Statutes of the Czech Taiwanese Association
This English version is a working translation of the statutes adopted by the members’ meeting. The binding text is the Chinese original on the Chinese version of this page.
Chapter 1 / General provisions
Article 1. The name of the association is 捷克台灣協會, in English Czech Taiwanese Association, in Czech Česko-Tchaj-wanská společnost, z. s.
Article 2. The association brings together Taiwanese people living in the Czech Republic and people who identify with Taiwan. It is founded under the Taiwanese Civil Associations Act and under sections 214–302 of the Czech Civil Code as a non-profit organisation.
Article 3. The purpose of the association is to promote contact, mutual help and the exchange of information among Taiwanese people and their families in the Czech Republic and to pool resources for learning Mandarin.
The association also develops civic cultural exchange between Taiwan and the Czech Republic, brings in teachers of Mandarin in traditional characters, raises international awareness and promotes the good name of democratic Taiwan.
Chapter 2 / Members
Article 4. Any natural person, regardless of nationality, may become a formal member if they agree with the purpose of the association, have lived in the Czech Republic continuously for at least three years or have been a member for at least three years, are at least twenty years old and have full legal capacity. They fill in an application and pay the joining fee.
Under the same conditions, but without the residence requirement, a person becomes a prospective member after filling in an application and paying the joining fee.
A family membership covers at most five persons in the direct line. One of them is the representative, who meets the conditions for a formal member and has a formal member’s rights and duties. If no one in the family meets the conditions for a formal member, the family has the rights and duties of a prospective member.
Article 5. Members observe the statutes, attend meetings and pay the annual fee. After three consecutive absences the members’ meeting may expel a member.
A resolution is valid when half of the formal members are present and half of those present agree. Prospective members have an advisory vote at meetings.
Members may not use the association for business or for political or religious propaganda. The members’ meeting may expel, by a two-thirds majority, a member who acts against the purpose of the association or harms its reputation.
A new membership may be applied for after one year, without counting the previous membership.
Chapter 3 / Bodies and powers
Article 6. The highest body is the members’ meeting of formal members. It meets once a year and elects the President for four years, for at most two further terms.
The President represents the association externally, directs its activities and chairs the members’ meeting and the board.
The association may create further positions as needed for developing activities, organising events and financial planning. The President appoints and dismisses their holders, who answer to the President.
The board has at least five members: the President ex officio and the others elected by the members’ meeting for the same term. The board helps the President run and develop the association’s activities and decides extraordinary matters. The members’ meeting confirms such decisions within one year.
An auditor elected by the members’ meeting oversees the board’s resolutions and the finances. If the board departs from the purpose of the association, the auditor proposes corrections.
The association establishes the Prague Taiwan School and the Taiwan Center for Mandarin Learning (TCML). The board sets their rules and rights.
Chapter 4 / Registered office
Article 7. The registered office of the association is Sněmovní 7, 118 00 Praha 1 – Malá Strana.
Chapter 5 / Finances and accounting
Article 8. The association’s income is joining fees, annual fees and donations or grants from members and third parties.
Joining fee: 1,000 CZK once for a formal member; 500 CZK for a prospective member, who pays the difference on becoming a formal member; 2,000 CZK for a family membership.
Annual fee: 800 CZK for formal and prospective members, 2,000 CZK for a family membership.
Article 9. The financial year is the calendar year. The President presents a report on the previous year’s income and expenditure to the members’ meeting.
Article 10. Fees are due on 1 December. If a member has not paid within three months, even after two reminders, the membership lapses; it is restored upon payment, and after one year in arrears it lapses permanently.
Article 11. If the association is dissolved, its remaining assets pass to the local authority or to an institution designated by the competent office.
Chapter 6 / Final provisions
Article 12. The board issues the association’s internal rules. Article 13. The statutes take effect upon adoption by the members’ meeting and notification of the competent authority. The same applies to amendments.
- We keep the minutes and attendance lists of members’ meetings internally. Members can ask for them at info@taiwanese.cz.
