Order No. 2-206 of 2013 of Minister of Agriculture of Georgia on Creation of Agricultural Cooperatives Development Agency and Charter Thereof

The Order creates the Agricultural Cooperatives Development Agency of Georgia and adopts its Charter. It consists of 12 articles: General provisions (1); Goals, functions and objectives (2); Management of the Agency (3); Structural units of the Agency (3-1); Functions of the structural units of the Agency (3-2); Property of the Agency (4); Financing of the Agency (5); State supervision of the Agency (6); Actions that require authorization (7); Accounting (8); Making amendments to the Charter of the Agency (9); and Reorganization and winding up of the Agency (10). The goals of the Agency include supporting the agricultural development in Georgia through agricultural cooperatives; social-economic development of rural areas; increasing the productivity and competitiveness of agricultural production; implementing state aid programs for agricultural cooperatives; issuing grants for agricultural cooperatives; and participating in international and domestic grant competitions and implementing projects. The Agency is the institution that grants the status of agricultural cooperative in Georgia and monitors their activities.