The Articles of Association must contain a valuation of each contribution in kind. This is done in the light of a report appended to the Articles of Association and drawn up under its responsibility by a contributions auditor appointed unanimously by the future partners or, failing this, by a court decision at the request of the most diligent future partner.
However, the future partners may unanimously decide that the use of a contributions auditor will not be mandatory, where the value of no contribution in kind exceeds an amount set by decree and if the total value of all contributions in kind not subject to valuation by a contributions auditor does not exceed half the capital.
When the company is formed by a single person, the contributions auditor is appointed by the sole shareholder. However, the appointment of a contributions auditor is not compulsory if the conditions set out in the previous paragraph are met or if the sole member, a natural person, carrying on his business under his own name before the formation of the company, including under the regime provided for in articles L. 526-6 to L. 526-21, contributes items that appeared in the balance sheet for its last financial year.
Where there has been no contributions auditor or where the value adopted is different from that proposed by the contributions auditor, the partners are jointly and severally liable for five years, with regard to third parties, for the value attributed to the contributions in kind when the company was formed.