El oportunismo de las secciones de comercialización en las sociedades cooperativas agrarias

Abstract

Numerous economic and legal studies related to the commercialization of olive oils produced by agricultural cooperatives warn of difficulties at the time of their commercialization. This paper addresses the opportunity to create marketing sections in the field of agricultural cooperatives to improve sales and position these products in the market with the objective of increasing the added value of participating in the entire food chain- from producer to consumer. The law and the autonomous regulations on cooperatives do not establish a specific legal regime applicable to these commercialization sections, but merely create a general legal framework for application. We understand that this is one of the reasons why there are not many cases of agricultural cooperatives in Andalusia with marketing sections created for this purpose. However, in this study we specify what the constitution and registration regime would be when creating a marketing section by an olive cooperative in Andalusia. We also discuss what the treatment of the economic affairs of the section, the relationship between the sections and the decision-making bodies of the cooperative should be. Finally, we analyse the liability regime by referring to the general rules on liability established in the standards of Andalusian cooperatives.