Question: When there is a change in name, head office address, business line, charter capital, legal representative, what procedures must the cooperative union carry out with the governing body? management of cooperative unions from the date Circular No. 07/2019/TT-BKHDT takes effect on May 28, 2019?

Reply:

According to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 6 of Decree No. 193/2013/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law on Cooperatives and Clause 10, Article 1 of Circular No. 07/2019/TT-BKHDT amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular No. 03/2014/TT-BKHDT, within 15 days from the date the cooperative union has a change in name, head office address, business line, charter capital , the legal representative, the cooperative union must register with the Business Registration Office under the Department of Planning and Investment where the cooperative union is headquartered. The cooperative union submits 01 set of documents including:

a) Application for registration to change the content of cooperative registration;

b) Resolution of the general meeting of members or decision of the board of directors on changing the content of cooperative union registration according to the provisions of the Cooperative Law.

Within 03 working days from the date of receipt of valid documents, the Business Registration Office shall register changes to the registration content of the cooperative union and issue a Certificate of cooperative registration to the union. cooperative association. If you do not register to change the registration content of the cooperative union, the Business Registration Office shall notify you in writing and clearly state the reason for the cooperative union. In case of changing the headquarters address of the cooperative union to a province or centrally run city different from the place where the cooperative union has registered, then the cooperative union must register the change at the Business Registration Office where the cooperative union is located. intend to set up a new headquarters. Within 03 working days from the date of receipt of valid documents, the Business Registration Office where the cooperative association intends to locate the new headquarters will issue a Certificate of union registration. cooperative and send information to the Business Registration Office where the cooperative union was previously registered. Before registering to change the head office address, the cooperative union must carry out procedures with the tax authority. related to relocation according to tax laws. Changing the head office address of a cooperative union does not change the rights and obligations of the cooperative.