Statutes
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Article 1. Nature, name and affiliation
1.1 The Catalonia International Consortium is a consortium formed with the purpose, aims and functions determined by these Statutes.
1.2 The Catalonia International Consortium is a public law entity, which is non-profit making, voluntary and of indefinite duration, with its own legal personality, independent of that of its members, and with full capacity to act for the fulfilment of its specific aims.
1.3 The Catalonia International Consortium is attached to the Government of Catalonia through the department responsible for foreign affairs.
Article 2. Purpose
The Catalonia International Consortium aims to promote and manage public-private initiatives within the framework of the competencies of its members, to connect and raise awareness of Catalonia to the world, and to strengthen Catalan civil society's capacity for internationalisation, contributing to the positioning of Catalonia's image, reputation and projection abroad.
Article 3. Aims
The purpose of the Catalonia International Consortium is based on the following aims, which will be carried out through public-private collaboration:
a) To promote knowledge and positioning of Catalonia abroad with a view to internationalising it and connecting it with the world.
b) To create ties and relationships based on trust with the citizens and institutions in other countries.
c) To analyse Catalonia's presence and reputation in the world in spheres of common interest to the consortium members.
d) To support Catalonia's presence abroad and promote its public-private participation in the main challenges and major global debates.
e) To support the internationalisation strategies of the consortium members.
f) To foster training and skills-training in the international sphere for Catalan organisations and civil society to raise their awareness and improve their internationalisation capacity.
g) To promote networking among individuals and entities with international projection to share objectives for Catalonia's internationalisation.
Article 4. Functions
To carry out the aims set out above, Catalonia International Consortium is empowered to:
a) Promote best practices in public-private collaboration within Catalonia's international projection framework.
b) Advise Catalan administrations and all consortium members.
c) Organise, promote, coordinate and disseminate courses, conferences, seminars, publications, awareness-raising campaigns and public-private collaboration programmes related to the internationalisation of Catalonia.
d) Organise, promote, coordinate and disseminate documentation, public opinion research, study and diagnosis activities for Catalonia's internationalisation.
e) Organise international visitor programmes and best practice exchange programmes, both in Catalonia and abroad, at the request of the consortium members.
f) Call upon and award scholarships, grants, subsidies, funding and prizes.
g) Organise and participate in any public-private initiative activity in Catalonia or abroad that, in its sphere of work, is relevant to the consortium member entities.
h) Enter into agreements, collaboration agreements and contracts with individuals and public and private entities.
i) Establish or participate in entities endowed with legal personality.
j) Carry out all functions and activities attributed to it by the current provisions or agreed upon by its members.
Article 5. Headquarters
5.1 The headquarters of the Catalonia International Consortium are in the city of Barcelona.
5.2 The registered office of the Catalonia International Consortium is the address provided by the Government of Catalonia.
Article 6. Legal Framework
The Catalonia International Consortium is governed by these Statutes, by its internal regulations and by all other general legal provisions applicable to the consortium members.
Article 7. Consortium Members
7.1 The Catalonia International Consortium is formed by public administrations, public institutional sector entities and the private entities detailed in the annex.
7.2 Other public administrations and entities that share the aims of the Catalonia International Consortium may become members of the Consortium. Applications to become members of the Consortium must be endorsed by one of the member entities of the Consortium.
7.3 The admission of new members to the Consortium requires the approval of the Governing Council by an absolute majority of its members, following a reasoned proposal by the person holding the Presidency.
7.4 Any entities which join the Consortium must be included in the annex without the need to modify these Statutes. The updated annex must be published in the Official Journal of the Government of Catalonia.
Article 8. Rights and duties of Consortium members
8.1 The rights of Catalonia International Consortium members are as follows:
a) To contribute to achieving the aims and objectives of the Consortium.
b) To participate in the governing and management bodies as provided for in the Statutes and the Organic and Internal Regulations.
8.2 The duties of Catalonia International Consortium members are as follows:
a) To conduct their activities subject to the Statutes and to the Organic and Internal Regulations.
b) To remain at the disposal of the governing and management bodies of the Consortium when carrying out any collaborative tasks that may be required of them in the social spheres that correspond to them.
Article 9. Temporary suspension regarding the participatory rights of Consortium members
9.1 The Governing Council may decide, by an absolute majority of its members and upon the proposal of the President of the Consortium, to temporarily suspend the participation in the drafting of agreements or in the voting rights of the member bodies in the event that they are responsible for acts or manifestations which openly contradict the Consortium's aims or fail to comply with the duty to make the contributions established by the Governing Council.
9.2 Non-compliance with the duty to make contributions shall be understood to occur in any case when the Governing Council agrees to review some of the activities of the Consortium due to non-compliance with the funding commitments of a consortium member entity and the latter does not initiate, within a period of two months, the procedure established for making the committed contribution.
Chapter 2. Organisation and operation
Section 1. Classification of bodies
Article 10. Governing, management and advisory bodies
10.1 The Catalonia International Consortium is governed by the following bodies:
a) The Governing Council
b) The Presidency
c) The Executive Council
d) The Directorate-General
10.2 An advisory body may be set up on an elective basis: the Advisory Council.
Section 2. The Governing Council
Article 11. Structure
11.1 The Governing Council is the highest governing body of the Catalonia International Consortium and is made up of the following members:
a) The Presidency, which corresponds to the person holding the Presidency of the Government of Catalonia.
b) The Vice-Presidency, which corresponds to the head of the ministry responsible for the foreign affairs of the Government of Catalonia.
c) The spokespersons, who are appointed as follows from among the members of the Consortium:
i) Five spokesperson representing the Government of Catalonia, one of whom is the head of the sectoral secretariat responsible for foreign affairs of the Government of Catalonia and the other four are appointed by the head of the department responsible for foreign affairs, one upon the initiative of the head of the department responsible for foreign affairs, and the remaining three, one by proposal of the head of the department responsible for business, one by proposal of the head of the department responsible for culture, and one by proposal of the head of the department responsible for research and universities.
ii) One spokesperson for each of the other public and private consortium members listed in the annex. The consortium member entities may agree to be represented by the person acting on behalf of one or more of the consortium member entities.
11.2 The spokespersons are freely appointed and dismissed by the entities they represent.
11.3 In cases of absence, vacancy or illness, or for any other justified cause, the spokespersons are substituted by the person appointed by the entity they represent.
11.4 The Directorate-General of the Consortium attends the Governing Council meetings with the right to speak but not to vote.
11.5 The Governing Council must appoint, following a proposal by the Presidency, a secretary, with the right to speak but not to vote, who must hold a Law degree. The election of the Secretariat requires an absolute majority of the members in the first ballot or a simple majority in the second ballot.
Article 12. Responsibilities
12.1 The Governing Board is empowered to:
a) Establish the general criteria for action and periodically evaluate compliance therewith.
b) Approve the Consortium's strategic plan.
c) Approve the annual work plan, together with the corresponding budget, and approve the Consortium's actions and projects, together with their funding.
d) Approve the balance sheet of the previous year's activities.
e) Approve the annual budget and annual accounts.
f) Approve the contributions agreed upon by the Consortium member entities, as set forth in Article 31.
g) Approve the admission of new members to the Consortium and the temporary suspension of the voting rights and participation regarding the adoption of agreements of those members who contradict the aims of the Consortium or who fail to comply with the duty to make the contributions established by the Governing Council.
h) Agree upon the dissolution and liquidation of the Consortium.
i) Choose, upon the proposal of the Presidency, the person who is to occupy the Directorate General of the Consortium and agree to his/her dismissal.
j) Monitor, control and evaluate the activity of the Consortium.
k) Approve any proposal to amend the Statutes.
l) Approve the organic and internal regulations of the Consortium.
m) Approve or establish the criteria for the election of the representatives of the consortium member entities who are to occupy the seats on the Executive Council.
n) Approve the organisation chart and the list of work positions in the Consortium.
o) Approve the general terms and conditions and the specific terms and conditions for grants, subsidies, aid and prizes.
p) Authorise budgetary modifications.
q) Agree upon the constitution of temporary commissions to report on relevant issues.
r) Any other function not specifically attributed to other bodies.
12.2 The Governing Council may delegate the functions referred to in n), o), p) and q) above to the Executive Council or to the head of the Directorate-General. The delegation agreement must be published in the relevant official journal.
Article 13. Meetings
13.1 The Governing Council shall meet in ordinary session at least twice a year.
13.2 The Governing Council may meet in extraordinary sessions upon the initiative of the Presidency or at the request of the majority of the members.
13.3 Attendance at meetings of the Governing Council does not give rise to any financial entitlement for members.
Article 14. Summons
14.1 The meetings of the Governing Council shall be summoned in writing, by electronic means whenever possible, with at least ten calendar days' notice, except in urgent circumstances, at the discretion of the Presidency, when it shall be at least forty-eight hours in advance. In the latter case, the urgency must be justified in the summons.
14.2 The summons must indicate the place, day and time of the meeting and the agenda, attaching the minutes of the previous session and the documentation necessary for the deliberation and adoption of agreements, without prejudice to this documentation being available on a website, of which accessibility and security must be guaranteed.
14.3 Only matters appearing on the agenda may be dealt with, unless all the member entities are present and the urgency of the matter is declared with an absolute majority vote in favour.
Article 15. Sessions
15.1 The Governing Council sessions are not held publicly and are held in person at the registered office of the Consortium or, provided that this is specified in the summons, at a different location.
15.2 The Governing Council may meet, when appropriate, by means of videoconferencing, multiconferencing or any other system that does not imply the physical presence of the persons taking part, guaranteeing the identification of the persons taking part in the meeting. The meeting must be understood to be held at the registered offices of the Consortium.
15.3 The Governing Council may agree that the heads of administrative bodies, persons in the service of the civil service and experts may participate in its discussions, for the sole purpose of better informing its members, when the nature or complexity of the matters to be dealt with makes it advisable to do so.
Article 16. Attendance and passing of resolutions
16.1 For the Governing Council to be validly constituted, the persons holding the office of President and Secretariat of the Governing Council or, as the case may be, those replacing them, and at least half of the members must be present for the sessions and discussions to be held and for resolutions to be passed. If one or more entities have exercised, in accordance with the provisions of article 11.1, the power to grant representation, the calculation of the number of members attending must include the representations made on their behalf.
16.2. The Government of Catalonia has an equal number of votes to the rest of the Governing Council members, who each have one vote. Should there be a tie, the vote of the President shall be decisive in the outcome of the vote.
16.3 The resolutions of the Governing Board are passed by simple majority. An absolute majority of votes is required to approve the proposed statutes and their amendments, and to suspend the rights of members. A qualified majority of three-fifths of the votes is required to agree to the dissolution of the Consortium.
16.4 In cases where meetings are held by means of videoconferencing, multiconferencing or any other system that does not involve the physical presence of the members, technological or audiovisual systems must be established to guarantee the validity of the vote.
16.5 The Governing Council members may delegate their vote to the Presidency, the Vice-Presidency or a member of the Governing Council.
Article 17. Rights and duties of the Governing Council members
17.1 The rights of the Governing Council members are as follows:
a) To exercise their functions objectively and impartially, and with freedom of expression.
b) To receive the summons containing the agenda for the meeting and information on the items on the agenda within the established deadlines.
c) To attend and participate in all Governing Council meetings with the right to speak and vote, having the right to obtain, with the advance notice established in these Statutes, the information and documentation necessary to express their opinion in debates and votes.
d) To submit proposals to be included on the agenda of the Governing Council meetings and to request the President to convene a meeting under the terms and in accordance with the requirements established in these Statutes.
e) To exercise the right to vote, formulate individual votes and express the meaning of their vote and the reasons justifying it.
f) To ask questions.
17.2 The duties of the Governing Council members are as follows:
a) To represent the Catalonia International Consortium in meetings and negotiations with third parties, individually or collectively, when expressly requested to do so by the Presidency or the Directorate General and for a specific matter.
b) To participate on juries and committees responsible for the assessment of grants, subsidies, aid and prizes of the Catalonia International Consortium, provided that this is established in the corresponding regulatory terms and conditions and that they are appointed for this purpose.
c) To participate in courses, lectures, conferences and round tables organised by the Catalonia International Consortium as speakers or moderators in the field of their speciality.
d) To prepare or moderate articles and publications promoted by the Consortium.
Article 18. Secretariat of the Governing Council
18.1 The functions of the person occupying the office of Secretariat of the Governing Council, in addition to ensuring the formal and material legality of the Consortium's actions, are as follows:
a) To summon the meetings by order of the President.
b) To write the minutes of the sessions.
c) To issue the relevant certificates.
d) To safeguard and file the minutes.
e) To communicate and provide the Governing Council members with the necessary information to carry out their functions.
f) All other tasks inherent to the office.
18.2 The term of office of the Secretariat shall be four years, and he/she may be removed from office or renewed for further four-year terms. Once the term of office has expired, he/she shall continue to exercise the functions of the secretariat until he/she is renewed or replaced.
18.3 In the event of vacancy, illness or absence, the person holding the post of secretariat is replaced by the person who is the Directorate-General of the Consortium or by the person working in the service of the Consortium appointed by the Directorate-General for that session.
Section 3. The Presidency
Article 19. Attribution
19.1 The Presidency of the Consortium is held by the President of the Government of Catalonia.
19.2 If the President is absent, vacant or ill, or for any other justified reason, the person holding the office of President is replaced by the person holding the office of Vice-President of the Governing Council and, if the President is absent or unable to act, by one of the persons occupying a seat representing the Government of Catalonia appointed by the Vice-Presidency.
Article 20. Responsibilities
The Presidency of the Catalonia International Consortium is empowered to
a) Exercise the ordinary representation of the Consortium.
b) Order the summoning of Governing Council sessions, through the secretariat of the Governing Council.
c) Set the agenda for the sessions, paying due regard to the requests of the other members made sufficiently in advance.
d) Chair and adjourn the Governing Council sessions, moderate the deliberations and debates, and settle ties with his/her vote when passing resolutions.
e) Adjourn the sessions for justifiable reasons.
f) Propose the incorporation into the Consortium or the suspension of the participation rights of a consortium member entity to the Governing Council.
g) Propose the appointment and dismissal of the Directorate-General to the Governing Council.
h) Propose the appointment and cessation of the person holding the position of Secretariat of the Council to the Governing Council.
i) Approve the minutes of the resolutions passed at the Governing Council meetings and the certifications of the resolutions issued by the secretariat.
j) Ensure compliance with laws.
k) All other functions inherent to the office.
Section 4. The Executive Council
Article 21. Structure
21.1 The Executive Council is the Consortium's permanent administrative and management body. Its structure is as follows:
a) The Presidency, which corresponds to the person who holds the office of Vice-President of the Governing Council. Should he/she be absent, vacant or ill, or for any other justified reason, the system of substitution established in Article 19 shall be applied.
b) The spokespersons, which are performed by individuals appointed as spokespersons of the Governing Council, in accordance with the following structure:
i) Two individuals representing the Government of Catalonia, one of whom is the head of the sectoral secretariat responsible for the foreign affairs of the Government of Catalonia. The vote of these spokespersons is single and indivisible, and their weight in the decisions of the Executive Council is equivalent to that of the other spokespersons as a whole.
ii) Two individuals representing local administrations and municipal entities, corresponding to the spokespersons appointed by the municipal entities.
iii) Two individuals representing universities, university research institutes and business schools.
iv) Two individuals representing the economic, trade union, business and social sectors.
The spokespersons shall be persons appointed by the consortium member entities from each of the sectors represented. The Governing Council approves proposals for the election criteria of the representatives of the consortium member entities that occupy the Executive Council seats, formulated by the consortium member entities referred to in subsections ii), iii) and iv) of section b) and, in the event that no proposal is made, defines the election criteria.
21.2 The head of the Directorate-General attends the meetings with the right to speak but not to vote.
21.3 The person holding the Secretariat of the Governing Board also assumes the functions inherent to the Secretariat of the Executive Council.
Article 22. Functions
22.1 The Executive Board is empowered to:
a) Adopt the proposal for the Consortium's strategic plan.
b) Adopt the proposal of the annual work plan, with the corresponding budget, and of the Consortium's actions and projects, with their funding.
c) Adopt the proposal for the balance sheet of the previous year's activities.
d) Adopt the annual budget proposal and the annual accounts.
e) Propose the constitution of temporary committees to the Governing Council for the purpose of reporting on relevant issues on which it must adopt resolutions.
f) Request the Governing Council to decide on the admission of new members, the dissolution and liquidation of the Consortium and the amendment of the Statutes.
g) Establish the financial limits above which the Directorate-General requires authorisation to tender for and award Consortium contracts, and to grant the corresponding authorisation.
h) Authorise the commissioning of entities which have been attributed the status of own means.
i) Enter into protocols and collaboration agreements with public and private law entities when their purpose is to contribute to the fulfilment of the functions statutorily attributed to the Consortium and its internal operation.
j) Authorise debt or surety operations, subject to compliance with the applicable legal requirements and authorisations in force at any given time.
k) Exercise judicial and administrative actions of any kind, lodging appeals and, in general, the defence of the interests and rights of the Consortium in any type of procedure.
l) Approve the summons, award and refusal of grants, subsidies, aids and prizes, and the initiation and resolution of the proceedings for the withdrawal of grants, subsidies, aids and prizes.
m) Recognise and settle all rights in favour of the Consortium and authorise and commit expenditure, recognise obligations and order payments, within the limits established by budgetary regulations.
n) Exercise any other functions which the Governing Council considers it appropriate to submit for its consideration.
22.2 The Executive Council may delegate the functions referred to in sections h), k), l) and m) of the preceding paragraph to the head of the Directorate-General.
Article 23. Operating procedures of the Executive Council
23.1 The Executive Council meets at least three times a year to exercise its powers, but may meet as many times as it deems convenient, upon summons by the Presidency, on its own initiative or when requested by any of the Consortium member entities.
23.2 The Executive Council shall be validly constituted and adopt resolutions in accordance with the same provisions established in these Statutes for the Governing Council.
Section 5. The Directorate-General
Article 24. Appointment
24.1 The head of the Directorate-General is appointed by the Governing Council upon proposal of the Presidency after a public contest, for a period of four years, which may be renewed.
24.2 Persons holding the post of Directorate-General shall be bound by a special employment relationship of senior management.
24.3 The person holding the post of Directorate-General is replaced in cases of absence, vacancy or illness, or for any other justified reason, by the person holding the Presidency of the Executive Council and, in the absence or impossibility of the latter, by a senior official from the department responsible for foreign affairs appointed by the Vice-Presidency of the Governing Council.
Article 25. Responsibilities
25.1 The Directorate-General is the body in charge of the Consortium's administrative and technical management and ensures that it acts according to the principles of economy, transparency, speed and efficiency.
25.2 The Directorate-General is empowered to:
a) Direct the activity of the Consortium, according to the directives of the Executive Council.
b) Draw up the Organic and Internal Regulations and submit its proposal to the Executive Council.
c) Draw up the proposal for the strategic plan and the annual work plan with the corresponding budget; present the proposals for consortium actions and projects to the Executive Council with their financing and monitor their execution and the activities foreseen.
d) Administer the assets of the Consortium, in accordance with the directives of the Executive Council, and ensure the conservation and maintenance of the facilities.
e) Manage the financial resources, ordering and executing expenditure and contracting obligations in accordance with the approved budget and according to the authorisations or delegations made by the Executive Council.
f) Formalise debt and surety operations previously authorised by the Executive Council.
g) Exercise the functions of contracting body by delegation or with the authorisation of the Executive Council, and to monitor the execution of all the contracting of the Consortium.
h) Draw up the proposal for the Consortium's annual budget.
i) Draw up the proposal for the balance sheet of the previous year's activities and present it to the Executive Council.
j) Prepare the annual accounts.
k) Draw up the proposal for the regulatory terms and conditions for all types of grants, subsidies, aid and prizes.
l) Prepare all documents on matters to be submitted for consideration by the Governing Council and the Executive Council, and report on all matters necessary for the members of the Councils to be able to properly exercise their powers.
m) Take all types of action before the administrations and courts in case of urgency and inform the Executive Council as soon as possible.
n) Negotiate the agreements necessary for the operation of the Consortium in accordance with the strategic plan and the annual work plan approved by the Governing Council and the agreements, protocols or other instruments of collaboration with other administrations or with public and private entities.
o) Execute the agreements of the Governing Council and the Executive Council.
p) Draw up the proposal to amend the Statutes.
q) Be the head of the staff and of all the services.
r) Propose the organisation chart and the list of job posts of the Consortium.
s) Define the internal organisation of the Consortium.
t) Adopt all measures that guarantee the Consortium's correct operation in all spheres of its activity, reporting to the Executive Council.
25.3 The functions delegated to it by the Governing Council and the Executive Council, in accordance with articles 12.2 and 22.2.
Section 6. The Advisory Council
Article 26. Responsibilities
26.1 The Governing Council may decide to create an Advisory Council made up of individuals who are renowned experts in the purpose and aims of the Consortium. Its aim is to advise the Governing Council, the Executive Council and the Directorate-General, and to act as a body for thought and reflection.
26.2 The members of the Advisory Council do not receive any remuneration or attendance fees.
Chapter 3. Staff and economic-financial system
Article 27. System and types of staff
27.1 The staff employed by the Consortium may be civil servants or workers, and must come exclusively from the participating administrations.
27.2 Their legal status is that of the public administration to which they are assigned, and their remuneration may not in any case exceed that established for equivalent posts in that administration.
27.3 Exceptionally, when it is not possible to have staff from the administrations participating in the Consortium due to the singularity of the tasks to be undertaken or when, following a public announcement for the filling of a job post restricted to the consortium member administrations, it is not possible to fill this post, the competent body of the seconding Administration may authorise the direct contracting of staff by the Consortium to perform the aforementioned tasks.
Article 28. Equity
28.1 The equity of the Consortium shall include the following:
a) The assets, rights, shares, products and income contributed to it by the consortium member entities.
b) The assets, rights, shares, products and income that the Consortium acquires or receives by any means.
28.2 The Consortium must draw up and keep a duly updated and valued inventory of all the assets that make up its equity.
28.3 Regarding the assets which make up its equity, the Consortium has the management and administrative powers necessary for the fulfilment of its purposes.
28.4 The equity system of the Consortium is that which is established in the regulations governing the assets of the Administration to which it is attached.
Article 29. Financial System
29.1 The budgetary, accounting and oversight systems applicable to the Consortium are those of the Administration to which it is attached.
29.2 The Consortium is subject to financial audit as part of the financial control established for this type of entity by the regulations governing the public finances of Catalonia, under the responsibility of the General Comptroller of the Government of Catalonia.
29.3 The Consortium's budget forms part of the budgets of the Administration to which it is attached.
29.4 The Consortium's accounts are included in the general accounts of the Administration to which it is attached.
Article 30. Financial resources
The Consortium's financial resources are as follows:
a) The contributions of the consortium member administrations and entities, in accordance with internal regulations and what is approved in the respective budgets.
b) The voluntary contributions of the Consortium members for the carrying out of activities.
c) The income derived from its assets.
d) Subsidies, transfers and donations made in its favour by persons or public or private entities.
e) The income produced by the fees, prices and tariffs which it may obtain for its activities.
f) Credits and loans granted to it.
g) Other legally established income.
Article 31. Contributions from consortium member administrations and entities
31.1 The Consortium receives annual contributions from the member entities, whether in the form of current or capital transfers, contributions of assets or in kind, with a view to guaranteeing the financing of the Consortium's operating expenses.
The consortium member bodies may make voluntary contributions to finance activities or projects under the terms agreed upon with the Consortium.
31.2 Insofar as they are not covered by the Consortium's own income, the member bodies assume the contributions necessary to meet the operating expenses of the Consortium on the basis of the following criteria:
a) The Government of Catalonia must make the majority contribution, which must be sufficient to cover the ordinary operating expenses, which include, in any case, staff costs.
b) The other members of the Consortium must make the contributions, in the form of quotas or contributions in kind, necessary for the annual work planning and the projects to be developed by the Consortium.
Contributions in kind include, among others, the fulfilment of the duties of collaboration with the Consortium in the performance of tasks, as established in Article 8.2 for the consortium member entities, and the fulfilment of the duties of representation and participation in the activities of the Consortium, which Article 17.2 establishes for the members of the Governing Council.
These financial quotas or contributions in kind must be established annually by the Consortium Governing Council.
Article 32. The Consortium's budget and work plan
32.1 The Governing Council approves the annual income and expenditure budget.
32.2 The Consortium must draw up the annual work plan, which is approved by the Governing Council, upon the proposal of the Executive Council. The plan shall indicate the list of activities to be carried out and their budget.
Chapter 4. Amendment of the Statutes, exercise of the right of withdrawal and dissolution of the Consortium
Article 33. Amendment of the Statutes
The Statutes amendment procedure is initiated by agreement of the Governing Council. Any proposed amendment shall be approved by an absolute majority of the Governing Council and ratified by the consortium members. The amendment must be published in the Official Journal of the Government of Catalonia.
Article 34. Exercising the right of separation
34.1 Any consortium member entity may agree to withdraw from the Consortium, under the following conditions:
a) It shall do so by means of a written document notifying the Governing Council with three months' notice, justifying the reason for separation.
b) It must be up to date with the commitments acquired and guarantee, where appropriate, the settlement of the approved budgetary obligations before exercising the right of withdrawal.
34.2 The exercise of the right of withdrawal leads to the dissolution of the Consortium, except in the event that the remaining members agree to its continuity and at least two administrations continue to belong to the Consortium, without counting the related entities or bodies, in accordance with the legislation in force and in the manner established in these Statutes.
34.3 When the exercise of the right of separation does not entail the dissolution of the Consortium, the General Comptroller of the Administration of assignment must calculate the separation fee, in accordance with the same criteria to be applied in the case of liquidation.
34.4 If the administration exercising the right of separation is the Government of Catalonia, the Governing Council shall agree to the assignment of the Consortium to one of the administrations remaining in the Consortium.
34.5 The Governing Council must agree on the form and conditions for payment of the separation fee, if it is positive, as well as the form and conditions for payment of the debt corresponding to the person exercising the right of separation if the fee is negative.
Article 35. Dissolution of the Consortium
35.1 The Consortium is dissolved by agreement of the entities which comprise it or due to the legal or material impossibility of fulfilling its objectives. The Governing Council is responsible for agreeing to its dissolution by the qualified majority regulated by Article 16.3. The dissolution agreement shall be ratified by the appropriate bodies of the consortium member entities.
35.2 The dissolution agreement shall determine how assets and liabilities are to be liquidated and how the reversion of works and facilities is to be carried out, which, in any case, shall be incorporated into the consortium member entities, at least in the proportion of the contributions made. The assets transferred for use by the Consortium member entities must be returned.
35.3. When adopting the dissolution agreement, the Governing Council must appoint a liquidating body, which must be a body or entity linked to the Administration to which it is attached or which depends on it.
35.4 The liquidating body must calculate the liquidation quota corresponding to each member of the Consortium, in accordance with the share corresponding to it in the balance resulting from the net assets after the liquidation. When calculating the criterion of distribution, both the percentage of the contributions made by each member of the Consortium to the patrimonial fund and the funding granted each year must be taken into account.
35.5 The Governing Council must agree on the form and conditions under which the payment of the liquidation quota must take place in the event that it is positive.
35.6 The consortium member entities may agree, with the favourable vote of all the members of the Governing Council, on the global transfer of assets and liabilities to another legally appropriate public sector entity in order to maintain the continuity of the activity and achieve the purposes of the Consortium that is being extinguished. This transfer implies the extinction without liquidation of the Consortium and, consequently, the absorption of the personnel who were providing services at the time of the transfer.
Annex. The member entities of Catalonia International are the following:
Public institutions and associative entities in the local sphere
1. Government of Catalonia
2. Barcelona City Council
3. Tarragona City Council
4. Girona City Council
5. Lleida City Council
6. Viella e Mijaran City Council
7. Barcelona Provincial Council
8. Tarragona Provincial Council
9. Girona Provincial Council
10. Lleida Provincial Council
11. General Council of Aran
12. Catalan Association of Municipalities and Counties (ACM)
13. Federation of Municipalities of Catalonia (FMC)
Universities, business schools and university research institutes
14. University of Barcelona (UB)
15. Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)
16. Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)
17. Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)
18. University of Lleida (UdL)
19. University of Girona (UdG)
20. Rovira i Virgili University (URV)
21. Ramon Llull University (URL)
22. Open University of Catalonia (UOC)
23. University of Vic- Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC)
24. International University of Catalonia (UIC)
25. Abat Oliba CEU University (UAO CEU)
26. Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI)
27. EADA Business School
28. Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)
Entities from the economic, business, trade union and social sectors
29. General Council of the Official Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Catalonia
30. Entrepreneurs association Foment del Treball Nacional
31. Association of Micro-, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises of Catalonia (PIMEC)
32. Confederation of Cooperatives of Catalonia
33. Multi-Sector Business Association (AMEC)
34. Private Foundation of Entrepreneurs (FemCAT)
35. Trade union Unió General de Treballadors (UGT)
36. Trade union Comissions Obreres (CCOO)
37. Third Sector Platform of Catalonia
38. Football Club Barcelona
Last updated: 08/10/2024