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Practical Manual of Companies 2020.

Types of non-profit organisations

Regulation: Article 2 Law 49/2002

non-profit entities are considered :

  • The foundations .

  • The associations declared to be of public utility .

  • The non-governmental development organizations referred to in Law 23/1998, of July 7, on International Cooperation for Development, provided they have any of the legal forms referred to the previous paragraphs.

  • The delegations of foreign foundations registered in the Registry of Foundations.

  • The Spanish sports federations, the regional territorial sports federations integrated into them, the Spanish Olympic Committee and the Spanish Paralympic Committee.

  • The federations and associations of non-profit entities referred to in the previous paragraphs.