NPŠA ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

29 January 2005.
NATIONAL PRACTICAL SHOOTING ASSOCIATION
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

General part

1. These articles of Association is governed by the Republic of Lithuania, operating in the National Association for practical shooting activities.
2. the national practical shooting Association (hereinafter Association) is a voluntary association of individuals and legal persons.
3. the Association is a legal person from the date of its registration, stamp with its name, the settlement accounts, simboliką. In accordance with their obligations of the Association are the responsibility of all its assets and is not responsible for the commitments made by its members.
4. the Association is a not-for-profit organization. It does not distribute profits to its members. The Association is to support the charity's status.
5. the Association in its activities is guided by the Constitution the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Lithuania on associations law, other legislation, the MINISTRY of government regulation and other regulatory acts, the international practical shooting Confederation, as well as the Constitution and this Statute.
6. the Association's name in English is a national practical shooting Association, abbreviated name-NPŠA.
7. the name of the Association of English-National Practical Shooting Association.
8. the duration of the Association is unlimited.
9. the Association's financial year is the calendar year.
10. Association of the home address to the Constitution Ave. 12, Vilnius. .
11. information on the Association's activities and decisions of the governing bodies of the need to publicize the statutes provide for law and shall be published in the official website of the Association (www.npsa.lt).

The Association objectives, principles and practices

12. the Association shall foster, to foster, promote and elaborate practical šaudymą as a separate branch of the shooting sports.
13. the Association shall organize practical shooting and other competitions, training and improvement courses, seminars and other events related to the practical šaudymu; preparation of methodological guidance and newsletters and other publications of the Association and its members.
14. Coordination and organization of practical shooting competitions shall be authorised by the official in Lithuania.
15. in control of a firearm helps to improve practical skills of persons entitled to hold and carry (transfer) of the firearm for self-defence, for sport, hunting, to the Office.
16. Purchase or otherwise acquire, use, manage, it has.
17. setting up businesses, the media, is engaged in publishing, carries out the laws of the other nedraudžiamą in the commercial business activities, which are compatible with the Association's statutes and operational purposes and necessary to attain its objectives.
18. in cooperation with the Republic of Lithuania and other Member States, enterprises, institutions, organisations; There may be a member of the international organizations.
19. provide information, advice and services in all matters of practical shooting.
20. the proposals to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the Seimas and other public authorities.
21. Encourages the development of services related to the practical šaudymu.
22. the Association shall have the right to conclude contracts and enter into obligations; connect to the associations of unions (konfederacijas) and withdraw from them.
23. Association property right may be subject to the buildings, vehicles, equipment and other assets required for the activities provided for in its statutes, which may be obtained from the following sources of funds:
23.1. the contributions of the members of the stojamųjų;
23.2. the members of the tax and contributions;
23.3. the State and municipal special purpose funds;
rule 23.4. natural and legal persons free of charge to administer the funds and assets;
23.5. charity and support;
23,6. legacy, according to a will relating to the Association;
23.7. the Association set up by the Corporation;
23.8. the credit institutions of an interest payment for protected resources.
24. the Association shall have the right to establish branches and representative offices. Branch or representative office is a branch of the Association is not a legal person, has a separate Office, acting in accordance with the relevant branch or agency regulations and the decisions of the Council. Branch or agency shall be recorded in accordance with the law. Branch or representative office set up by Council decision.

Rights and obligations of members of the Association

25. the members of the Association may be:
25.1. the good reputation of the Republic of Lithuania and foreign States, citizens, complying with the requirements of the statutes, and to take them to the Association's statutes. Stateless persons shall not be members of the Association. Younger than 18 years, the members of the Association may become a member of any elected Office;
25.2. legal persons whose activities are wholly or partly for the purposes of the Association and its implementation of the principles and the adoption of the statutes of the Association.
26. the members of the Association shall have the following rights:
26.1. participate in the activities of the Association, they organised events;
26.2. promote the goals and objectives of the Association;
26.3. using the services of the Association;
26.4. for information on the activities of the Association;
26.5. the use of the information in the Association;
26.6. the participation of members of the Association, in a meeting with a casting vote;
26.7. the collection and to be elected to the Association of management and control bodies;
26.8-manufacture of proposals to improve the activities of the Association.;
26.9., arrange for another Member to vote for him in the Association of members of the Association, in a meeting or perform other actions;
26.10. the membership of the Association, with her before;
26.11. using the procedure laid down in the Council of the Association symbols;
26.12. using the procedure laid down in the Council of Association assets.
27. the duties of the members of the Association:
27.1. the timely and regular pay an annual membership fee;
27.2. to comply with the statutes of the Association;
27.3. to provide assistance and to participate actively in the activities of the Association;
27.4. to protect the assets of the Association;
27.5. for the general meeting of the governing bodies of the Association and the decisions taken and orders;
27.6. the Association as a member of the honor guard, nežeminti its authoritative;
27.7. the conduct and activities to enhance the positive role of the Association of the society.

Reception, for the purpose of the Association and the Elimination of the terms and conditions

28. natural persons wishing to become members of the Association shall submit the following documents:
28.1. the request in the prescribed form-a questionnaire;
28.2. the two members of the Association, having not less than one-year membership period, recommendations;
28.3. the document certifying payment of an entry.
29. the legal entities wishing to become members of the Association shall submit the following documents:
29.1. the form request-form, signed by the person entitled to sign the Statute in accordance with stojančio of the legal person;
29.2. the Treaty establishing the legal person, the legal person's registration certificate, the legal person, a copy of the procedure laid down in the statutes approved.
30. the preliminary and a member of the amount of the fee and payment procedure of the general meeting. As a member of the Association may pay tax on the founders, President of the Association and younger than 18 years. Decision of the Council, the members of the Association may be exempted from paying the annual membership fee.
31. good repute person is a person who complies with the weapons and ammunition for the control of the Republic of Lithuania and other laws.
32. the Council shall, on request and the documents provided for in the statutes on the recruitment of members, shall consider the request and shall, not later than 30 days shall take one of the following solutions:
32.1. grant the request;
32.2. the order within a reasonable time to provide additional information;
32.3. the application to refuse.
33. the decision granting an application for the adoption of a legal person shall be effective only if that person upon payment of the fee prescribed in decision stojamąjį.
34. the members of the Association shall be issued by the Council in the form of a certificate.
35. in the case of the person making it to the Association, paid an entry fee is not refundable.
36. the members shall be entitled to withdraw from the Association and the Association has the right to remove members. Išstojusiems and withdrawn, and members of their payments and their charge by the Association of the transferred assets is not refundable.
37. a member of the Association, the National Council may withdraw from the Association of a written request. From the moment the applicant loses the petition the Association as a member of the Association of rights and may not use the services, facilities and it assets, it must terminate its functions of the Association.
38. the membership of the Association ends:
38.1. the joining of the Association;
38.2. the removal of the Association;
38.3-materials recovery. dissolution of the Association;
38.4. the liquidation of a legal entity in the Association;
38.5. the natural person's death.
39. the decision on the withdrawal from the Association, adopted by the Council.
40. a member is removed from the Association:
40.1. If his actions are contrary to the purposes and objectives of the Association;
40.2. If he fails to fulfil the commitments;
paragraph. If, by 1 March of the calendar year, without valid reason does not pay the annual membership fee.
40.4. If he fails to comply with the general meeting of the Association and the decisions taken by the governing bodies; their own actions and conduct in violation of the laws, statutes and other regulatory acts.
41. the members of the Association, before 1 March of the calendar year in addition to the reasons of nesumokėjusių annual membership fee, the Secretary-General shall submit a list of the Association at its next meeting. Likely to participate in the list of members shall be published on the Internet NPŠA in competitions together with the Council meeting.

The Association bodies

42. the organs of the Association are the general meeting, the President, Vice President, Secretary, Director and Council.
43. the general meeting is the supreme governing body of the Association.
44. the general meeting is competent to:
defined in point 44.1. to adopt, amend and supplement the articles of Association;
44.2. determine the objectives and main tasks of the Association;
44.3. the procedure laid down in Council formation, collection of its members and to cancel;
44.4. determine the amount of the fee and the preliminary and the members of the payment procedure;
44.5. setting up an association-owned enterprises, the media, the reorganization or liquidation of the Association;
44.6. collect the Association President, the Vice-President (Regional Director), a collection of revision Commission members and to cancel;
44.7. approve the annual accounts of the Association;
44.8. set the revision procedure for the clearance work, members of the Commission.
45. the general meeting is convened, usually once a year. A special meeting must be convened if requested by at least 1/5 of the members of the Association, the Council in its decision, or visit the Commission. For the convening of the general meeting of the Secretary-General, who is in charge of convening such meetings in accordance with the members of the Council must inform the 15 days prior to the meeting.
46. the general meeting is legitimate if it participates in at least half the members of the Association. Decisions are taken by simple majority. The statutes and the decisions of the matters covered by subparagraphs 46.1 46.5-wholesale of not less than 2/3 of the present meeting of the members of the Association are present or represented and voting. Each participant in the meeting shall have one vote, the casting vote.
47. If the General Assembly, there is no quorum, the Council of association not later than one month, shall convene a review meeting, which shall have the right to accept the resolutions of the Assembly's agenda, despite the failure of the members present.
48. the activities of the Association is run by the Association Council, whose decisions in accordance with its competence as provided for in these statutes.
49. the Council of members may be the only natural persons-members of the Association and of the Association of legal persons-participants and staff.
50. the Council shall be elected by the general meeting of members of the Association of 4 years.
51. the Council shall be composed of 11 members: the President of the Association, the Vice President (Regional Director) and members.
52. the Board elected at its first meeting, shall elect from among its members, the Secretary General and Board of Directors. President of the Association is the President of the Council.
53. Board meetings are usually held every two months, but at least four times a year.
54. the Council meetings shall be chaired by the President of the Council, the Secretary-General, in his absence-or any other Member of the Council.
55. the meeting of the Council are lawful, provided it participates in at least half the members of the Council and the decisions are legal, when they vote of not less than one-half of the members of the Council. Members have equal voting rights. If votes are tied, the presiding hearing voices.
56. the Association Council:
56.1. establishes the Association's organizational and financial policies;
56.2. addressing the members of the Association, their withdrawal and disposal issues;
56.3. consists of commissions, institutes and other bodies with the necessary to conduct the activities of the Association;
56.4. activities of the Association shall consider all questions that are not within the competence of the general meeting.
57. the President of the Association:
57.1. led by the Association and it represents;
57.2. on behalf of the Association shall consist of the transactions;
57.3. appoints and dismisses from the work of the Council, the Chief finansininką (accounting officer), other staff, for their official salaries. CFO (accounting) functions under the Treaty, may be performed by a legal person.
58. Association Vice President (Regional Director):
58.1. powers of the President shall represent the Association within the framework of its relations with the international practical shooting Confederation;
58.2-software publishing under that any practical shooting competitions are carried out in accordance with the International Practical Shooting Confederation, of the Constitution and the rules for the organisation of competitions;
58.3. practical shooting competitions shall be authorised by the official enforcement in Lithuania.
59. the everyday activities of the Association is organised and carried out by the Secretary-General and the Director.
60. the Secretary-General, in addition to any other rights provided for in these statutes:
60.1. manages the list of members of the Association;
60.2. the powers of the President shall represent the Association within other bodies, enterprises and organizations;
60.3. organized by the Association of raštvedybą;
60.4. prepares the Association;
60.5. the Association shall keep it and approve it;
60.6. interacting with the media.
61. the Director shall:
61.1 States pursuant to Council and the general meeting's powers are materially responsible person on behalf of the Association consists of transactions if such powers accorded to the President.
61.2. carries out the orders of the Council and the general meeting.
62. the Commission shall consist of the Revizinė its President and two members.
63. the Commission shall be elected by the general meeting of members of the Revizinės for four years.
64. revizinė the Commission Elected its first meeting, shall elect its Chairman.
65. the Commission shall report to the general meeting of Revizinė.
66. the Association shall periodically examine the financing activities. It is carried out revizinė by the Commission. The Commissioner may not be a member of the Association Council.
67. the Commission shall monitor the financial activities of the Association Revizinė. It must:
67.1. verifying the Association's annual financial statements and other financial book-keeping activities;
67.2. a general meeting or of the Council commissioned the Association's financial accounting checks;
67.3. should the general meeting or meeting of the Council to report on the inspection of any irregularities;
67.4. General meeting of the Association of the financial activities of the inspection report.
68. the Director and the Council must provide the Commission with its required financial revizinei accounting records.

Conversion of reorganization and liquidation of the Association

72. the Association converted, transformed and the dissolution of the Association in general meeting, by decision 2/3 majority, or laws of the Republic of Lithuania provides for the public authorities of the decision.
73. If the Association has remained less than three members, within thirty days of such a reduction in the Member States, the Secretary-General shall notify the registry of legal persons in accordance with the provisions.
74. the activities of the association ends:
74.1. the general meeting's decision to reorganize the Association;
74.2. the general meeting's decision to terminate the activities of the Association;
for the Court's decision to terminate. Association activities.
75. the restructuring of the Association, the reorganisation and winding up procedure shall be governed by the Lithuanian Republic civil code and other legislation.