Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs (№578–IS of 1994) País/Territorio Georgia Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 1994 (2017) Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Fuente original 240.000.000.05.001.000.087 Materia Agricultura y desarrollo rural, Pesca, Bosques, Especies silvestres y ecosistemas Palabra clave Productos agrícolas Cooperativa/organización de productores Registro Negocios/industria/corporaciones Medidas financieras agrícolas Productos pesqueros Autorización de pesca Manejo y conservación pesquera Autorización/permiso Procesamiento/manipulación Madera Corte y extracción/explotación forestal Ordenación forestal/conservación de montes Productos silvestres Caza/captura Área geográphica Asia, Mar Negro, Europa Oriental, Europa, Europa y Central Asia, Asia Occidental Resumen This Law regulates the legal forms of the subjects of entrepreneurial activity. Entrepreneurial activity shall be a legitimate and repeated activity carried out independently and in an organised manner to gain profit. Artistic, scientific, medical, architectural, legal or notary, audit, consulting (including tax consultants’), agricultural or timber-industry activities of natural persons, as well as the utilisation by a natural person or a legal person, or another organisational unit of a micro power plant connected to the electrical distribution network under the procedure established by the appropriate legislation shall not be considered as entrepreneurial activity. Agricultural or timber industries may exist in the legal form provided for in Article 2 of this Law, if they are registered with the Registry of Entrepreneurs and Non-entrepreneurial (Non-commercial) Legal Persons. Registration shall be mandatory if at least 5 persons who are not members of the owner's family are permanently employed in the enterprise. The Law further provides that cooperatives shall include a) cooperatives obtaining raw materials for members by way of extracting raw materials; b) cooperatives jointly selling agricultural products or hunting and fishery produce; c) cooperatives producing agricultural products and manufacturing different articles, and selling them at joint expenses (agricultural and production cooperatives); d) cooperatives buying consumer goods by wholesale and selling them by retail; e) cooperatives buying and producing, as well as jointly using material and technical resources necessary for agricultural production or for hunting and fishing; f) agricultural-credit cooperatives; g) consumer (diversified) cooperatives whose legal, economic and social bases shall be governed by the Law of Georgia on Consumer Cooperatives; h) non-bank deposit institutes – credit unions; i) agricultural cooperatives whose legal, economic and social bases shall be governed by this Law unless otherwise determined by the Law of Georgia on Agricultural Cooperatives. The Law is divided into six chapters and 71 articles. Texto completo Georgiano/Inglés Página web matsne.gov.ge Referencias - Legislación Revocado por Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs (No. 875-VRS-XMP of 2021) Legislación | Georgia | 2021 Palabra clave: Productos agrícolas, Cooperativa/organización de productores, Registro, Negocios/industria/corporaciones, Medidas financieras agrícolas Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX