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Article L232-10 of the French Commercial code

Under penalty of nullity of any deliberation to the contrary, in limited liability companies and joint stock companies, a deduction of at least one-twentieth allocated to the formation of a reserve fund known as the “legal reserve” shall be made from the profit for the financial year, less any prior losses.

This deduction ceases to be mandatory, when the reserve reaches one-tenth of the share capital.

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Article L232-10

A peine de nullité de toute délibération contraire, dans les sociétés à responsabilité limitée et les sociétés par actions, il est fait sur le bénéfice de l’exercice, diminué, le cas échéant, des pertes antérieures, un prélèvement d’un vingtième au moins affecté à la formation d’un fonds de réserve dit ” réserve légale “.

Ce prélèvement cesse d’être obligatoire, lorsque la réserve atteint le dixième du capital social.

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