Term The "Association" has several values \u200b\u200bdepending on the scope. In psychology and philosophy, for example, andsociation is a bond arising between individual objects, phenomena, facts, as well as the process of the image of a certain object, situation, phenomena when the other associated with it appears. In economics, civil relations, the Association is considered as an association, the Union.
The Association is a voluntary non-commercial association of physical and / or legal entities while maintaining their legal independence. Associations are created to solutions of scientific and technical, commercial, production and economic, as well as social problems.In accordance with the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, the minimum number of members of the Association is five. The financial and property framework of the Association is formed by the entrance fees and additional revenues from all its members, dividends on securities, income from the property of the Union, sponsorship contributions, loans received in state or commercial banks. The profit that the Association receives is not distributed between its members.- name and location of the Union;
- goals and objectives of activities;
- the main conditions for the procedure for adopting new members, as well as the exit from the association;
- provisions on the composition and powers of the Union bodies;
- these property rights and obligations of each member;
- description of the nuances on the reorganization and liquidation of the Association.
Along with the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, the activities of associations are regulated by the Federal Law "On Non-Profit Organizations".