P.R. Laws tit. 5, § 4546
The League of Cooperatives shall carry out the following functions:
(a) Act as representative of the cooperative movement.
(b) Promote, coordinate and defend the general interests of the cooperative movement and the cooperative sector.
(c) Promote a relationship of cultural and commercial exchange between cooperative organizations at the national and international levels.
(d) Coordinate the actions of the cooperative movement in Puerto Rico with the cooperative activities of the public sector.
(e) Coordinate the representation of the movement before the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in order to set forth those measures which are necessary and convenient for cooperative development and for perfecting cooperative law.
(f) Carry out research and studies regarding problems common to the cooperative movement with the purpose of achieving an integrated plan for its development.
(g) Promote a process for the permanent integration of cooperative organizations at all levels.
(h) Promote intensive and permanent cooperative education at all levels of the cooperative movement in all other sectors.
(i) Promote the unification and strengthening of the cooperative financial system.
(j) Defend the effectiveness of the universal principles of the cooperative movement and of those basic doctrines acknowledged and accepted by the cooperative movement.
(k) Perform feasibility studies and promote the creation of new cooperatives in non-federated sectors.
(l) Perform any other functions delegated by its affiliates, in harmony with its ends and purposes.
History —Sept. 1, 2004, No. 239, § 28.1.