Charter
of International Federation
Amateur "Unifight" (FIAU)

I. OBJECTIVES. COMPOSITION OF THE ASSOCIATION

Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.1. Federation International Amateur Universalny Boi (hereinafter referred to as "the Association") is established in compliance with the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania, the Law on Associations of the Republic of Lithuania and other regulatory acts. It shall enjoy the freedom of activities, initiative and decisions as well as determined duties, and base its activities on the Statutes below.

1.2. Federation International Amateur Universalny Boi shall be an association by the legal form.

1.3. The Association shall unite national federations of "universal fight" (Universalny Boi) of different countries, provided they obligate to respect resolutions of the Association and comply with the Statutes hereinafter.

1.4. The Association is a public legal entity of limited liability, liable for its obligations only by its assets. The Association shall not be liable for obligations assumed by its members.

1.5. The name of the Association shall be Federation International Amateur Universalny Boi.

1.6. Registered office of the Association shall be at Gedimino av. 18, LT-01103 Vilnius, Republic of Lithuania.

1.7. The Association shall be established for activities unrelated to profit seeking. The Association is not entitled to distribute gained profit among its members or managing bodies. The gained profit shall be used for development of Association's activities or invested.

1.8. The Association shall have economic, financial and legal independence, its corporate seal with the name, bank accounts, its logo and other distinguishing symbols, if any. The logo of the Association shall be a stylised reflection of the head of a bear against the background of horizontal lines tapering from the right to the left and horizontal reflection - from the top to the bottom. The system of lines is laid out within the boundaries of a conditional equilateral triangle, whereas the vertical axis of its symmetry crosses one of the apexes and traverses one of its legs at a straight angle. In addition, the mentioned axis of the triangle is lower than the cited leg. Under the reflection, continents of the Earth are contoured horizontally from the left to the right: America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The flag of the Association shall be the logo of the Association reflected against the white background.

1.9. Official languages of the Association shall be Lithuanian, French, English and Russian. In case of any variances of texts in different languages, the Russian language shall override.

1.10. The Association shall be established for an unlimited period of time.

1.11. A financial year of the Association shall coincide with a calendar year.

Article 2. OBJECTIVES OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ASSOCIArticle 2. OBJECTIVES OF THE ACTIVITES OF THE ASSOCIATION

The objective of the Association is to represent and defend the interests of its members, to co-ordinate the activities of the members to the Association, to satisfy other public interests, including but not limited to:

2.1. seeking for development of the "universal fight" ("Russian fight") in all countries of the world; keeping of contacts with all official organizations or individuals rendering technical, administrative and financial support for the development of the universal fight;

2.2. active contribution to development of mutual understanding, freedom and peace among the nations of the world, creation of favourable conditions for maintenance of good relations among member states of the Association, respect of the interests of each of them;

2.3. definition and distribution of the rules of the universal fight, as determined by the Association, organization of international contests of the universal fight;

2.4. control of the development of the universal fight and ensuring of adherence to the determined rules by all federations and organizations covered by the Association, also at world championships and international contests controlled by the member organizations of the Association;

2.5. improvement of qualifications of international referees, coaches and sportsmen as well as qualifications of all the technical and administrative staff; control and licensing of activities thereof;

2.6. ensuring representation of the national organizations of universal fight and the Association at the national Olympic committees and the International Olympic Committee, and other international sports organizations;

2.7. unbiased decision making in cases of disputable questions or disagreements likely to arise among the organizations of the Association;

2.8. making of decisions without any political, racial or religious prejudice.

The Association is entitled to carry out commercial activities that are not contradicting to its Statutes and objectives of the activities, and is necessary for achievement thereof.

Article 3. COMPOSITION OF THE ASSOCIATION. NATIONAL AND CONTINENTAL FEDERATIONS

3.1. The Association shall consist of national federations (NF) engaged in the issues of this sports branch in relevant countries, provided they recognize and comply with the Statues of the Association and have fulfilled the formalities for joining the Association.

3.2. Each country may be represented by one national federation recognized by the national Olympic committee or other irrelevant authority.'

3.3. The Association may also admit honorary members. The honorary members awarded the mentioned title by nomination of the national federation or the executive committee at the congress of the Association may be private individuals, legal entities, associations or other public organizations making relevant contributions to the development of the universal fight and/or delivering exclusive services to the Association.

3.4. Continental federations (CF) shall be formed by the national federations - Association members - in different continents in accordance with the strict geographical principles. These continental federations shall enjoy the power of decision-making and executive power in conformity to the Statutes and resolutions of the Association. They shall form their own managing bodies responsible for development of the universal fight within the continent.

3.5. The presidents of CF shall hold offices of vice presidents at the executive committee of the Association.

3.6. The CFs shall define the places of championships, cup and international tournaments in their continents having agreed the schedule with the Association.

Article 4. ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

4.1. Any national federation registered in accordance with the national laws may become a member of the Association. The following requirements must be satisfied in order to become a member of the Association:

• Submission of a written application signed by the president and the secretary general of the national federation containing the agreement to the rules and the Statutes of the Association as well as the commitment to adhere to the same in addition to the obligation to pay all fees approved by the regulation of the Association;
• Filling in of a membership application form;
• Submission of a mediating letter from the national Olympic committee or other authority reasonable for the sports field in the country;
• Payment of the first membership fee.

4.2. The membership application form formalized in the above-mentioned way shall be submitted to the secretarmentioned way shall be submitted to the secretary general of the Association. The application shall be analyzed by the executive committee of the Association and submitted for the approval of the congress. The congress is the sole body entitled to make decisions as to the admission of new members. The final decision concerning the admission of new members shall be taken by the voting of the congress of the Association (by majority of votes).

4.3. Disagreement of the national Olympic committee or authority responsible for the sports field in the country shall constitute an exception in the above-mentioned procedure. Such being the case, the executive committee shall analyze the issue of membership in the individual procedure.

4.4. Members of the Association shall have the following rights:

• attend and speak at all meetings of the congress;
• enjoy a voting right in resolving any issues at the congress;
• submit proposals with regard to activities of the Association;
• nominate candidates to the leading positions;
• make use of the services rendered by the association;
• get familiar with the documentation of the Association and acquire information concerning the activities of the Association;
• attend events and contests held by the Association;
• withdraw from the Association at any time after giving a 30 days' notice to the executive committee in writing. Such being a case, entrance fees, membership fees or funds and assets passed to the. ownership of the Association otherwise shall not be refunded.

4.5.The following are the duties of the members of the Association:

• comply with the Statutes of the Association;
• promote the objectives and tasks of the Association;
• abstain from activities detrimental to the Association or its members;
• pay membership fees and other payments defined by the congress.

Article 5. LOSING OF THE MEMBERSHIP

5.1. Membership in the Association may be lost in the following cases:

• free-will resignation;
• cancellation of sports activities with the Association;
• by a resolution of the executive committee in the form of disciplinary penalty for serious violations;
• non-payment of membership fees or violation of the requirements of admission to the Association;
• operating defects in performance of the development of the universal fight activities in a result of incapability to organise
• the work in a proper way;
• seeking for objectives in conflict with the Statutes of the Association;
• violation of the defined requirements and the Statutes;
• refusal to obey to the decisions of the Association.

5.2. The issue on the exclusion of a member from the Association shall be finally settled at the congress by 2/3 majority of votes of the delegates, when the voting is attended by at least 2/3 of the congress members.

Article 6. ASSETS AND SOURCES OF FUNDS

6.1. Assets of the Association shall be formed from its tangible assets and financial resources (contributions, fees, etc.). Various fees and contributions to the Association as well as the procedure of payment thereof shall be defined in a separate document of the executive committee and approved by the congress. The fees and contributions shall be comprised of the following:

• annual membership fees;
• fees for the rights to various privileges;
• fees for the license to use the attributes of the Association for advertising purposes; - - fees for the license to hold championships, international tournaments;
• diverse license fees;
• entrance fees;
• registration fees for participation in contests;
• penalties;
• income from investment and securities;
• interest paid by credit institutions for the funds of the Association deposited therein;
• inherited, donated assets and funds; charity, support.

6.2. Paid in fees and contributions become the ownership of the Association and are not refundable (with the exception of possible errors).

6.3. The Association is allowed to transfer the assets and funds held by the right of ownership or otherwise, to use them for securing fulfilment of obligations or to restrict its rights into them otherwise exclusively in cases when this is sought to implement the objectives of the activities specified in the Statues of the Association.

6.4. The Association must adhere to the activity restrictions specified in the Law on Associations of the Republic of Lithuania.

6.5. The Association shall keep cash support and other non-refundable cash or assets on a separate account and use them for the purposes of the assignor, if such purposes have been indicated and they do not contradict to the objectives of the Association.

Article 7. CONTESTING

Only high-class sportsmen nominated by the national federations and continental federations shall be delegated to international contests where the Association is participating.

Article 8. DOPE

8.1. Taking of any preparations designated for stimulation of a sportsman shall be strictly prohibited.

8.2. Sportsmen and officials participating in the contests organized by the Association shall have no right to refuse undergoing a dope control.

8.3. Decisions with regard to sanctions shall be made by the executive committee of the Association in compliance with the rules of anti doping control approved by the International Olympic Committee. The mentioned decisions shall be approved by the congress.

II. CONGRESS

Article 9. REPRESENTATION AT THE CONGRESS

The congress shall be the supreme body of the Association. Representatives of the federations of the Association, members of the executive committee and the commission for control and audit shall be entitled to attend the congress. Each country may -be represented by maximally 3 representatives holding mandates of the national federation. Only one of the three representatives may have a voting right.

Article 10. VOTING RIGHT AT THE CONGRESS

Each national federation, which is a member of the Association, shall have one vote subject to timely payment of the contributions.

If the national federation, which is a member of the Association, cannot attend the congress, it may authorise another member federation to represent it at the congress.

Article 11. CONVOCATION OF THE CONGRESS

11.1. The congress of the Association is normally held during the world championships. Reported and electoral congresses shall be convoked once per 4 years. The congress shall be convoked by the president.

11.2. Before opening of the congress, representatives of the member federations shall render for checking their mandates, which must have the affixed stamp and signatures of officials of the national or continental federation.

11.3. The congress shall work in accordance with the agenda approved by the executive committee and delivered to the members of the Association at least one month before the opening of the congress. The congress shall be chaired by the president or, in case of his absence, by one of the vice presidents.

11.4. Members of the Association willing to have some issues added to the agenda must submit them for the executive committee latest 2 months before the opening of the congress.

11.5. Issues, which resolution is a common interest of all the members, shall be submitted for consideration of member federations 1 month before the opening of the congress.

11.6. The minutes of the congress taken by the secretary general and signed by the secretary general and the presidenthe president shall be sent to the member federations within 2 months after the end of the congress. Enforcement of the resolutions shall be discussed at the next congress.

Article 12. VALIDITY OF CONGRESS RESOLUTIONS

12.1. Resolutions shall be taken at the meeting of the congress by the majority of votes of the attending members of the Association. Resolutions on the amendment of the Statutes, rearrangement or dissolution (reorganization or liquidation) of the Association require at least a 2/3 majority of the attending votes.

12.2. The resolutions shall be valid if the congress is attended by at least a half of the representatives from the member federations entitled to vote. When there is no quorum, the president must convoke the repeated congress within 2 months, which shall the right to adopt resolutions on the items set in the agenda of the adjourned congress irrespective of the number of the attending members of the Association. 12.3. Secret ballot shall take place when personal issues are raised for consideration. If the secret ballot results in the equal number of "pro" and "cons" votes, the resolution shall be considered non-adopted.

Article 13. AUTHORITIES OF THE CONGRESS

13.1. The congress shall be the supreme body of the Association holding all rights of the general meeting of members. The congress shall be called for discussion of the basic issues related to the development of the universal fight as well as for election of the managing and other bodies.

13.2. The congress shall have the power to:

• elect and revoke the president, secretary general, treasurer, members to the executive committee and the commission for control and audit;
• approve reports of the president, secretary general, treasurer, members to the executive committee and the commission for control and audit;
• approve activity program of the Association and the time-schedule of international contests;
• elect and withdraw the members of the Association;
• debrief and approve resolutions of the president and the executive committee;
• pass resolutions on all and any issues or proposals made by the members of the Association as well as resolutions aimed at improvement of the activities of the Association and development of the universal fight;
• give the right to hold official contests of the Association: world championships, world-cup and international tournaments as well as to approve the nominees thereto;
• approve alteration and amendment of the Statutes of the Association;
• approve the size of the membership fee and other contributions to the budget as well as procedure of payment thereof;
• approve the rules of the universal fight;
• consider and approve the budget of the Associaticonsider and approve the budget of the Association;
• approve annual financial statements of the Association;
• make decisions as to the establishment of branches and representative offices of the Association, approval provisions thereof and suspension of their activities;
• make decisions as to joining the association unions by the Association;
• establish enterprises and mass media owned by the Association;
• make decisions as to participation in another legal entities;
• make decisions as to rearrangement or dissolution (reorganisation or liquidation) of the Association;
• award titles such as a honorary member of the Association, a honorary member of the executive committee of the Association, honorary vice president of the Association, honorary president of the Association;
• consider issues furnished by the executive committee.

Article 14. EXTRAORDINARY CONGRESS

14.1. An extraordinary congress may be convoked on the basis of a written request signed by no less than a half of the member federations or vice presidents.

14.2. The mentioned request should be substantiated. It shall be furnished to the president and secretary general. This issue shall be considered at the executive committee thereafter.

14.3. The extraordinary congress shall consider the issues included in the preliminary agenda only.

14.4. The venue of the extraordinary congress shall be defined by the executive committee of the Association.

III. MANAGING BODIES

Article 15. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

15.1. The executive committee of the Association shall be the collegial managing body comprised of 25 members, elected for a period four years.

15.2. The president, secretary general, vice-presidents and treasurer must be among the members of the executive committee.

15.3. If any member withdraws from the executive committee, his seat may not be automatically taken by a representative of the same national federation (Association member).

Article 16. PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

16.1. The president or other nominee of the national federation may be elected to the executive committee after submission of a letter of reference issued by the national or continental federation to the secretary general of the Association latest 3 months beforgeneral of the Association latest 3 months before the electoral congress.

16.2. A nominee shall not be considered by the executive committee of the Association unless the letter of reference is submitted.

16.3. Any nomination must contain a written commitment to assume transport and accommodation costs for the period of congress meetings and sittings of the executive committee whereat the elected member will have to present at least once per year.

Members to the executive committee shall be approved by the congress by the simple majority of votes.

Article 17. VALIDITY OF MANDATES

17.1. Mandates of all elected members of the executive committee shall be valid for a period of four years.

17.2. If vacancies appear for one or another reason, the executive committee shall take efforts to fill in the vacancy at the nearest meeting of the congress.

17.3. New members elected to fill the vacancies shall do their duties for the period of validity of the mandate of the replaced member.

17.4. All members of the executive committee may be re-elected for new tenures.

17.5. If any member of the executive committee misses at least 3 sittings without a sound excuse, such member shall be considered resigned and be replaced with another member.

Article 18.COMPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. AUTHORITIES. PROCEDURE OF CONVOCATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

18.1. The executive committee of the Association shall consist of:

• the president;
• 3 first vice-presidents;
• secretary general;
• 10 vice-presidents, including 5 presidents of continental federations;
• treasurer;
• 9 members.

18.2. The executive committee takes a strategic lead over activities of the Association. It enjoys all powers related to the technical, financial and moral trends of the activities of the Association. The following shall fall under the competence of the executive committee: setting forth of the sources and ways of utilisation of financial resources; analysis of transactions of the Association; responsibility for drawing of financial statements and of the association, drafting of reports on the activities of the Association and presentation thereof to the congress; accounting of the members; dealing with other issues delegated by resolutions of the congress to fall under the competence of the executive committee.

18.3 Sittings of the executive committee shall be convoked by the president or at a request of one third of the member federations, but no less than twice per year. The sitting shall be convoked by the president. -

18.4. Resolutions shall be adopted by the majority of votes of the attending members of the executive committee. The quorum shall be considered established when a half of the total number of the members of the executive committee plus one member are present at the sitting.

18.5. If "pro" and "cons" votes distribute equally at the sitting, the president shall have the casting vote.

18.6. If enforcement of one or another article of the Statues becomes difficult or impossible due to external hindrances conditioned by international circumstances beyond Association's control, the president or executive committee of the Association are entitled and must take all reasonable efforts to defend the interests of the Association. The executive committee shall notify the congress on such efforts.

18.7. Minutes of the sittings of the executive committee shall be taken by the secretary general. The minutes shall be signed by the president and the secretary general.

Article 19. PRESIDENT. PROCEDURE OF ELECTION AND COMPETENCE OF THE PRESIDENT

19.1. The president of the Association is a one-person body of management. He is elected by secret or open ballot at the congress of the Association for a period of four years. Nominees to the position shall be recommended by the executive committee, national or continental federations. Normally, election of the president takes place right after submission of the report on the key trends of the activities of the Association and the report for the last operating year of the Association. Election shall be considered valid if attended by the majority of persons entitled to vote. The president may be repeatedly elected to this position.

19.2. Within the period from the sittings of the executive committee, current affairs of the Association shall be handled by the president, who employs and releases from work staff members, enters into employment contracts with them, manages operations of the personnel, enters into transactions on behalf of the Association, takes care of expenses and handles assets of the Association, ensures security of the assets and documents of the Association, convokes meetings of the congress and the executive committee, takes care of timely notification of the Association members about the meetings of the congress and executive committee as well as giving of other notices about essential events of the Association, organises announcement of public information in the statutory procedure, assumes responsibility for submission of data and documents to the Register of Legal Entities. ssumes responsibility for submission of data CCompetence of the president also includes representation of the Association at state authorities and non-governmental organisations, companies and agencies, meetings of international sports organisations, sessions of the International Olympic Committee, any national and international meetings of interest to the Association.

19.3. The president shall be entitled to:

• offer nominees for the positions of the secretary general, vice presidents and treasurer;
• form various commissions, work groups and delegate them some powers of the president;
• compensate expenses related to organisation of the representation of the Association as well as expenses related to the most important trips of the Association;
• allow compensation of expenses of the executive committee of the Association and members of the commissions, if such expenses are related to fulfilment of their duties at the Association. All the mentioned expenses should be documentary proved.

19.4. If there appears a vacancy to the position of the president for one or another reason, the executive committee shall elect the acting president from the first vice-presidents in a secret ballot. Election of the new president shall take place at the nearest congress.

Article 20. SECRETARY GENERAL

20.1. The secretary general manages the operations of the secretariat of the Association and is responsible for correspondence. Duties of the secretary general include the following:

• monitoring of compliance with the Statutes, enforcement of the minutes of the meetings of the congress, decisions and resolutions of the executive committee;
• monitoring of financial obligations of the continental and national federations (members of the Association);
• compliance with the time schedule of sports events;
• drawing up and submission of the congress agenda and any other related information for approval of the executive committee;
• taking of the minutes of the meetings of the congress and executive committee;
• accepting applications from the nominees to the members of he Association.

Article 21. TREASURER

21.1. The treasurer shall be responsible for acceptaince of all and any cash contributions and payments made in cash or via bank transfers. Duties of the treasurer include the following:

• drawing up of the annual report of the Association and furnishing it for the approval of the executive committee latest 30 days before the congress;
• furnishing of the report on the financial activities of the Association to the congress;
• furnishing of the summary about thethe Congress;
• furnishing of the summary about the fulfilment of financial obligations by the members of the Association to the executive committee;
• responsibility for investment of financial assets of the Association.

Article 22. COMMISSIONS

22.1. Commissions are auxiliary bodies performing the functions delegated to them by the president or the executive committee.

22.2. The executive committee shall define the objectives and scope of the commissions as well as their composition, number of members and period of functioning, the role and functions of each commission. Each commission shall have one chairperson and one secretary.

22.3. Chairperson of the commissions shall be assigned by the executive committee, subject to the exception specified in this article below.

22.4. Members to the commissions shall be nominated by the national federations.

22.5. The composition of the commission shall be approved by the executive committee at the proposal of the chairperson of the commission, subject to the exception specified in this article below.

22.6. The following commissions of the Association shall be defined:

• Commission for organisational affairs;
• Commission for the Statutes of the Association;
• Commission for the development of the universal fight;
• Commission of referees;
• Commission for operation of coaches;
• Commission for sportsmen affairs;
• Commission for women's universal fight;
• Commission for students' universal fight;
• Commission for the universal fight of the army and police;
• Commission for medical affairs;
• Commission for children's universal fight;
• Agitation, promotion and press commission;
• Commission for financial and commercial issues;
• Disciplinary commission (consisting of the members of the executive committee);
• Commission for control and audit.

22.7. The commission for control and audit shall consist of three representatives of the Association members not included in the composition of the managing bodies. The members and the chairperson of this commission shall be approved by the congress. The commission shall monitor compliance with the Statutes, implementation of the resolutions of the congress, financial-economic activities of the executive committee. Audit shall be conducted once per year at least. The audit results shall be submitted to the congress. The opinion of the commission for control and audit approved by the congress shall be binding.

IV. RULES OF INTERNATIONAL CONTEST

Articles 23. GENERAL PRINCIPLES. REPRESENTATION

23.1. All federations and their clubs (members of the Association) may hold international meetings exclusively with the national federations, which are the members of the Association.

23.2. The national federations and their members may take part in the contests held by the Association and its members only. However, at a reasonable request, the president or the executive committee may allow the members of the Association to take part in other contests as well, if this will contribute to the development of the universal fight in other countries, not represented in the Association.

23.3. The rules of contests approved by the Association and recognised by the International Olympic Committee shall apply to international contests, continental and world championships, Olympic games. The rules should remain unchanged for a period of 4 years.

23.4. The Association shall assign its representatives to various contests. The representatives shall be responsible for monitoring of adherence to the rules of contests.

23.5. A contester is not entitled to be a member of the national team unless he is a citizen of that country. In exceptional cases, the Association may give consent for such a participant to contest.

23.6. An offer to take part in a contest addressed to a foreign sportsman or a club shall be always implemented through mediation of the national federation for the party concerned.

23.7. If a sportsman has dual citizenship, he is entitled to participate in various contests representing one and the same country. Participation of such sportsmen in national contests falls under the competence of the relevant national federation.

Article 24. OFFICIAL INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS

24.1. All international contests included in the time schedule of the Association are considered official.

24.2. If the contest is not included in the schedule of the Association, the organiser of such contest shall notify the Association on the place and time of the contest 3 months before the beginning thereof.

24.3. Results of the contests shall be informed to the Association within 15 days in the mandatory procedure.

24.4. National federations, which are the organisers of international contests, must timely pay the Association all required payments without creating the grounds for imposition of disciplinary measures or limitations on them for a 3 months7 period.

V. SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Article 25. ESTABLISHMENT AND DISSOLUTION OF BRANCHES AND REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES OF THE ASSOCIATION

25.1. A branch of the Association is a structural unit thereof having its domicile and carrying out all functions of the Association or any part ерукуthereof. The Association shall be liable fothereof. The Association shall be liable for obligations of the branch and the branch shall be liable for obligations of the Association.

25.2. A representative office is a unit of the Association having its domicile and entitled to represent and defend the interests of the Association, to enter into transactions in accordance with the given powers and to carry out any other actions on behalf of the Association.

25.3. Branches and representative offices are not legal entities. They are considered established on the date of registration thereof with the Register of Legal Entities.

25.4. Resolutions concerning establishment of branches and representative offices, assignment and revocation of their chief executives, approval of the provisions and dissolution of their activities shall be passed by the congress.

Article 26. PROCEDURE FOR SUBMISSION OF DOCENTS AND INFORMATION. NOTICE GIVING PROCEDURE

26.1. The procedure for submission of documents and information to the members of the Association shall be approved by a separate document of the executive committee.

26.2. Reports on the activities of the Association shall be public. At a request of any natural or legal person the Association should provide him with an access to the reports in its domicile or make them available otherwise.

26.3. Notices to be announced publicly in accordance with the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania and the Law on Associations of the Republic of Lithuania shall be published in Lietuvos Rytas Daily in the procedure and within time-limits defined in the legislation.

26.4. Responsibility for the delivery of notices and information to the members of the Association and publishing of notices shall be vested upon the president of the Association.

Article 27. SETTLEMENT OF ISSUES OF ARGUMENT

Members of the Association undertake to settle any disputes and disagreements in negotiations. In case of failure to reach a peaceful settlement, the disputes shall be settled in the procedure defined by laws of the Republic of Lithuania.

Article 28. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE ASSOCIATION. REMUNERATION FOR ACTIVITIES

28.1. The Association may acquire and hold only such civil rights and duties, which do not contradict to the objectives of its activities defined by laws of the Republic of Lithuania and the Statutes herein. Duties of the Association shall be defined in contracts made on behalf of the Association. For the mentioned purpose none of the members of the Association, whether legal or natural, maynnatural, may substitute substitute the Association.

28.2. Members of the executive committee and commissions may not receive remuneration for their work. Exception with this regard can be granted by the congress to the members of the executive committee.

Article 29. IN-HOME PROCEDURE

The executive committee is entitled to define the in-home procedure exclusively in compliance with the Statutes herein.

Article 30. VALIDITY AND AMENDMENT OF THE STATUES

30.1 The Statutes shall constitute an incorporation document to be complied with by the Association in its activities.
Issues omitted in the Statutes shall be resolved by the executive committee of the Association.
Resolutions of the Association as well as resolutions adopted by the continental and national federations (members of the Association) may not contradict the Statutes.
Resolution to alter or amend the Statutes of the Association shall be adopted by the congress and require more than a 2/3 majority of votes of the attending members.
Amendments and alteration of the Statutes shall come into force from the date of registration thereof with the Register of Legal Entities of the Republic of Lithuania.

Article 31. REARRANGEMENT AND DISSOLUTION OF THE ASSOCIATION

31.1. Resolution to rearrange or dissolve the Association (through reorganisation or liquidation) may be adopted exclusively by the special congress, which is convoked specifically for this purpose. The quorum of such congress requires 2/3 of the members of the Association.

Resolution to rearrange or dissolve the Association requires at least a 2/3 majority of votes of the attending delegates.

31.2. In case of dissolution of the Association, the special congress should resolve the issues related to the funds and assets of the Association.

31.3. The Association shall be rearranged or dissolved in the procedure defined by the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania or the Law on Associations of the Republic of Lithuania.