Article 11 of the Saudi Consumer Protection Association Statute

This Article provides that the General Assembly is the supreme authority of the Consumer Protection Association, and sets its competences in ten items that can be grouped as follows:

Direction and elections:

• Setting the general policies that guide the Association's work.
• Electing two thirds of the Board members and two thirds of the alternate members.

Financial oversight and reports:

• Approving the annual report and the annual budget.
• Approving the final accounts, appointing an auditor and setting the auditor's remuneration, and approving the auditor's report.
• Setting and amending the annual membership subscription.
• Studying the principle of investing the Association's funds and proposing fields for it.

Major organizational decisions:

• Approving the establishment of branches or offices of the Association.
• Proposing the dissolution of the Association for one of the reasons in paragraph (1) of Article 20, and referring the proposal to the Council of Ministers for approval.

The grounds for dissolution in paragraph (1) of Article 20 are: the Association departing from its objectives, committing a serious violation of the provisions of the Statute, or violating public order, public morals or prevailing traditions. Note that the General Assembly only proposes dissolution; approval rests with the Council of Ministers.

The remaining third of the Board members is not addressed by this Article.