S.L. 628.1 Art. 17Form and contents of the statute. 

(1) An agreement establishing an association shall be in writing, on pain of nullity.

(2) The statute shall contain at least the following information for the association to be eligible for registration:

(a) its name which shall be followed by the words "Cannabis Harm Reduction Association" or their abbreviation "C.H.R.A.";

(b) the address of its registered office, which shall be that of one (1) of the properties approved by the Authority for the cultivation or distribution of cannabis;

(c) its email address;

(d) Repealed by Legal Notice 44 of 2026.

(e) its purpose which shall be clearly limited to the cultivation of the plant cannabis exclusively for its members in a collective manner to distribute it only to its members;

(f) the manner in which the legal and judicial representation of the association is to be exercised, which shall be as stipulated in regulation 44, and the name surname, identification number, nationality and residential address of the first person vested with such representation;

(g) its non-profit nature;

(h) the maximum number of members it may have which shall not be more than that allowed in the conditions of its operating permit;

(i) its explicit commitment to operate in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations and to promote harm reduction from the use of cannabis among its members;

(j) its assets at the time of its formation, which shall consist, as a bare minimum, of an endowment of not less than one thousand euro (€1,000) donated by the founders;

(k) the conditions and procedures for the admission, expulsion and resignation of its members;

(l) the rights and obligations of its members;

(m) the composition of the Board of Administrators, which shall not be of less than three (3) administrators;

(n) the procedures for the appointment of members of the Board of Administrators, which shall generally be by means of an election held during a scheduled or extraordinary general meeting;

(o) the provisions governing the functioning, powers and responsibilities of its scheduled and extraordinary general meetings;

(p) the provisions governing the rights and obligations of members, including voting rights liability of members;

(q) the frequency with which its general meeting shall be called, which shall be at least once a year;

(r) the grounds and procedures for its voluntary dissolution;

(s) the term for which it is established, if any; and

(t) the date of adoption of the statutes and the procedure for amending them;

(u) the conditions and procedures for the dismissal of members of the Board of Administrators, which shall include the members’ right to call an extraordinary general meeting for such purpose;

(v) provisions governing the functioning of the Board of Administrators and its powers and responsibilities; and

(w) the name, surname, identification number, nationality and residential address of the first administrators.