Regulations on Election and Dismissal in Cooperatives Article 4

Where a cooperative has more than two hundred members, it may, according to the provisions of its constitution, divide the members into several groups and elect member representatives to attend the member representative's congress. If it is not prescribed in the constitution, the meeting may also be held in several groups with the approval of the regulating authority.In principle, the quota of the representatives referred to in the above paragraph shall be 10% of the total number of members. However, it shall be not less than 51 and not more than 199.A cooperative may appoint alternate member representatives, the number of whom shall not be more than 1/3 of the member representatives. However, in the event that there are less than three member representatives in each group, an alternate member representative may be appointed.A representative of a cooperative who attends the meeting of a cooperatives union or a representative of a cooperatives union who attends the meeting of an upper level cooperatives union shall meet the qualifications for members, and shall be selected according to the constitution.