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Glossary entry

Greek term or phrase:

επιτροπεία

English translation:

Management Committee / Committee of Management

Added to glossary by Dylan Edwards
Aug 13, 2012 15:32
11 yrs ago
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Greek term

επιτροπεία

Greek to English Law/Patents Law (general)
The context is Cypriot law and, specifically, cooperative societies:

ΟΙ ΠΕΡΙ ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΤΙΚΩΝ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΩΝ ΘΕΣΜΟΙ ΤΟΥ 1985 ΚΑΙ 2001

ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΕΙΑ
Τα μέλη της Επιτροπείας δέον όπως είναι μέλη της εγγεγραμένης εταιρείας ή εξουσιοδοτημένοι αντιπρόσωποι, προκειμένου περί μελών τα οποία είναι εγγεγραμέναι εταιρείαι.
Proposed translations (English)
3 Management Committee / Committee of Management
4 επιτροπή
3 guardianship law firm
4 -1 administration, custody, guardianship
4 -1 Directors/ Board of Directors

Discussion

transphy Aug 19, 2012:
You are complicating things. You had given us barely 2 lines on the subject, you have us all chasing around with different conflicting explanations, who ALL THINK WE ARE RIGHT, but then we are ALL wrong, because we have not got a 'specific' case in hand to work on.
The choice is yours, mate!!!
Dylan Edwards (asker) Aug 19, 2012:
Well, I prefer "Board" to "Council". One example (from the 'SCE' or European Co-operative Society website): "In the two-tier system, a 'management board' manages the SCE, while a separate 'supervisory board' supervises its work." - but I prefer not to use "Board" for both.
transphy Aug 17, 2012:
Further to what we said, SMALLER and not registered as Ltd. Co.'s. Συνεργατικες, can be managed by Συμβουλια= Councils
So, one refers to the 'Council' and, if relevant, 'Council Leader'
transphy Aug 15, 2012:
I ran out of text allowed.
Επιτροπεία cannot be but the higher echelon of the movement. They are the ones who are elected by the Members (shareholders). There is 15 of them, of who various areas, obviously, elect their own Top people.
You can talk of 'Area Branch Managers' manning a Financial Branch, or just the Manager of a Branch. Mind you, there are many branches only of the Financial entities. As I said, these branched out to the General Public, so the G.P. have to be safeguarded by constraints imposed by the Government on them.
You have to choose the terminology and nomenclature according to what you are talking about and what refers to who.
I am sticking my neck out and saying 'Επιτροπεία'= Board of Directors.
transphy Aug 15, 2012:
Εποπτικα Συμβούλια ειναι οι Διαυθυνσεις των Συν-εργατικων προοιοντων, σαν Αμπελουργων, Πατατοπαραγωγων, Πορτοκαλοπαραγωγων κτλ..Αυτα τα λεγουμε απλως 'Συμβουλια'.
This differentiation was not indicated out from the outset. All these numerous smaller Co-ops, together with their bigger Financial brothers/sisters, with the latter originally established to provide Finance for the former. These Financial ones, however, have, over the years, outgrown their primary function, so they branched out to the General Public. In any case, Financial or otherwise, they all come under the umbrella of the Central Co-Operative Movement, who is then, by Law a Limited Liability Company.
Now, in your comments underneath, if you deal with the Financial Side, these are all Ltd. Companies, and have many Branches. This is where the crux comes in.
Every branch has a Manager, who are answerable to the General Manager of the main Entity. Αυτοι ειναι Διευθυντες 'Παραρτηματων'.
Οι Γεννικη Διευθυνση ομως, οι 15 οπως λεγει στον πινακα, ειναι η Επιτροποια, δηλ. οι Directors του Συνεργατισμου. Αν ειναι 'Συμβουλιο' ομως, τοτε λεμε ειναι 'Μελος' Member' because there is probably him, a secretary and a cashier(Taμιας)
Dylan Edwards (asker) Aug 15, 2012:
If they are ΣΠΕ (Συνεργατικές Πιστωτικές Εταιρείες) οr Ταμιευτήρια, then, yes, they are banks. But these are not the only cooperatives in Cyprus.
Looking through a list of cooperatives in Cyprus, I see that many of them (though not, as it happens, the ones that are banks) have ΛΤΔ after their names - so, in that sense, yes, they are companies that have boards of directors.

What happens if I have to translate a document that contains both these terms: Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο, Επιτροπεία?
Ι still think it's necessary to have a separate term for επιτροπεία.

An important characteristic of a cooperative, as defined in the Cypriot legislation, is that it has the following two bodies: Επιτροπεία, Εποπτικό Συμβούλιο.
transphy Aug 15, 2012:
A complete explanation in:-
http://www.ccb.coop.com.cy/index.php?option=com_content&view...
under heading 'Τραπεζες' , sub-heading Διοικηση και Διευθυνση.
transphy Aug 14, 2012:
This is an opinion, my opinion.
1. Γενική Συνέλευση=i.e. The Shareholders {at a General Meeting(GM)} is the highest Authority in a 'registered' (Co-op) Co.. The GM comprises of the μέλη(shareholders) of physical persons or από αντιπροσώπους των μελών της=Proxy, when co-op companies( here the Proxy of this 'Company' has the right to cast as many votes as there are shares in that Company he/she represents and is authorised to cast those votes.
2. Επιτροπεία: The Directors(The Board of Directors, BoD) are voted/elected by one member casting one vote ( except the Proxy, who votes as said above). These Directors manage(but they are Not Managers) the business of the Co-op for 3 yrs.. It is the practice that when the Directors are elected they then THEMSELVES elect their Managing Director(MD) ( The BoD has the right to vote out the MD, in the same manner they had elected him/her in.
Once the BoD is elected they take 'guardianship' of the Company and the Company is in their 'custody'. They then appoint the remainder of the 'administration' i.e. all the administrative machinery.
In the end this is about Co-ops, not of Horse clubs, not under-age or sick people's clubs or clubs otherwise!!

Proposed translations

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Management Committee / Committee of Management

ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΙΚΗ ΔΟΜΗ

Γενική Συνέλευση: Ανώτατο διοικητικό όργανο σε κάθε συνεργατική εταιρεία είναι η γενική συνέλευση, η οποία απαρτίζεται από τα μέλη της, όταν αυτά είναι φυσικά πρόσωπα, ή από αντιπροσώπους των μελών της, όταν είναι συνεργατικές εταιρείες (νομικά πρόσωπα).

Επιτροπεία: Η επιτροπεία της κάθε συνεργατικής εταιρείες εκλέγεται από τα μέλη (Ένα μέλος, μία ψήφος) και διαχειρίζεται τις υποθέσεις της εταιρείας για τρία χρόνια.

Γραμματέας: Ο γραμματέας διορίζεται από την επιτροπεία και σύμφωνα με τη νομοθεσία, μεταξύ άλλων, είναι υπεύθυνος για την οργάνωση, τη διοίκηση, το συντονισμό και τον προγραμματισμό των δραστηριοτήτων της εταιρείας.

Προσωπικό: Η επιτροπεία διορίζει επίσης το αναγκαίο προσωπικό, για να λειτουργεί η εταιρεία ομαλά και απρόσκοπτα.

Ο έλεγχος των πράξεων ή και των παραλείψεων της επιτροπείας ασκείται από τα μέλη τα οποία ενημερώνονται από τους εξωτερικούς ελεγκτές, όπως προβλέπεται από το Νόμο περί Συνεργατικών Εταιρειών.

http://www.ccb.coop.com.cy/index.php?option=com_content&view...

22. No member of the Management Committee of any Race Club or of any Breeders or Horse Owners Association, no official appointed by the Club or by any Race Club under the Rules of Racing and no licensed person (i.e. trainer, jockey, groom) shall be eligible for election as Steward.
http://tinyurl.com/dx66rrq

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Note added at 4 heures (2012-08-13 19:41:47 GMT)
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Η Λέσχη διοικείται από Επιτροπεία που εκλέγεται κάθε τρία χρόνια από τα μέλη της.
http://www.nicosiaraceclub.com.cy/nrcwebsite/aboutusgr.aspx

The Club is managed by the Committee of Management elected every three years by its members.
http://www.nicosiaraceclub.com.cy/nrcwebsite/aboutus.aspx
Peer comment(s):
agree Ioanna Daskalopoulou
1 hr
disagree transphy : Οι Συνεργατικες ειναι Τραπεζες και ΟΧΙ CLUBS. To Management των Τραπεζων γινεται απο 'Διοικητες' και οχι 'Διευθυντες". 'Directors' NOT 'Managers". I would, therefore NOT, call the higher Echelons of a 'Bank' 'Management Committee'
19 hrs
Και στις δύο περιπτώσεις πρόκειται για νομικά πρόσωπα, για εταιρείες.....
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you. Yes, "management committee" or (sometimes) "managing committee" - these are terms traditionally used in the context of cooperative societies."
2 hrs

guardianship law firm

might be meant here
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2 hrs

επιτροπή

I have heard Cypriots using this word when referring to what we would normally refer to as an επιτροπή in any of the manifestations of that concept. So, a Cypriot variant of 'çommittee' or 'commission'.
Note from asker:
Thanks. I may have seen επιτροπεία used in this way, but it was a long time ago. Out of curiosity, I looked in a Cypriot dictionary (Kyriakides, 1908 edition!) and saw that 'committee' is given as the last meaning. It must have been a relatively new usage at the time, because it's called 'νεολ.`.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Ioanna Daskalopoulou : Σύμφωνα με το λεξικό του Ι.Μπαμπινιώτη επιτροπεία σημαίνει η ανάθεση της διαχείρισης της περιουσίας ανηλίκων, αρρώστων και γενικά προσώπων ανίκανων για δικαιοπραξία σε άλλους.
3 hrs
neutral transphy : Ναι, στα μιλουμενα Κυπριακα λεμε 'Επιτροπη' στα γραμμενα ομως 'Επιτροποια'
21 hrs
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5 hrs

administration, custody, guardianship

Σύμφωνα με το λεξικό του Ι.Χρυσοβιτσιώτη, σελ.1241.

Επίσης, guardianship σύμφωνα με το νομικό λεξικό του Ι.Χιωτάκη.
Peer comment(s):
disagree transphy : Administration= refers to ALL the 'workforce'. 'Custody'= επιτηρησις, guardianship=κηδεμονια.
18 hrs
Then Mr.Hrysovitsiotis is wrong?
neutral Sokratis VAVILIS : Καλά τα λέει ο Χρυσοβιτσιώτης, αλλά custody και guardianship δεν παίζουν με τίποτα εδώ:)
1 day 19 hrs
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22 hrs

Directors/ Board of Directors

To the many alternatives!!!
Peer comment(s):
disagree Ioanna Daskalopoulou : Board of Directors=Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο as simple as that!
38 mins
Συμφωνω. Τι υπαρχει υπερανω του Διοικητικου Συμβουλιου? Οι Managers ???!!!, The "Managemrnt Committee'??
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