stipulated in the charter is described in detail
> > (in human-readable language) in freely downloadable documents
> > of the Belgian government; I've read one, it's not so diffucult.
> > 3. It must be published in the Belgian 'Staatsblad' - the official
> > communications of the government.
> >
> > Steps 2 and 3 together should cost at most 137 EUR (in 2006, that is...).
> >
> > 4. A list of active members must be deposited in a court of law.
> > This is free of charge.
> >
> > That's it. No lawyer is required for all this.
> >
> > After that, each year a balance must be presented, this
> > is also free of charge.
>
> It appears that Belgian law is more suitable for our purposes than German.
Seems so.
>
> I'm still of the opinion that having a lawyer give a look to the charter would
> be a good thing. Could you dig out a friend lawyer which could do it on a
> voluntary basis? It would be the best, but if unavailable, we could always
> have the opinion of the Italian lawyer. After all European laws are more and
> more harmonized, and what we need is just to avoid gross pitfalls.
I am not friends with lawyers ;)
Seriously: I don't know any lawyers. Furthermore, you'd need one which is
specialized in such laws. The students of the law faculty of the university
here do give free advice, I could check that in case it is needed.
I did talk to a collega of mine, who is a founding member of a non-profit
organization. He said that it's all very easy, and they never used the
services of a lawyer. The guidelines of what minimally needs to be in
the charter are very clear, and there are plenty of examples available.
I'll ask my boss if we could use the services of the company lawyer,
but that is a (very) long shot.
Michael.
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