一、在民法典总则中规定合作社制度的根本原因与必要性(一)民法典总则中规定合作社是尊重其独特价值的需要根据国际合作社联盟的统计,世界范围内合作社的类型和比例大致如下:农业合作社占37%,信贷合作社占33%,消费合作社与住房合作社各占9%,工业合作社占6%,渔业合作社占2%,其他 I. THE BASIC REASONS AND NEEDS OF PROVISIONING THE COOPERATIVE SYSTEM IN THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CIVIL LAWS (I) The general provisions of the Civil Code stipulate the need of cooperatives to respect their unique values. According to statistics of the International Cooperative Alliance, the types and proportions of cooperatives in the world are as follows: Agricultural cooperatives accounted for 37%, credit cooperatives 33%, consumer cooperatives and housing cooperatives 9%, industrial cooperatives 6%, fishery cooperatives 2%, others