Scientific Journal of KubSAU

In this article the legal capacity and capacity of agricultural cooperatives fixed by the existing civil legislation of the Russian Federation, and also the international acts is considered. The concept and the maintenance of right subjectivity of legal entities in relation to such special look as agricultural production and agricultural consumer cooperatives is analyzed. The main essential differences in legal status and the maintenance of legal capacity of agricultural production and agricultural consumer cooperatives on the basis of the analysis of the agricultural cooperative legislation, law-enforcement practice and the existing points of view of various authors (scientists-lawyers) are determined by this perspective in scientific literature. Proceeding from the detailed historical analysis cooperative legislative (both Russian, and international), and also the operating standard establishments, scientific views logical conclusions are drawn on lack of essential differences in legal status of agricultural production and agricultural consumer cooperatives. Besides, the reasoned conclusions are drawn on special legal status of agricultural cooperatives in system of legal entities and on shortcomings of the existing Russian civil legislation defining the bases for classification of legal entities and establishing their legal status. For the purpose of improvement and solution of problems of right subjectivity of agricultural cooperatives a number of measures of legislative character which are able to afford not only to allocate, isolate especially agricultural cooperatives from other organizational and legal forms of legal entities is offered, but also to make them the independent subjects of business activity possessing specific inherent only it right subjectivity that will allow to give them the special status and to increase their appeal and efficiency for the purpose of revival of agricultural branch of economy of Russia