When can a company's liquidation be closed in France?

When the liquidator has sold every useful asset, collected the debts owed, paid all debts, tax and social-security ones included, and drawn up the final accounts. The members, or the sole member, then rule on those accounts, on discharging the liquidator and ending the mandate, and record the closure (article L. 237-9 of the Commercial Code). If a debt is left unpaid for lack of assets, a voluntary closure is not possible.

What formalities follow the closing minutes?

The liquidator has a closing notice published in a legal-notices medium, then files online on the one-stop business formalities portal the final liquidation accounts, these minutes and the publication certificate, and applies for the company's deregistration. The tax treatment of the balance shared among the members is not dealt with in this document: it depends on each member's situation.

How long must the records of a liquidated company be kept?

Accounting records and supporting documents are kept for ten years (article L. 123-22 of the Commercial Code). The minutes name the person who keeps them, often the former liquidator or the sole member, with an address, so that a creditor, the tax authority or a former member can consult them. Also keep the dissolution and closing minutes and the certificates of publication of the notices.

Minutes closing a voluntary liquidation (France)

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For closing the voluntary winding-up of a French SAS, SASU, SARL or EURL once the assets are realised and the debts paid: approval of the final liquidation accounts, discharge of the liquidator and of their mandate, sharing of the balance among the members, custody of the records, finding that the liquidation is closed. The decision is taken by the sole member, the meeting or a deed signed by all. The liquidator then files the accounts and applies for deregistration online on the one-stop business formalities portal, after the legal notice. In French.

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Last updated October 13, 2026

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The winding-up of your company in France is finished, its debts are paid and you want to close it for good.
The liquidator has drawn up the final accounts and the members must approve them and discharge the liquidator.
Money is left over after the liquidation and has to be shared among the members.
You want the minutes closing the liquidation so the company can be removed from the register.

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Company name
Legal form of the company
Capital amount
Company's current registered office
Registration (RCS, registry town and SIREN)
Who takes the decisions
Date of the meeting
Time of the meeting
Place of the general meeting
Chair of the meeting
Members present or represented, with their shares
Summary of the discussion (at a meeting)
Outcome of the vote (at a meeting)
Liquidator
Liquidator's address
Date of the closing liquidation balance sheet
How what remains is shared among the partners (or “nothing remains”)
Who keeps the books after the liquidation (name and address)
City
Date
Who signs (the sole member; at a meeting, the manager or president and the chair; for a deed signed by all, every member)

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When can a company's liquidation be closed in France?: When the liquidator has sold every useful asset, collected the debts owed, paid all debts, tax and social-security ones included, and drawn up the final accounts. The members, or the sole member, then rule on those accounts, on discharging the liquidator and ending the mandate, and record the closure (article L. 237-9 of the Commercial Code). If a debt is left unpaid for lack of assets, a voluntary closure is not possible.
What formalities follow the closing minutes?: The liquidator has a closing notice published in a legal-notices medium, then files online on the one-stop business formalities portal the final liquidation accounts, these minutes and the publication certificate, and applies for the company's deregistration. The tax treatment of the balance shared among the members is not dealt with in this document: it depends on each member's situation.
How long must the records of a liquidated company be kept?: Accounting records and supporting documents are kept for ten years (article L. 123-22 of the Commercial Code). The minutes name the person who keeps them, often the former liquidator or the sole member, with an address, so that a creditor, the tax authority or a former member can consult them. Also keep the dissolution and closing minutes and the certificates of publication of the notices.

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