(a) International legal cooperation and litigation

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E. International cooperation and legal aspects

The main legal and administrative framework that governs cooperatives in the Philippines includes the cooperative code and the regulatory body called the Cooperative Development Authority.

In Iceland, the legal framework for cooperatives (Act on Cooperative Societies of 1991) was amended in 1997.

Senegalese cooperatives are governed by the law of 1983, which puts them under supervision of the Department of Agriculture.

In Belgium, cooperatives are governed by laws for commercial firms and there is nothing within the law that distinguishes a cooperative from a regular business.

33. The legal framework governing Czech cooperatives is embodied in the commercial code of 1991 and the law of 1995.

The cooperative societies in Cyprus are registered and operate according to the Cooperative Societies Law and Rules.

The consumer cooperatives are governed by the law of 1959.

In Portugal, the new Cooperative Code (1997), the new legal systems for funds of agricultural credit cooperatives (1995) and for cooperatives of social solidarity (1998) were adopted to create or to modernize a legal situation more favourable to cooperative activities.

57 36. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian African Legal Consultative Organization

59 3. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian African Legal Consultative Organization

61 5. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian African Legal Consultative Organization

22. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian African Legal Consultative Committee

Indonesian cooperatives are recognized as business enterprises by the law of 1992 and are subject to taxation by the law of 1994, before which time they were tax exempt.

38. The Government of Syria reports that the national legislative framework for cooperatives consists of several laws whereby different types of cooperatives are governed by separate laws.

55 4. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian African Legal Consultative Committee

51 11. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian African Legal Consultative Committee

Many Governments consider cooperatives to be a particular type of business organization or corporation operating in the market, subject to specific cooperative laws in the form of one law covering all types and forms of cooperatives or separate laws for different types and branches of cooperatives.

In the area of legal cooperation and litigation, there is cooperation with UNCITRAL and there is great potential for wider cooperation.

As a self regulatory organization in the lawyer profession, the Lawyers Association bears the dual mission of disciplining against law and safeguard the legitimate rights.

State laws are written in broad, general terms and mechanisms for conducting cooperative affairs are not usually mandated by law.

The International Cooperation Section of the Ministry of Justice has completed the preparation of the main points of the draft law on international judicial cooperation in criminal matters.

Member, South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Law, Nepal.

A. Legal and administrative framework for cooperatives

22. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian African Legal Consultative Committee (D.22).

That kind of cooperation would ensure that criminals did not evade justice.

Providing legal advice both written and oral on a wide range of legal issues affecting the operations of the Tribunal, working closely with Government authorities and the Office of Legal Affairs in New York.

The National Administrative Department of Cooperatives of Colombia reports that cooperative development is regulated by the legal framework consisting of provisions of the national Constitution, the law of 1988 and a number of special decrees on cooperatives enacted at the end of the 1980s.

As in the past, the Commission had been cooperating with other bodies, including the Inter American Juridical Committee, the Asian African Legal Consultative Organization and the European Committee on Legal Cooperation, and had had a visit from Judge Jiuyong Shi, President of the International Court of Justice.

The Commission had been cooperating with other bodies, including the Inter American Juridical Committee, the Asian African Legal Consultative Organization and the European Committee on Legal Cooperation, and had had a visit from Judge Jiuyong Shi, President of the International Court of Justice.

Cooperate in developing suitable, legal, regulatory, and oversight procedures.

7. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Office of Legal Affairs to bring up to date the United Nations Treaty Series and the United Nations Juridical Yearbook, as well as efforts made to place on the Internet the Treaty Series and other legal information

7. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Office of Legal Affairs to bring up to date the United Nations Treaty Series and the United Nations Juridical Yearbook, as well as efforts made to place on the Internet the Treaty Series and other legal information

8. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Office of Legal Affairs to bring up to date the United Nations Treaty Series and the United Nations Juridical Yearbook, as well as efforts made to place on the Internet the Treaty Series and other legal information

Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Office of Legal Affairs to bring up to date the United Nations Treaty Series and the United Nations Juridical Yearbook, as well as efforts made to place on the Internet the Treaty Series and other legal information

Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Office of Legal Affairs to bring up to date the United Nations Treaty Series and the United Nations Juridical Yearbook, as well as efforts made to place on the Internet the Treaty Series and other legal information

8. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Office of Legal Affairs to bring up to date the United Nations Treaty Series and the United Nations Juridical Yearbook, as well as efforts made to place on the Internet the Treaty Series and other legal information

The legislative framework for cooperative activities has been created within the last five years on the basis of the civil code and the laws on consumer cooperation (consumer societies, their unions), on agricultural cooperation and on production cooperatives.

In Finland, the law on cooperatives is being thoroughly reformed with a view to updating it, particularly the provisions concerning the financial activities of cooperatives.

Regional working groups, legal frameworks, and cooperation on law enforcement should be established to combat terrorism.

From their origin, French cooperatives were legal entities of private law of a civil or commercial nature.

24. Collaboration between AALCC and UNCITRAL continues.

States should strengthen the legal framework for cooperation between national jurisdictions, including through concluding mutual legal assistance arrangements.