SECTION 70

The Register of Cooperative shall be administered by the local authority in charge of keeping such Register. In each State party, the administrative authority in charge of the Register of Cooperatives shall be the decentralized national authority of the territorial administration body or the competent authority to which the registered office of the cooperative is immediately attached. The National Registry provided for by the Uniform Act on General Commercial Law shall centralize the information in each Register of Cooperatives. The Regional Registry provided for by the Uniform Act on General Commercial Law shall centralize information consigned in each National Registry. Information contained in the forms given to the administrative authority in charge of the Register of Cooperatives isdestined to the public.