Act on the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Federation of the Canton of Vaud (LFéDEC-VD) - Scope of Application (LFÉDEC-VD)

1. This law establishes the main rules for the organization and administration of the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Federation of the Canton of Vaud (hereinafter: FEDEC-VD).

1. The FEDEC-VD is a public law institution endowed with legal personality (Art. 170, Para. 1 Cst-VD [A]).

1. The members of the FEDEC-VD are the parish associations - territorial and personal - of the Canton of Vaud.

2. Institutions may become members upon request if they are Catholic institutions structured at the cantonal level, possess legal personality under civil law, and are recognized by the diocesan authority.

1. The FEDEC-VD acts in agreement with the diocesan authority.

1. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the FEDEC-VD freely organizes itself in compliance with the legal order and confessional peace.

1. At the cantonal level, the organs of FEDEC-VD are

a. the general assembly;

b. the committee;

c. the financial audit body.

2. In addition to the members mentioned in Article 3, delegates from pastoral organizations may participate in the general assembly, with voting rights.

1. The members of the committee and the supervisory body are elected democratically.

1. Territorial and personal parish associations are legal entities under private law.

1. The Law on the Exercise of the Catholic Religion in the Canton of Vaud of February 16, 1970, is repealed.

1. This law shall enter into force on January 1, 2007.

1. The Council of State is responsible for the execution of this law. It shall publish the text in accordance with Article 84, paragraph 1, letter a) of the Cantonal Constitution and shall bring it into force, by order, in accordance with Article 10 above.