Act No. 59 laying down new provisions in matter of cooperatives. Country/Territory Italy Document type Legislation Date 1992 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Cooperative/producer organization Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract This Act lays down new provisions in matter of cooperatives and amends the Civil Code accordingly. The amendments concern rights of associates, the duty to report of administrators as per article 2428 of the Civil Code and financial contributions, among others. In addition, the Civil Code is supplemented by inserting a new provision relating to credits of agricultural cooperatives and their consortia (art. 18). Full text Italian