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Non-profit-making Organisation
Headquarters: Beernem, Belgium.
The founding members convened in
Luxembourg to form a
non-profit-making organisation,
in accordance with current legal
requirements, for which the
following rules have been
adopted:
§ 1 Name
The name of the organisation is
WORLD BOXING FEDERATION, which
is abbreviated to and hereafter
known as the “WBF”. It is
governed by these rules
and by the provisions of the Law
of 21st April 1928
regarding non-profit-making
organisations and foundations,
which was amended by the Law of
22nd February 1984
and the co-ordinated text of 4th
March 1994.
§ 2 Headquarters
The headquarters of the N.P.O.
WBF are located at Rietstraat
33, 8730 Beernem, Belgium.
§ 3 Duration
The N.P.O. WBF is of unlimited
duration. The financial year
begins on 1st January
and ends on 31st
December of the calendar year.
§ 4 The object of the N.P.O.
“WBF”
The object of the organisation
is to develop and promote
worldwide professional boxing
and to organise and monitor the
various world championships and
the awarding of championship
titles.
§ 5 Members of the organisation
The N.P.O. WBF is open to
individuals and groups of all
nationalities. It comprises full
members and affiliated members.
All members are to adhere to the
rules of the Organisation and
must be committed to promoting
and achieving its objectives.
Worldwide national boxing
federations and organisations
can be full members of the
organisation. Full members will
carry out their duties through a
representative who they are at
liberty to appoint and according
to the procedure established by
each national federation around
the world. Where there is a
change of representative, the
worldwide national federation or
organisation must inform the
president. Where this is the
case, the worldwide national
federation or organisation will
not lose its affiliated
membership. Each country can
only be represented by one
federation or organisation.
Others may be admitted as
affiliated members, until such
time as they are able to provide
evidence to show that they are
the only federation or
organisation representing their
country. They do not have the
right to vote. Every worldwide
national federation or
organisation has the right to
have a representative. With the
exception of the full member who
is elected president, all full
members will lose their full
member status within the
organisation if they are no
longer the representative
appointed by their federation or
organisation. The federation or
organisation concerned will
appoint a new representative at
that point, who will complete
his predecessor’s term of
office. Agreeing to or refusing
the admission of a member is the
exclusive domain of the general
convention. The founder members
are those full members who were
involved in the creation of the
WBF. Other applications must be
sent to the president. Full
members will not have any
personal or financial liability
as far as their commitment to
the organisation is concerned.
Their sole responsibility is to
fulfil their term of office.
§ 6 Honorary members
The N.P.O. WBF may award
honorary titles to those who
have particularly distinguished
themselves in the field of
professional boxing.
§ 7
Resignation-Exclusion-Suspension
Affiliated membership of the WBF
will be lost through:
a) resignation
b) non-payment of the
annual subscription
c) exclusion
Any member may tender his
resignation by registered
letter, to be addressed to the
secretary of the N.P.O. WBF. It
cannot be accepted unless the
member has fulfilled his
obligations to the WBF. Any
member who has not paid his
subscription within three months
after the due date will be
deemed to have resigned. If
there are serious grounds for
doing so, a member may be
ordered to be excluded; for
example, serious or repeated
violation of the rules and
regulations, or causing serious
harm to the interests of the
N.P.O. WBF or to those of one of
its members. Exclusion of a full
member may only be imposed by
the general convention, acting
with a two thirds majority of
the votes of those members
present. Members who have
resigned and are therefore
excluded, will not have any
rights regarding either the
assets of the N.P.O. WBF, or the
subscriptions, donations or any
other payments made to the N.P.O.
WBF.
§ 8 Subscriptions
Members will pay an annual
subscription of a maximum of
0,00 Euros, to be fixed by the
general convention, as decreed
by the directorate.
§ 9 Governing bodies
·
the general convention
·
the board of directors
·
the executive committee
The general convention is to be
the highest governing body of
the N.P.O. WBF.
The annual or extraordinary
general convention is to be made
up of:
- full members who have
the right to vote
- affiliated and
honorary members who do not have
the right to vote
Members will be summoned to meet
by the president of the N.P.O.
WBF and general conventions are
to be held at least once a year,
during the first quarter of the
year. A general convention will
also take place whenever it is
requested by at least a fifth of
full members. It must be held
within two months of the request
being made. The place and date
are to be set by the president.
All members will be notified by
post about attending the general
convention; the letters will
give details of the agenda and
the place and time of the
general convention and they must
be sent out to members at least
30 days before the date of the
general convention. The agenda
is to be drawn up by the board
of directors of the N.P.O. WBF.
All proposals, which are to be
addressed in writing to the
board of directors by a full
member, a fortnight before the
general convention, must be
placed on the agenda at the
general convention. Decisions
will be made only on items that
appear on the agenda. During the
general convention, the board of
director’s reports and a
statement on the N.P.O. WBF’s
finances will be issued. The
general convention will approve
the accounts of the past year
and will vote on the budget for
the coming year. Only the
general convention has the
jurisdiction to bring about a
change in the rules and to
decide upon the dissolution of
the N.P.O. WBF. The N.P.O. WBF
is bound by the joint signatures
of the president and another
member of the board of
directors.
Resolutions taken on a proposal
are voted by a simple majority
vote of the members present.
Voting is to be by show of
hands, unless the majority of
delegates demand a secret ballot
by a show of hands. In the case
of a tie, the president has the
casting vote. The minutes of the
general convention will be sent
to members of the N.P.O. WBF by
the secretary, within three
months of the meeting taking
place.
The board of directors is the
administrative body which
carries out, as a residual, all
the functions that are not
assigned to the general
convention or to any governing
body of the N.P.O. WBF by these
rules. It is made up of:
a) the president
b) three
vice-presidents
c) the secretary
d) the chief
treasurer
The members listed above are
elected by the general
convention for a term of three
years. Members of the board of
directors may be re-elected.
Applications for the various
positions are to be sent by post
to the secretary’s office of the
N.P.O. WBF at least two weeks
before the date of the general
convention and should have the
personal signature of the
president or the secretary of
the federation or affiliated
organisation. In the first round
of voting, election is to be by
absolute majority, whereas in
the second round it will be by
simple majority. The members of
the board of directors are to be
summoned by the president. The
board of directors will take
decisions with a simple majority
vote. The board of directors has
the broadest powers of
administration and provision for
managing business in accordance
with the rules and regulations.
It may be assisted, in specific
cases, by temporary or permanent
committees which will be
responsible for studying,
organising and implementing
special programmes. It has the
following powers:
·
monitoring compliance with
these rules and other
regulations
·
resolving disputes between
federations and organisations
·
appointing an organiser
for the world championships
·
assigning titles, prizes
and awards
·
resolving all technical
issues and proposing changes to
technical regulations
·
additionally it ensures
compliance with contractual
obligations and payment of
subscriptions and other fees.
§ 10
The president chairs the general
convention and all meetings of
the board of directors. He
represents the N.P.O. WBF in
everything regarding civil
matters. If the president is
unable to carry out his duties
or if his post becomes vacant,
his role will be assumed by one
of the vice-presidents for the
duration of that incapacity or
vacancy.
§ 11
The members of the executive
committee are appointed by the
board of directors for a term of
three years. The election of the
president, vice-president and
secretary will take place within
the committee.
§ 12
The accounts for the N.P.O. WBF
are held by the chief treasurer,
who draws up the balance of the
income and the expenses, as well
as the profit for the previous
year. Three auditors, appointed
by the general convention, will
carry out an annual audit of the
chief treasurer’s accounts; they
will submit their audit report
to the general convention.
§ 13 Making changes to the rules
With the exception of the
proposals for change that come
from the board of directors, any
proposal for a change to the
rules must be submitted to the
president no later than 60 days
before the general convention.
Changes to the rules are only
agreed if the proposal gets a
two thirds majority of valid
votes cast.
Art. 14. Dissolving the
organisation
The N.P.O. WBF can only be
dissolved by a general
convention called specifically
for that purpose, acting on a
two thirds majority vote.
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