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TSZVSZ
HUNGARIAN FIRE ENTREPRENEURS ASSOCIATION
STATUTES
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
TSZVSZ Hungarian Fire Entrepreneurs Association is a nationwide social organization with registered members, established pursuant to Act II of 1989 on the right of union, which is an association by its name only.
1.1 Name of Association: TSZVSZ Hungarian Fire Entrepreneurs Association
1.1.2 Brief name of Association: TSZVSZ
1.2 Registered centre of Association: Budapest, 1142 Erzsébet királyné útja 67., Hungary
1.3 Stamp of Association: The stamp contains name and registered center of the Association.
1.4 Official language used by the Association: Hungarian
II. AIMS AND DUTIES OF THE ASSOCIATION
2.1 The Association aims at:
- Representing its members involved in fire protection, on a nationwide level
- Working out professional and ethic recommendations and standards, and following adherence to them
- Working out legislation and drafts concerning fire protection, and
- Commenting them, if requested to
- Analyzing their execution
- Making proposals for inspection, revision and annulment
- Making professional comments and proposals for preventing and extinguishing fire cases, for technical rescue, and for providing related personal and tangible conditions
- Making fire protection goals, tasks widely known, performing mobilization for their implementation, and coordinating activities associated with providing information on fire protection
- Keeping contact with organizations of similar mission in Hungary and abroad
- Helping professional education and upgrade training, supporting elaboration of special books and papers
- Managing the assets available to the Association
- Supporting Hungarian products in the field of fire protection
- Striving for propagating environment-conscious attitude among participants of fire protection market in Hungary.
2.2 Duties
Duties of the Association include:
- to follow changes in domestic and international legislation relevant to fire protection, and to inform members of the Association on the such changes, as possible
- to initiate upgrading of fire rules and standards
- to help, upon request, those using fire protection services in decisionmaking
- to organize reconciliation of interests in disputes between its members, upon request
- to work out - through the Ethic Committee - ethic standards relevant to the entrepreneur and market behaviours for fire entrepreneurs and to facilitate their realization
- to initiate and organize professional meetings, seminars, exhibitions and events
- to facilitate service provider, domestic and foreign information, press and advertising activities of its members, and to organize press relations
- to co-operate with other chambers
- to provide its members with consultation in fire protection tasks
- to award Kresz György Prize, according to a proposal of the Presidential Board, to recognize an outstanding work made for the Association.
III. MEMBERSHIP
3.1 Conditions for membership
A member of the Association may be any private person, entrepreneur or other entity who accepts goals set out by the Association, adheres to those set forth in the Statutes and in the Ethic Code, and pays a membership fee.
To admit a new member, a Declaration of Admission signed by the joining party, along with a recommendation from two members of the Association, shall be submitted to the Presidential Board of Association.
The Presidential Board will make a decision on the admission of the applicant at its first meeting after the date of application for admission.
An applicant will become a member of the Association when the Presidential Board has made a decision on his admission, and has specified a deadline for payment of the due membership fee, and the new member has paid it.
A supporting member of the Association may be any private person, entrepreneur or other entity who or which contributes a material support to the achievement of goals and to the implementation of duties.
3.2 A member is entitled to:
- attend the General Meeting and events organized by the Association
- The head or authorized representative of member of the Association shall have the right delegate a deputy with a Credentials to a General Meeting and other events
- to elect an official, members of organs of the Association and to be eligible for election into positions of the Association and for membership of an organ of the Association
- participate in the activity of the Association
- use all advantages due to a member of the Association
- use the "TSZVSZ tagja" /Member of TSZVSZ/ stamp
- attack before the court any decision infringing the law, made by any organ of the Association - within a period of 30 days after the date he has got informed thereon
- Each member has equal right.
- Each member has 1 vote at the General Meeting.
- A supporting member may participate in the activity of the Association, and attend the General Meeting and other events.
3.3 Each member shall:
- adhere to all provisions set forth in the Statutes, and to all decisions and resolutions made by the General Meeting and the Presidential Board
- pay the membership fee by March 31, every year, at the latest (for a new member, the deadline for payment of the first membership fee shall be decided by the Presidential Board)
- be actively involved in the implementation of goals set out by the Association, and perform all tasks assigned to him, completely
- adhere to the Ethic Code of the Association.
- The member if he is other than a private person must announce, when admitted, to the Presidential Board the person who is entitled to attend the General Meeting as his manager or representative and at events, and he must report any change therein.
- destroy his TSZVSZ stamp or return it to the Association, upon cessation of his membership.
3.4 Membership fee:
- Membership fee is intended for conditions for the operation of Association and for the implementation of goals set out by the Association.
- The amount of membership fee of Association is determined by the General Meeting.
- Members and supporting members may also offer other contributions to the property of Association.
- A member admitted during the year shall pay a time-proportionate membership fee.
3.5 Cessation of membership
- The membership of a member who has announced his intention to the Presidential Board in writing will terminate by resigning.
- The membership of a member who has failed to pay the membership fee of Association by deadline will terminate through deletion. Every year the Presidential Board will determine which members have failed to fulfil their commitment to pay membership fee and will delete them from the List of Members if a prior payment notice has failed.
- The membership of a member who fails to perform tasks assigned to him, or does not act according to the goals of the Association, or hinders the operation of Association, or commits a serious infringement of any provision set out in the Statues and for this reason he is excluded from the Association by the General Meeting will terminate by exclusion. The exclusion of a member may be initiated to the Presidential Board by any member. The proposal for exclusion of a member will be submitted by the Presidential Board to the General Meeting. The Presidential Board will involve the Ethic Committee into the preparation of such proposal. The General Meeting will make a decision on exclusion through a 2/3 majority vote of members being present (qualified majority).
- The membership will cease to exist by the death, winding-up of a member, or when a member terminates without a legal successor.
IV. INCOME, MANAGEMENT AND ASSETS MANAGEMENT OF THE ASSOCIATION
The Association manages its assets independently.
The Association shall be liable with its own assets for its debts.
Members shall not be liable with their own assets - in addition to paying the membership fee - for the debts of the Association.
The assets of Association consist of fees paid by the members, donations and contributions from legal entities and private persons, income from events, income from economic contracting activity and from eventual support from tendering.
The Association may - in order to provide for economic conditions for the implementation of its goals - perform economic contracting as well but it must not be in controversy with the interests of his members and no member may be preferred.
The Association will use its assets to perform a program worked out according to its goals, and to pay his costs.
V. ORGANIGRAM OF THE ASSOCIATION
TSZVSZ Hungarian Fire Entrepreneurs Association is a nationwide social organization established pursuant to Act II of 1989 on the right of union.
The Association is an independent legal entity which may acquire rights and assume obligations in its own name.
The Association will perform its tasks in accordance with those set out in these Statutes and its activity is managed by the Presidential Board and the officials according to decisions made by the General Meeting.
The Association
- is independent of political parties.
- is not supported by any political party.
- does not accept support from any political party.
- does not appoint and support parliament and local government delegates.
VI. ORGANS AND OFFICIALS OF THE ASSOCIATION
6.1 The General Meeting
6.2 The Presidential Board
6.3 The Chairman
6.4 The Deputy Chairmen
6.5 The Secretary
6.6 Mandatory Committees
6.7 Branches
6.8 Teams
6.9 Ad hoc committees
6.10 Chairmen of committees
6.11 Heads of branches and teams
6.1 The General Meeting
A)
- The supreme organ of Association is the entirety of member, that is, the General Meeting.
- The General Meeting is summoned by the Presidential Board, and the venue and date and proposed agenda are specified by the Presidential Board.
- The General Meeting shall be summoned as necessary but at least once a year.
- A General Meeting shall also be summoned if ordered by the Court or a Supervision Body or if 1/3 of registered members request it in writing with the indication of the reason and goal thereof from the Presidential Board.
- The General Meeting must also be summoned at the initiation of the Supervisory Board as well.
- Should Presidential Board fail to fulfil such request, the members or the Supervisory Board themselves may summon a General Meeting.
B)
- Each member has one vote at the General Meeting.
- The vote belongs to the announced representative or authorized person of the member.
- Supporting members and eventual invited parties may also attend the General Meeting with the right of consultation.
- Members shall be invited to the General Meeting with the indication of date and agenda.
- A period of at least 15 days must be between the date of sending out written invitation letters and the date of the General Meeting.
- Supporting members and eventual invited parties shall be notified of holding a General Meeting.
- In the case where the General Meeting is not summoned as specified, it may not make any decision unless every member is present and none of them has an objection against holding the General Meeting.
- Any member has the right to request discussion of an agenda issue proposed by him. His proposal shall be submitted - through the Presidential Board - to the General Meeting in writing not later than 5 days in advance before the date the General Meeting is held.
- No issue on the agenda, not indicated in the invitation letter, or not submitted at least 5 days in advance before the date the General Meeting is held may be discussed at the General Meeting unless every member is present and none of them has an objection against it.
- Any issue indicated in the Invitation Letter, or submitted at least 5 days in advance before the date the General Meeting may be discussed if the proposed item on the agenda is added by the General Meeting with a simple majority vote of members attending the meeting, to the items on the agenda to be discussed.
- The written matter prepared for the General Meeting must be delivered along with the Invitation letter.
C)
- The General Meeting has a quorum if attended by more than 50% of the members.
- Should the General Meeting has no quorum, another (repeated) General Meeting must be summoned with the same agenda which will have a quorum irrespective of the number of members attending it.
- Should it be referred to in the Invitation Letter of the General Meeting in advance, the repeated General Meeting may be held half an hour after the date of the announced General Meeting.
- Should it be not referred to in the Invitation Letter of the General Meeting, the repeated General Meeting must be summoned in writing within a period of 15 days in such a way than at least 5 days must be between the date of sending the Invitation Letters and the date at which the repeated General Meeting is held.
D)
- The General Meeting generally makes its decisions with a simple majority vote of members being present.
- The General Meeting generally makes its decisions with open voting.
- Secret voting must be ordered when making a decision in any personal issue, in the matter of excluding a member, and of terminating the Association and if requested so by over 50% of members being present.
- A qualified majority vote, that is, votes of 2/3 of the members being present is required in the matter of terminating the Association, merging with another organization, excluding, revoking, accepting and amending the Statutes.
- In the matter of terminating the Association, and accepting and amending the Statutes (save relocation of registered center), a decision may be made only by a General Meeting attended by more than 2/3 of the members.
E)
- The General Meeting shall be conducted by the Chairman - or in his absence - the appointed Deputy Chairman.
- According to an assignment from the Chairman - or in his absence - the appointed Deputy Chairman, the General Meeting may be conducted by any member who accept such assignment.
- A protocol showing the venue and date of General Meeting, the participants - with Attendance Sheet enclosed therewith, the accepted agenda, the speakers and the output of voting, and decisions accepted with a resolution must be drawn up of the General Meeting.
- The protocol of General Meeting shall be certified by by the Chairman - or in his absence - the appointed Deputy Chairman, the Secretary and two appointed members attending the General Meeting.
F)
- Exclusive competence of General Meeting includes:
- to accept and amend the Statutes
- to make a decision on merging with another organization
- to declare termination of the Association
- to elect Presidential Board and committees, revoke and exempt their members (accepting their resignation)
- to elect, recall, exempt officials (chairman, deputy chairman, secretary, chairmen of committees) and to determine their fee or assignment fee
- to make Presidential Board and committees report and to accept their annual report
- to declare exclusion of a member
- to accept annual budget of the Association
- to approve Balance Sheet of the Association
- to determine membership fee
- to accept and amend the Ethic Code
- to identify services to be provided by the Association
- to make a decision on reorganization of the Association
- to evaluate appeals in disciplinary matters
- to award a Kreisz György Prize
- to discuss matters assigned to its competence by the General Meeting.
G)
- The General Meeting will - through the participation of a committee on nominations, elected by it - elect Presidential Board, committees and officials directly.
- An elected must be considered the one who has been elected by the members being present at the General Meeting having a quorum, with simple majority vote.
- In the case of a tie-vote, the subsequent round must be held between the two candidates who have got the majority of votes.
- Each election cycle lasts 5 years. For the Presidential Board, committees and officials, the voting cycle coincides in time. Irrespective of the time remaining from the election cycle, the Presidential Board, committees and officials will be elected in the 5th calendar year on the regular annual General Meeting. The appointment of the Presidential Board, committees and officials will terminate at the date when the new Presidential Board, committees and officials are elected.
- Should the position of a member of Presidential Board or committee, or of an official become vacant due to exemption, revoking or any other reason, the newly elected official, member of Presidential Board or member of a committee may hold this position until the end of the current election cycle.
- The General Meeting may also decide to elect supplementary members for the Presidential Board or the committees for a possible vacancy in advance (this will not apply to the officials).
- Should the appointment of any member of Presidential Board or committee or official terminate (due to exemption, revoking or any other reason), the appointment of that position must be decided at the next General Meeting save when a supplementary member has been elected in advance to the given position by the General Meeting.
H)
- The Committee on Nominations will be elected by the General Meeting with a simple majority vote of members being present.
- The Committee on Nominations will consists of a chairman and two members.
- The Committee on Nominations will make a proposal for the candidates but any Member shall be entitled to request to add a candidate to the Ticket (Nominations List).
- The candidate will be added by the General Meeting to the Ticket with a simple majority vote of members being present.
- In the case where an exemption (resignation) is accepted, the General Meeting will make a decision again with a simple majority vote of members being present.
I)
- Revoking of officials, members of committees and Presidential Board may be initiated by at least 20% of the registered members.
- Their proposal shall be submitted - through the Presidential Board - in writing to the General Meeting not later than 5 days prior to the date of the General Meeting.
- The Presidential Board may propose to the General Meeting the revoking of official, member of a committee or of the Presidential Board who has been sentenced by the court to a legally binding imprisonment due to a wilful crime.
- Officials, members of committees and of Presidential Board may only be recalled with a qualified majority vote, that is, with the 2/3 majority vote of Members being present.
6.2 The Presidential Board
- The Presidential Board manages, controls and organizes matters of the Association during the period between two subsequent General Meetings and facilitates activity of the Association, and acts in some cases on behalf of the General Meeting by means of a transferred competence.
- Duties of the Presidential Board includes:
- to summon a General Meeting through the Chairman
- to organize and execute tasks specified in relevant legislation, other provisions, in the Statutes and by the General Meeting
- to prepare and submit reports to the General Meeting
- to prepare proposals for decision, and other proposals
- to prepare budget of the Association and submit it to the General Meeting
- to make a decision in the matter of admitting a new member and deleting a member and to report it to the General Meeting
- to keep a contact with members of the Association
- to make a decision - within the framework of an approved budget - on the use of assets of the Association
- to give - on an individual basis - an approval to a reduction of the membership fee
- to give an approval to the internal rules the Association
- to form a branch and a team
- to delegate a member into a social organization and other institute, and to revoke a member therefrom.
- The Presidential Board consists of 9 persons.
- Members of the Presidential Board are: the Chairman, 3 Deputy Chairmen, 3 members and the Secretary.
- The Presidential Board is elected by the General Meeting for a period of 5 years.
- The Presidential Board has a quorum if at least 2/3 of its members are present.
- The Presidential Board will make its decisions with simple majority vote, and in the case of a tie-vote the vote of the Chairman will be decisive.
- The Presidential Board shall be summoned by the Chairman as necessary but at least once in every 3 months.
- Members of Presidential Board shall be invited to the meeting of Presidential Board with the indication of the date and agenda.
- At least 3 days must be between sending the written Invitation Letters and the date at which the Presidential Board meeting is held.
- An extraordinary meeting of Presidential Board must be summoned in response to a written initiation from two members of the Presidential Board.
- Should the Chairman fail to fulfil such request, the members themselves may summon the Presidential Board.
- Its order of matters will be determined by the Presidential Board itself and approved by the General Meeting.
- The Secretary must draw up a memo of the meeting of the Presidential Board in which the date, subject of the meeting, the participants, comments and decisions made must be recorded.
- The chairmen of the Ethic Committee, Supervisory Board and ad hoc committees, the heads of branches and teams, may attend, with consultation right, the meeting of Presidential Board and they must be notified of the date at which the meeting of Presidential Board will be held.
6.3 The Chairman
- The Chairman is elected by the General Meeting for a period of 5 years.
- The Chairman represents the Association independently and exercises all rights associated therewith.
- The Chairman may make a commutative contract, with an approval thereto from the Presidential Board.
- The Chairman supervises that the Association operates in accordance with the Statutes.
- The Chairman controls execution of decisions made by the Statutes, the General Meeting and the Presidential Board.
- The Chairman supervises the operation of the Presidential Board.
- The Chairman summons the meeting of Presidential Board.
- The Chairman presides the General Meeting and the meeting of the Presidential Board.
- The Chairman decides in the case of a tie-vote at the meeting of the Presidential Board.
- The Chairman is entitled to perform an audit of cash assets and books.
- The Chairman signs letters of the Association.
- The Chairman exercises the right of remitting independently.
- The Chairman coordinates activities performed by the officials of the Association.
- The Chairman summons a General Meeting on behalf of the Presidential Board.
- The Chairman makes a proposal for the agenda of the General Meeting.
- The Chairman exercises employer`s rights for employees of the Association.
6.4 The Deputy Chairmen
- The General Meeting elects 3 deputy chairmen for a period of 5 years who will be members of the Presidential Board.
- The Deputy Chairmen will perform tasks assigned to them by the Presidential Board and the Chairman.
- The Deputy Chairmen will substitute for the Chairman in a sphere as specified by the Chairman.
- The deputy Chairmen exercise right of remittance with the Chairman, the Secretary or they both together up to a value limit determined by the General Meeting.
- They participate in the work of the organization, and in the preparation of matters to be submitted to the General Meeting.
6.5 The Secretary
- The Secretary is elected by the General Meeting for a period of 5 years.
- The Secretary keep managing matters of the Association in the period between meetings of the Presidential Board, in accordance with decisions made by the Presidential Board.
- The Secretary prepares meetings of the Presidential Board, the General Meeting, and ensures their operation and provides for the execution of decisions.
- The Secretary reports to the Presidential Board on a regular basis.
- The Secretary may make a commutative contract, with a consent thereto from the Presidential Board.
- The Secretary is responsible for the permanent execution of management of economic affairs of the Association.
- The Secretary is responsible for the order of management of affairs and finance of the Association, and for an adherence to rules for filing.
- The Secretary signs letters of the Association.
- The Secretary exercises right of remittance, jointly with the Chairman or any deputy chairman up to a value limit determined by the General Meeting.
- The Secretary manages affairs and administration of the Association.
- The Secretary handles archives and stamp of the Association.
- The Secretary collects payments made in cash to the Association, handles cashier of the Association, issues and countersigns necessary certificates.
- The Secretary prepares and keeps a List of Members according to membership fees paid.
- The Secretary makes an inventory of the Association.
- The Secretary prepares the Balance Sheet, or have it prepared, and submits it to the Presidential Board and the General Meeting.
6.6 Mandatory Committees
- Any committee has a quorum if all members thereof is present.
- Each committee makes a decision with a 2/3 majority vote.
6.6.1 The Supervisory Board
- The General Meeting elects one chairman and two members for the Supervisory Board for a period of 5 years.
- The Supervisory Board controls whether the Association operates in accordance with relevant legislation and with the Statutes.
- The Supervisory Board regularly controls economic management and management of affairs of the Association, adherence to financial document handling rules and documents.
- The Supervisory Board controls payments into the cashier of the Association and the outgoing payments.
- The Supervisory Board examines performance of annual budget and compilation of a budget plan for the subsequent year.
- The chairman of Supervisory Board may attend, with consultation right, at the meeting of the Presidential Board.
- The Supervisory Board shall report its work every year to the General Meeting and inform the General Meeting on the economic management of the Association.
- The Supervisory Board must also report to the Presidential Board on the result of its examination.
- The Supervisory Board shall hold a meeting at least twice a year.
- The Supervisory Board meeting is summoned by the chairman of the Supervisory Board but the Presidential Board is also entitled to summon it.
- The Supervisory Board may also perform a financial and economic audit, if necessary, with the involvement of an auditor.
- Its order of affairs is determined by the Supervisory Board itself and will be approved by the Presidential Board.
- Anyone elected as member of the Presidential Board must not be a member of the Supervisory Board (incompatibility).
6.6.2 The Ethic Committee
- The General Meeting elects one chairman and two members for the Ethic Committee for a period of 5 years.
- Its order of affairs is determined by the Ethic Committee itself and will be approved by the Presidential Board.
- The Ethic Committee works out ethic standards for the entrepreneur`s and market behaviour for the members of the Association and submits it to the General Meeting for approval (Ethic Code).
- The Ethic Code is approved by the General Meeting.
- The Ethic Committee contributes to the implementation of ethic standards.
- The Ethic Committee controls adherence to the ethic standards.
6.7 Branches
- The Presidential Board may establish branches within the Association on a professional basis. Any member may apply for being a member of such branch.
- The head of branch will be elected by the Presidential Board, according to proposals made by the members of the branch.
- The number of members in a branch is not limited.
- The branch itself determines its order of affairs.
- The head of branch will make a report on the annual activity of the branch for the meeting of Presidential Board before the General Meeting.
6.8 Teams
- The Presidential Board may establish teams for the performance of individual tasks occurring permanently.
- The head of a team is elected by the Presidential Board out of the members being a candidate for suck task.
- Members of a team is elected by the head of team, out of the members applying for participation on a voluntary basis.
- The number of members in a team is not limited.
- The team itself determines its order of affairs.
- The head of team will make a report on the annual activity of the team for the meeting of Presidential Board before the General Meeting.
6.9 Ad hoc committees
- The General Meeting may elect ad hoc committees to perform duties of the Association, to prepare individual topics, to execute and enforce individual decisions, to prepare standpoints and to perform other tasks.
- The term of existence of an ad hoc committee and the date of its termination will be specified by the General Meeting.
- Each ad hoc committee consists of a chairman and members whose number is determined by the General Meeting.
- They shall report to the General Meeting on the tasks they have carried out.
- A committee has a quorum if all of its members are present.
- A committee makes a decision with 2/3 majority vote.
- A member of an ad hoc committee may also be an expert or consultant who is not a member of the Association.
- Acting in the competence of General Meeting, the Presidential Board may also establish an ad hoc committee for the performance of interim tasks arising during the year.
- In such case, the term of existence and the date of termination of the ad hoc committee including the number of its members are determined by the Presidential Board.
- In such case, the ad hoc committee must report to the Presidential Board on the task it has performed.
6.10 Chairmen of committees
- may attend, with consultation right, the meeting of Presidential Board.
- will conduct meetings held by the committee.
- prepare reports of the committee and submit it to the General Meeting on behalf of the given committee.
6.11 Heads of branches and teams
- may attend, with consultation right, the meeting of Presidential Board.
- will conduct meetings held by branches and teams.
- prepare reports of branches and teams and submit it to the Presidential Board.
VII. TERMINATION OF THE ASSOCIATION
7.1 The Association will terminate
- by declaring its dissolution
- by merging with another social organization
- by enforcing a dissolution
- by stating that it has terminated.
7.2
- In the case where the Association is terminated, the assets of Association remaining after all debts of the Association have been paid must be divided between members registered at the date of termination in time-proportion with the membership for each member in the Association. The General Meeting shall have the right to make a different decision in accordance with rules for voting relevant to the declaration of dissolution.
- A qualified majority vote, that is, 2/3 of members being present is needed to declare termination of the Association.
- Any decision in the matter of termination of the Association may be made by a General Meeting attended by over 2/3 of members, only.
VIII. FINAL PROVISIONS
For any issue not regulated in the Statutes, Act II of 1989 on the right on union and relevant legislation shall be governing.
The Association was registered into the register of social organizations on January 10, 1996 by Fővárosi Biróság (Municipal Court of Budapest) under No. 6826 with the name of Tűzvédelmi Szolgáltatók és Vállalkozók Szövetsége (Hungarian Fire Entrepreneurs Association).
The accepted Statutes will be signed by the Chairman and the Secretary.
Kiskőrös, March 25, 2010
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