Bankruptcy of a Cooperative Involving the Liquidation of the Estate

Abstract

This study presents the issues connected with general aspects of bankruptcy of a cooperative as well as with the separateness of such bankruptcy proceedings based on Cooperative Law from Bankruptcy and Reorganisation Law. Presented are the major legal problems, indicated by the doctrine of law, relating to difficulties in the practice of bankruptcy courts, with particular regard to the jurisdiction of Supreme Court.

Also presented are the issues connected with cooperative bankruptcy if bankruptcy proceedings involving the liquidation of the estate are in progress. The author analyses mainly the issues connected with the very institution and consequences of the proceedings, such as: the legal basis for the declaration of bankruptcy of a cooperative, its bankruptcy capacity, and the activities preceding the declaration of bankruptcy.

In the section concerning the consequences of declaring bankruptcy, the study covers the issues relating to the powers of the receiver and the cooperative bodies in bankruptcy proceedings, cooperative estate, removal from the register, and board members' responsibility in the case when no motion to declare bankruptcy has been submitted.