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Article L231-5 of the French Commercial code

The Articles of Association shall determine a sum below which the capital may not be reduced by withdrawals of contributions authorised by article L. 231-1.

This sum may not be less than one tenth of the share capital stipulated in the Articles of Association or, for companies other than cooperatives, the minimum amount of capital required for the type of company in question by the legislative provisions governing it.

Cooperative societies are definitively incorporated after payment of the tenth.

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Article L231-5

Les statuts déterminent une somme au-dessous de laquelle le capital ne peut être réduit par les reprises des apports autorisés par l’article L. 231-1.

Cette somme ne pourra être inférieure ni au dixième du capital social stipulé dans les statuts ni, pour les sociétés autres que coopératives, au montant minimal du capital exigé pour la forme de la société considérée par les dispositions législatives la régissant.

Les sociétés coopératives sont définitivement constituées après le versement du dixième.

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