48.11.15. A group of freight movers forming a cooperative, syndicate, union, federation or confederation or a non-profit legal person may be certified by the Commission if the group shows that it represents at least 10% of freight movers, according to the list established by the Commission, and that it is able to offer group and individual services to freight movers in keeping with the objects set out in its articles of constitution or letters patent.
The Commission shall certify a maximum of five groups of freight movers as the major freight movers groups, assign to each such group a number of votes and fractions of votes and notify the Minister. The votes and fractions of votes shall be allocated among the groups in proportion to the number of freight movers, whether members or affiliates, that each certified group represents in relation to the total number of freight movers represented by other certified groups.
An “affiliate” means a freight mover who is not a member of a certified group of freight movers and who must, where applicable, pay a contribution to such a group pursuant to section 48.11.18.
The Commission shall request a freight mover whose name appears among the members of at least two groups referred to in the first paragraph to state in writing which of the groups the freight mover wishes to be included in.