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Preamble
With the aim of complying with the regulatory requirements, within the scope of the Admission of Effective Members, provided for in the Statutes of the Angolan Association of Designers and Consultants, as well as contributing to the creation of conditions that allow guaranteeing the legitimate interests of the Members, a fundamental condition for the subsequent quality assurance in technical and deontological performance, the General Assembly approves, based on the draft regulation approved by the Board, the following Admission Conditions Regulation, under the terms of article 7 of the AAPC Statute (DR Nº49 Series III , of March 27, 2019) as well as the amounts, payment terms and the collection regime for the Fees, Dues and other Financial Contributions to be paid by the Members
Article 1º
Objectives of the application process
The registration process aims to ensure that all Associates are registered in strict compliance with the provisions set out in the AAPC Statute (DR Nº49 Series III, of March 27, 2019).
Article 2.º
Scope of application
1 — The registration of Associates is governed by the provisions contained in the Statute.
2 – The registration process includes Associate Categories, as provided for in Article 6 of the statutes and under the terms defined by this regulation.
Article 3.º
Associate Categories
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter Two in Article Six of its Statutes, the AAPC has three categories of members: Founding Members, Effective Members and Honorary Members.
Article 4.º
Functioning and competence
The Board of Directors is responsible for the admission of Associates, as provided for in article seven of Chapter Two of the statutes.
Article 5.º
Enrollment
1 — Companies wishing to join the AAPC must carry out their activity with recognized technical and professional merits and in compliance with the Association’s Code of Professional Conduct.
2 — The condition of an effective member also involves the fulfillment of the following requirements:
2.1 Be legally constituted and have its registered office in Angola;
2.2 Carry out service provision activity in the areas of elaboration of studies, architectural and engineering projects and in the technical supervision and inspection of civil construction works on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis, provided that, in the latter case, the activity is regular and of value dominant, not being merely ancillary to other activities;
2.3 Permanently dispose of people and qualitatively and quantitatively adequate means of action to undertake the provision of the services it proposes to carry out and have compatible management systems;
2.4 Integrate in its management bodies, in a significant way, professionals within the scope of the company’s dominant activity;
2.5 Not benefiting from subsidies or aid, direct or indirect, which could jeopardize the equality of conditions of competition in the market;
2.6 Behave towards the interests of its clients with complete impartiality in relation to other interests of any third parties;
2.7 Be remunerated for the services provided to its clients only according to the forms of payment previously accepted by them;
2.8 Justify by recent, exact and verifiable references the good performance of previous works;
2.9 Commit to respecting the Association’s Code of Professional Conduct in the exercise of its activity;
2.10 Submit a written declaration of commitment to the provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct, Statutes and regulations of the Association;
2.11 Proof of the existence of organized accounting and compliance with the obligations towards finance and the INSS;
2.12 Proof of Enrollment in IRCCOP;
2.13 Latest Industrial Tax Model 1, legally enforceable.
3 — Enrollment will be carried out by means of a request addressed to the Board, accompanied by documents demonstrating that they meet the general requirements for enrollment.
4 – Admission as an Honorary Associate is the responsibility of the General Assembly, on a proposal from the Board.
Artigo 6.º
Data da inscrição
1 — A inscrição só se considera efectuada com a aprovação da mesma Direcção.
2 — Da Decisão da Direcção caberá o Recurso a AG.
Article 7.º
Jewel
1- The values of the Fees to be paid by the Associates are those established in the present Regulation, duly approved by the General Assembly of the AAPC, on the proposal of the Board.
2- The Values of the Fees payable are fixed according to the category of Associate (Founder, Effective), this value being due individually by each of the Associates of the AAPC, according to the respective category of associate, being responsible for each of these Associates responsibility for paying the value of the Jewel.
3- The Fee is paid only once, on the date of formalization of a member’s affiliation with the AAPC.
Article 8º
(Quotas)
1- The value and periodicity of the Quotas are established in these Regulations, duly approved by the AAPC General Assembly, on the proposal of the Board.
2- Payment of AAPC Quotas is made quarterly, and must be made within the first 15 days of each quarter.
3- In order to guarantee equity, using principles of reasonableness and representativeness, differentiated values – scales – of contributions were defined.
4- Each member, depending on the level of economic activity related to the scope of the AAPC, will integrate a step.
4.1- A contribution value will correspond to each step.
4.2- Each tier will correspond to a number of voting rights.
5- For the purpose of defining the step in which each member belongs, the following elements will be used:
5.1- The annual invoicing volume declared in the last Model 1 of the Industrial Tax, legally due;
5.2- In the event that members have a billing volume related to the relevant activity for the AAPC that is lower than that shown in Model 1 of the Industrial Tax, and wish to be placed in lower tiers, they must request the reassessment of the tier to the AAPC Board, providing, for that, the supporting elements that are requested.
6- In the particular case of groups of companies, the following provisions will be taken into account:
6.1- Companies in a Group relationship are considered when one of them holds more than 50% of the capital of the other(s) or when the partners are common in at least 70% of the capital. It is up to companies that are potentially in this situation to take the initiative to clarify the situation at the beginning of each calendar year and its eventual modification.
6.2- The company with the highest volume of invoicing pays the levy resulting from the application of the table in force.