Interest Groups definition

Interest Groups means legal persons governed by private law, and other legally regulated forms of association of natural or legal persons, on behalf and for the account of which a lobbyist performs a lobbying activity;
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Interest Groups. Meeting” means a meeting of the Voluntary Ecological and Environmental Interest Groups which are involved in Approved Sites’ activities which meeting has been held in accordance with Clause 9.2.2.
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Interest Groups means groups managed by the Member Engagement Sub-Committee.
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Examples of Interest Groups in a sentence

  • Interest groups are considered key intermediary organizations that transmit the demands of their constituencies to public officials (▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, 2010; ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al., 2014).

  • Interest groups, think tanks and other non-state actors also play significant parts in the policy processes (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2016).

  • Interest groups struggle to combine organizational features that reinforce the democratic nature of groups by involving members, with other features aimed at being efficient and at generating policy expertise (Berkhout et al., 2017; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2007; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2013; ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2015; ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 1999; Skocpol, 2003).

  • Interest groups have raised concerns over the lack of a clear plan of how the funds are to be spent.

  • Interest groups struggle to combine organizational features that reinforce the democratic nature of groups by involving members, with other features aimed at being efficient and at generating policy expertise (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al., 2017; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2007; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2013; ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2015; ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 1999; Skocpol, 2003).

  • Interest groups with which consultation is appropriate include: (i) the shipping industry and their organisations; (ii) cargo interests, exporters and organisations such as Export New Zealand; (iii) the maritime insurance industry and their organisations such as the Insurance Council of New Zealand; (iv) the maritime legal community and the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand; and (v) banks (in relation to negotiable documents).

  • The Representatives shall promptly notify the Company of the date of completion of the distribution of the Shares.

  • In the first year, one representative each shall be selected from the Interest groups listed in Article VIII, Section 2A.

  • Interest groups pragmatically desire the regulatory level whose outcome they like best, regardless of their official ideology.


More Definitions of Interest Groups

Interest Groups means any group of persons with common conditions, characteristics, interests or orientations, identified as such by a Company, that may be affected or impacted by the development of the latter´s activities, either directly or indirectly.
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Related to Interest Groups

  • Class A Percentage Interest means, as of any date, the percentage determined by dividing the number of Class A Units then held by a holder of Class A Units by the total number of Class A Units then outstanding.

  • Members’ Percentage Interests means the ownership percentage interests as mentioned in Section I of this Agreement. During each fiscal year, the net profits and net losses of the Company (other than from capital transactions), and each item of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit entering into the computation thereof, shall be credited or charged, as the case may be, to the capital accounts of each Member(s) in proportion to the Members' Percentage Interests. The net profits of the Company from capital transactions shall be allocated in the following order of priority: (a) to offset any negative balance in the capital accounts of the Member(s) in proportion to the amounts of the negative balance in their respective capital accounts, until all negative balances in the capital accounts have been eliminated; then (b) to the Member(s) in proportion to the Members’ Percentage Interests. The net losses of the Company from capital transactions shall be allocated in the following order of priority: (a) to the extent that the balance in the capital accounts of any Member(s) are in excess of their original contributions, to such Member(s) in proportion to the excess balances until all such excess balances have been reduced to zero; then (b) to the Member(s) in proportion to the Members’ Percentage Interests. The cash receipts of the Company shall be applied in the following order of priority: (a) to the payment of interest or amortization on any mortgages on the assets of the Company, amounts due on debts and liabilities of the Company other than those due to any Member(s), costs of the construction of the improvements to the assets of the Company and operating expenses of the Company; (b) to the payment of interest and establishment of cash reserves determined by the Member(s) to be necessary or appropriate, including without limitation, reserves for the operation of the Company’s business, construction, repairs, replacements, taxes and contingencies; and (d) to the repayment of any loans made to the Company by any Member(s). Thereafter, the cash receipts of the Company shall be distributed among the Member(s) as hereafter provided. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or otherwise required by law, distributions of cash receipts of the Company, other than from capital transactions, shall be allocated among the Member(s) in proportion to the Members’ Percentage Interests. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or otherwise required by law, distributions of cash receipts from capital transactions shall be allocated in the following order of priority: (a) to the Member(s) in proportion to their respective capital accounts until each Member(s) has received cash distributions equal to any positive balance in their capital account; then (b) to the Member(s) in proportion to the Members' Percentage Interests. It is the intention of the Member(s) that the allocations under this Agreement shall be deemed to have “substantial economic effect” within the meaning of Section 704 of the Internal Revenue Code and Treas. Reg. Section 1.704-1. Should the provisions of this Agreement be inconsistent with or in conflict with Section 704 of the Code or the Regulations thereunder, then Section 704 of the Code and the Regulations shall be deemed to override the contrary provisions thereof. If Section 704 of the Regulations at any time require that limited liability company operating agreements contain provisions which are not expressly set forth herein, such provisions shall be incorporated into this Agreement by reference and shall be deemed a part of this Agreement to the same extent as though they had been expressly set forth herein.