Statut

Chap­ter I Gene­ral Provisions

§ 1
1.Foundation under the name of “Kolo­brzeg Polish Cen­tre SPA” here­ina­fter cal­led the Foun­da­tion under the Nota­rial Act dated 22 July 2010, Rep. A No.5524/2010 pre­pa­red in Kolo­brzeg by a public notary Wal­de­mar Chwiał­kow­ski; was esta­bli­shed by the fol­lo­wing foun­ders, namely:
- Agnieszka Tra­fas
-“Pro-San” M. Jagiełka and M.Wiszniewski; non-limited com­pany based in Koło­brzeg
- Con­struc­tion Com­pany “Mat - Mad “A. Matejak and R. Madeira, non-limited com­pany based  in Koło­brzeg
-  Sana­to­rium “San”  limi­ted lia­bi­lity com­pany based in Koło­brzeg
- “DIVA” limited lia­bi­lity com­pany based in Koło­brzeg
- Sana­to­rium “Jantar” limited lia­bi­lity com­pany based in Koło­brzeg
- Hotels Zdro­jowa limi­ted lia­bi­lity com­pany based in Koło­brzeg
- “Różew­scy SPA” non-limited com­pany based in Koło­brzeg
- Estate Male­chowo limi­ted lia­bi­lity com­pany based in Male­chowo
2. The Foun­da­tion ope­ra­tes under the Law of 6 April 1984 on Foun­da­tions (Jour­nal of Laws of 1991, No. 46, item. 203, as amen­ded), under the Act of 24 April 2003 on Public Bene­fit Acti­vi­ties  and Volun­te­erism (Coll. Laws No. 96, item. 873, as amen­ded)
3. The foun­da­tion “Kolo­brzeg Polish Cen­tre SPA” shall be deemed to have legal per­so­na­lity.
§2
1. The seat of the Foun­da­tion shall be the city of Kolo­brzeg, Poland.
2. The Foun­da­tion ope­ra­tes in the ter­ri­tory of the Repu­blic of Poland but to imple­ment its objec­ti­ves it may also con­duct its acti­vi­ties out­side of Poland.
§3
1. The Foun­da­tion may become a mem­ber of natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal orga­ni­za­tions which share the same or simi­lar aims as the Foun­da­tion.
2. The Foun­da­tion may become an affi­liate of any dome­stic and fore­ign orga­ni­za­tions.
3. The Foun­da­tion may set up bran­ches, repre­sen­ta­tive offi­ces and sub­si­dia­ries. It may also enter com­mer­cial companies, become a mem­ber of asso­cia­tions and esta­blish other foun­da­tions.
§4
The com­pe­tent mini­ster for the Foun­da­tion shall be the Mini­ster of Sport and Tourism.
Chap­ter II Foun­da­tion objec­ti­ves and methods of operation.

§ 5
The aim of the Foun­da­tion is to engage in the social and eco­no­mi­cal acti­vi­ties by:

1. enhan­cing local tourism, pro­mo­ting cul­tu­ral and histo­ri­cal heri­tage of our city, pla­ces of inte­rest, ava­ila­ble spa and wel­l­ness tre­at­ments and medi­cal spa facilities.

2. promoting and enco­ura­ging acti­vi­ties of the local busi­ness owners, entre­pre­neurs, com­mu­ni­ties and insti­tu­tions.
3. advancing eco­no­mi­cal deve­lop­ment of the tourism indu­stry in Kolo­brzeg;
4. developing and adver­ti­sing a posi­tive image of Kolo­brzeg and sur­ro­un­dings in Poland and abroad as well as focu­sing on the health aspects of our resort as a major SPA cen­ter in Poland;
5. stimulating fur­ther deve­lop­ment of Spa infra­struc­tu­res, tourist attrac­tions and recre­atio­nal sport faci­li­ties in the county of Koło­brzeg;
6. promoting active recre­ation;
7. collaborating with other Euro­pean orga­ni­za­tions to advance Euro­pean inte­gra­tion. 8. protecting the envi­ron­ment, espe­cially cli­mate and natu­ral medi­cine reso­ur­ces, pre­se­rving the cul­ture of spa and exi­sting health care faci­li­ties.
§6
The Foun­da­tion shall achieve its objec­ti­ves by:
1. producing and publi­shing mate­rials rela­ted to Koło­brzeg and sur­ro­un­ding areas;
2. organizing meetings with people who are acti­vely invo­lved in the deve­lop­ment of Kolo­brzeg;
3. executing joint pro­mo­tio­nal cam­pa­igns sho­wing the city of Kolo­brzeg as a major cul­tu­ral cen­tre and tourist desti­na­tion;
4. organizing trade fairs and exhi­bi­tions;
5. representing the busi­ness com­mu­nity of the local tourism indu­stry at trade fairs and exhi­bi­tions in Poland and abroad;
6. cooperating with the autho­ri­ties, insti­tu­tions and orga­ni­za­tions inte­re­sted in the Foun­da­tion acti­vi­ties.
7. supporting ini­tia­ti­ves for the deve­lop­ment of tourism infra­struc­ture in the region of Koło­brzeg,
8. raising funds and eco­no­mic reso­ur­ces, tan­gi­ble or intan­gi­ble that may assist the acti­vi­ties of the Foun­da­tion;
9. creating a plat­form for exchan­ging views and expe­rien­ces for the busi­ness com­mu­nity of Kolo­brzeg and sur­ro­un­ding areas;
10.designing a suc­cess­ful tourist brand for Kolo­brzeg and sur­ro­un­ding areas in coope­ra­tion with the local com­mu­ni­ties and pro­fes­sio­nal gro­ups. 11. advising, assi­sting and orga­ni­zing tra­ining for the local busi­ness com­mu­nity inte­re­sted in coope­ra­ting with the Foun­da­tion;
12. publishing own publications.

Chap­ter III Foun­da­tion assets and income
§ 7

1. The Foundation’s assets are made up of the foun­ding capi­tal of PLN 1.800 (one tho­usand eight hun­dred zloty).
2. The Foundation’s assets shall be applied solely for the atta­in­ment of the sta­tu­tory objec­ti­ves of the Foun­da­tion.
3. The Foundation’s income shall, without any limi­ta­tion, be for­med and deri­ved from:
a. donations, inheritance wills and bequests,

b. national grants and sub­si­dies,
c. grants, sub­si­dies and funds from the Euro­pean Union;
d. public events and fund raising,
e. business ope­ra­tions con­duc­ted by the Foun­da­tion,
f. participation fees from the events orga­ni­zed by the Foun­da­tion
§8
1.The Foundation’s income coming from grants, subsidies, donations, bequ­ests and inhe­ri­tance wills can be used to achieve the objec­ti­ves of the Foundation, unless the gran­tors have deci­ded other­wise.
2. Statement of accep­tance for the dona­tions and inhe­ri­tance shall be filed by the Board.
3. If the Foun­da­tion is appo­in­ted to the inheritance, the Board files a dec­la­ra­tion to accept inhe­ri­tance limi­ted to the value of the assets.
§9
1. The Foun­da­tion shall per­form busi­ness acti­vi­ties in the fol­lo­wing areas:
– who­le­sale trade, except of motor vehic­les
- retail trade out­side retail outlets, sto­res, stalls or mar­kets
- publi­shing
– pro­duc­tion of films, videos, tele­vi­sion programs, sound recor­dings and music
– software deve­lop­ment, IT con­sul­tancy and other rela­ted acti­vi­ties
- busi­ness infor­ma­tion service
- mana­ge­ment con­sul­tancy
- adver­ti­sing, mar­ket rese­arch and public opi­nion pooling
- other professional, scientific and tech­ni­cal acti­vi­ties not else­where clas­si­fied
- employ­ment and staff pla­ce­ment acti­vi­ties
- tra­vel agency, tour ope­ra­tors and other rese­rva­tion servi­ces
- other busi­ness sup­port servi­ces not else­where clas­si­fied.
2. The Foun­da­tion rese­rves the right to hire its own employ­ees.
3. The scope of Foundation’s paid and unpaid public acti­vi­ties will be deter­mi­ned by the Board.
§10
Chap­ter IV Foun­da­tion Board
The Board of Foun­da­tion shall be:
1. The Board of Tru­stees
2. The Mana­ge­ment Board
Foun­da­tion Board of Tru­stees
§11
1. The Board of Tru­stees is the supreme autho­rity of the Foun­da­tion.
2. The Board of Tru­stees is the body with super­vi­sory, con­sul­ta­tive, ini­tia­ting and policy making authority.

§12
1. The Board of Tru­stees inc­lu­des the foun­ding mem­bers and some of the donors.
2.  The Board of Tru­stees mem­bers may be cor­po­rate and unin­cor­po­ra­ted bodies, indi­vi­du­als, legal enti­ties and enti­ties without legal per­so­na­lity who meet the con­di­tions refer­red to below.
3. The Board of Tru­stees may inc­lude the donors, who carry the busi­ness of hotel and accom­mo­da­tion servi­ces or acti­vely par­ti­ci­pate in cre­ating tourist brand for Koło­brzeg and the county.
4. The Board of Tru­stees mem­ber who is a legal entity or entity without legal per­so­na­lity may appo­int a repre­sen­ta­tive acting on his/her behalf. It may be the mem­ber of the Board, proxy or other per­son with a writ­ten power of attor­ney.
5. Members of the Board of Tru­stees who are natu­ral per­sons may act thro­ugh attor­neys in fact.
6. Members of the Board of Tru­stees and per­sons acting on their behalf, as refer­red to in sec­tions 4 and 5 may not be mem­bers of the Mana­ge­ment Board of the Foun­da­tion.
7. In case of appo­in­ting a mem­ber of the Board of Tru­stees who is a natu­ral per­son to the Mana­ge­ment Board, his/her mem­ber­ship in the Board of Tru­stees shall be suspen­ded for the time of his/her service as a mem­ber of the Mana­ge­ment Board.
8. The Foun­da­tion Board of Tru­stees mem­bers are not enti­tled to any remu­ne­ra­tion irre­spec­ti­vely of the posi­tion held.

§13
1. The Board of Tru­stees shall be com­po­sed of 5 (five) to 20 (twenty) mem­bers.
2. The first Board of Tru­stees con­si­sts of:
–Agnieszka Tra­fas ope­ra­ting under the name of Hotel Pro-Vita Agnieszka Tra­fas based in Kolo­brzeg
-“Pro-San” M. Jagiełka and M.Wiszniewski; non-limited com­pany based in Koło­brzeg
- Con­struc­tion Com­pany “Mat - Mad “A. Matejak and R. Madeira, non-limited com­pany based in Koło­brzeg
-  Sana­to­rium “San”  limi­ted lia­bi­lity com­pany based in Koło­brzeg
- “DIVA” limited lia­bi­lity com­pany based in Koło­brzeg
- Sana­to­rium “Jantar” limited lia­bi­lity com­pany based in Koło­brzeg
- Hotels Zdro­jowa limi­ted lia­bi­lity com­pany based in Koło­brzeg
- “Różew­scy SPA” non-limited com­pany based in Koło­brzeg
- Estate Male­chowo limi­ted lia­bi­lity com­pany based in Male­chowo
3. After a per­son ceases to be a mem­ber of the Board of Tru­stees or for the reasons of Board expan­sion; a new Board mem­ber shall be appo­in­ted in a reso­lu­tion adop­ted una­ni­mo­usly by the rema­ining mem­bers of the Board, subject to para­graph 12 sec­tion 3.
4. Membership in the Board of Tru­stees shall cease if:
a) member sub­mits a writ­ten resi­gna­tion;
b) in case of member’s death
c) mem­ber dec­la­res ban­kruptcy
5. In par­ti­cu­larly justi­fied cases, the Board of Tru­stees mem­ber maybe dismis­sed. Such reso­lu­tion must be adop­ted by majo­rity two third of votes in the pre­sence of two third mem­bers of the Board. Resolution must inc­lude the gro­unds for dismissal. The Board mem­ber who is to be remo­ved does not par­ti­ci­pate in the voting.

The main reasons for revo­king the mem­ber­ship:
a) bre­ach of the good tra­ding prac­ti­ces and fair com­pe­ti­tion rules in rela­tion to other Board of Tru­stees mem­bers;
b) with­dra­wing support, especially finan­cial for the Foun­da­tion
c) bre­aking the inter­nal regu­la­tions of the Foun­da­tion.
6. Amo­unt of votes ava­ila­ble to each Board of Tru­stees mem­ber depends on the num­ber of hotels and faci­li­ties mana­ged by this mem­ber. It needs to be repor­ted in wri­ting in the man­ner spe­ci­fied in the sec­tion 7. There is a policy of one vote per each facility. Any chan­ges in the num­ber of pro­per­ties shall auto­ma­ti­cally incre­ase or reduce the num­ber of votes.
Pro­perty Mana­ge­ment means con­duc­ting busi­ness ope­ra­tions under any title: pro­perty owner­ship, lease or sub­le­ase.
7. Allo­ca­tion of the votes for each Board of Tru­stees’ mem­ber is made on the basis of writ­ten sta­te­ments. Each Board mem­ber must con­firm in wri­ting the amo­unt of pro­per­ties han­dled in the county of Kolo­brzeg. The Board needs to be infor­med of any chan­ges within 14 days from the day of event in the form of writ­ten noti­fi­ca­tion; as refer­red to in sec­tion 6. If there is a dispute, the Board of Tru­stees shall adopt a reso­lu­tion with majo­rity of three four­ths of the votes in the pre­sence of three quar­ters of the mem­bers of the Board. Such reso­lu­tion must inc­lude a justi­fi­ca­tion.
8. The Board of Tru­stees rese­rves the right to allo­cate more than one vote:
a) to the exi­sting Board mem­ber in reso­lu­tion una­ni­mo­usly adop­ted in the pre­sence of all Board of Tru­stees mem­ber; inde­pen­den­tly from the sec­tion 6.
b) to the newly appo­in­ted Board mem­ber in a reso­lu­tion descri­bed in sec­tion 3.
9. The Board of Tru­stees may adopt Foundation’s orga­ni­za­tio­nal rules by a majo­rity of three four­ths of the votes in the pre­sence of three quar­ters of mem­bers. Chan­ging the orga­ni­za­tio­nal rules of the Foun­da­tion requ­ires a reso­lu­tion pas­sed by a majo­rity of three four­ths of the votes in the pre­sence of three quar­ters of the mem­bers of the Foun­da­tion.
§14
1. The Foun­da­tion Board of Tru­stees elects the Cha­ir­man and Vice-Chairman.
2. The Cha­ir­man shall direct the work of the Foundation, represent the Foun­da­tion in exter­nal rela­tions and convene meetings of the Board of Tru­stees.
3. If una­ble to per­form the func­tions of the Cha­ir­man of the Board, his/her powers are imple­men­ted by the Vice-Chairman.
§15
1. Meeting of the Board of Tru­stees shall be conve­ned by the Cha­ir­man of the Board on his/her own ini­tia­tive, at the requ­est of the Mana­ge­ment Board or mem­bers of the Board of Tru­stees who hold at least 3 (three) votes and has to be filed in wri­ting.
2. Resolutions of the Foun­da­tion Board of Tru­stees  shall be adop­ted by majo­rity of votes in the pre­sence of at least 51% of the mem­bers of the Foun­da­tion, unless other­wise pro­vi­ded in this Statute. In the event of a tie, the vote of Cha­ir­man of the Board shall pre­vail.
3. Resolutions of the Foun­da­tion Board are final and there is no appeal.

4. The Foun­da­tion Board of Tru­stees shall meet at least once per quar­ter for an ordi­nary meeting and not later than six mon­ths after the end of the finan­cial year in order to approve the Foundation’s finan­cial statements, report on the acti­vi­ties of the Board and grant the ack­now­ledg­ment of duties of the Mana­ge­ment Board.
§16
The exc­lu­sive com­pe­ten­cies of the Board of Tru­stees are:
1. supervising the acti­vi­ties of the Foun­da­tion;
2. approving finan­cial sta­te­ments of the Foun­da­tion;
3. creating and deve­lo­ping the Foundation’s inter­nal orga­ni­za­tio­nal struc­ture and regu­la­tions;
4. appointing and dismis­sing mem­bers of the Mana­ge­ment Board;
5. reviewing and appro­ving reports on the Mana­ge­ment Board acti­vi­ties;
6. acknowledging the Mana­ge­ment Board ful­fil­l­ment of duties;
7. concluding agre­ements with mem­bers of the Mana­ge­ment Board;
8. determining the remu­ne­ra­tion for the Mana­ge­ment Board;
9. setting up the upper limit and the dura­tion of the finan­cial obli­ga­tions that may be incur­red by the Mana­ge­ment Board without the Board of Tru­stees pre-approval;
10. adopting reso­lu­tions rela­ting to the acquisition, disposal of, transfer, property encumbering, interest in real estate and issues of per­pe­tual usu­fruct;
11. deciding on mem­ber­ship  in other natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal orga­ni­za­tions.
12. making Sta­tute amend­ments;
13. decision to dis­so­lve the Foun­da­tion;
§17
The Foun­da­tion Board of Tru­stees in per­for­ming its duties is enti­tled:
1. request all docu­ments rela­ting to the acti­vi­ties of the Foun­da­tion from the Mana­ge­ment Board
2. review assets and finan­cial con­trol of the Foun­da­tion.
Mana­ge­ment Board
§18
The Mana­ge­ment Board is the exe­cu­tive body to over­see the ope­ra­tion, acti­vi­ties, and cur­rent issues and; to repre­sent Foun­da­tion in exter­nal rela­tions.
2. The Board con­si­sts of a 1 (one) to 3 (three) members.
3. The first Mana­ge­ment Board shall con­sist of:
a) Adam Hok – Chief Exe­cu­tive Offi­cer
b) Wojciech Fur­ma­nek -  Mem­ber of the Board
c) John Wro­blew­ski - Mem­ber of the Board.
4. The Mana­ge­ment Board is appo­in­ted and dismis­sed by the Foun­da­tion.
The Board of Tru­stees first elects the CEO and then 2 (two) mem­bers of the Board, voting on each can­di­date sepa­ra­tely. The reso­lu­tions con­cer­ning appo­int­ment or dismis­sal of the Mana­ge­ment Board sho­uld be made by a majo­rity of two thirds of the votes in the pre­sence of two thirds of the Foun­da­tion Tru­stees.
5. If the ack­now­ledg­ment of duties is not gran­ted, the Board of Tru­stees dismis­ses the Mana­ge­ment Board and rejects its finan­cial sta­te­ments for the pre­ce­ding finan­cial year.

6. The term of office for the Mana­ge­ment Board is for a period of three years. Any Board mem­ber may be dismis­sed before the expiry of the term. In that case a new mem­ber shall be appo­in­ted.
§19
The com­pe­ten­cies of the Mana­ge­ment Board shall be:
1) manage all acti­vi­ties of the Foun­da­tion in accor­dance with the reso­lu­tions of the Board of Tru­stees;
2) representing the Foun­da­tion in exter­nal rela­tions and in taking out finan­cial com­mit­ments;
3) managing Foun­da­tion Wealth;
4) receiving legacies, donations, grants and sub­si­dies;
5) making deci­sions on par­ti­ci­pa­ting in social and cul­tu­ral ini­tia­ti­ves;
6) submitting appli­ca­tions for adop­ting reso­lu­tions on mat­ters that fall within the exc­lu­sive com­pe­tence of the Foun­da­tion Board of Tru­stees.
7) managing other Sta­tute aims and objec­ti­ves;
8) overseeing all mat­ters not exc­lu­si­vely rese­rved for other Foundation’s autho­ri­ties.
§20
1. The Mana­ge­ment Board shall make deci­sions by sim­ple majo­rity.
2. The Mana­ge­ment Board requ­ires 2 (two) mem­bers to make effec­tive dec­la­ra­tions or to make finan­cial com­mit­ments on behalf of the Foundation’s.

Chap­ter V
Final Pro­vi­sions
§21
Reso­lu­tions on the amend­ments to the Sta­tute of the Foun­da­tion are made by the Foun­da­tion Board of Tru­stees. There is a requ­ire­ment of majo­rity of three four­ths of the votes in the pre­sence of three quar­ters of mem­bers of the Board for the amend­ment to be adop­ted.
§22
1. The Foun­da­tion will be liqu­ida­ted if the objec­ti­ves of the Foun­da­tion have been achie­ved; or as a result of com­plete deple­tion of assets and funds.
2. Liquidators shall be appo­in­ted and dismis­sed by the Foun­da­tion Board of Tru­stees.
3. The funds and assets rema­ining after the liqu­ida­tion, can be allo­ca­ted to other foun­da­tions with simi­lar goals ope­ra­ting in the Repu­blic of Poland, sub­ject to the Board of Tru­stees recommendation.