When, after repayment of the company’s debts, including advances of any kind granted by the federal bank, liquidation costs and the paid-up portion of the shares, the dissolution or liquidation of a banques populaires shows a surplus of assets, the amount of this surplus is paid into the collective guarantee fund instituted by article L. 512-16. However, the central body of the caisses d’épargne et des banques populaires may allocate it, in whole or in part, to another purpose in accordance with the interests of the banques populaires.