Each partner may withdraw from the company whenever he or she sees fit, unless otherwise agreed and unless the first paragraph of Article L. 231-5.
It may be stipulated that the general meeting has the right to decide, by the majority set for the amendment of the articles of association, that one or more of the members cease to be part of the company.
A partner who ceases to be a member of the company, either as a result of his own will or as a result of a decision by the general meeting, remains liable, for a period of five years, towards the partners and towards third parties, for all the obligations existing at the time of his retirement.