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1. What is the register of partners?
Each company has its own obligations, which are sometimes linked to the maintenance of a register. Register of meetings, register of movements of shares, social registers... Dig deeper into the subject with our article on the obligations and sanctions of social registers.
The register of partners is a document in which all the transactions carried out by the partners of a company are listed, who hold their own sheet in this register.
It contains information relating to the partner himself (name, account number), to the beneficiary of the transaction, to the movement itself (nature, quantity, nominal value, etc.). This register with probative value allows to have a precise vision of past transactions for each partner.
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2. Is it mandatory to keep a register of partners?
Article 51 of Decree No. 78-704 of 3 July 1978 provides for the obligation for civil companies only to keep a register of partners, in the event that the statutes provide for this.
Statutory freedom may extend to other companies with partners, such as limited liability companies (SARL), limited partnerships (SCS) and general partnerships (SNC). In other words, although the decree of 3 July 1978 only applies to civil companies, other partnerships can add this obligation to their statutes.
The register of partners is made mandatory by the statutes in the following cases:
- When the statutes of civil society expressly stipulate that a register of partners must be kept;
- When the statutes of civil society stipulate that transfers of shares are made enforceable against the company by transfer in its registers.
To find out the obligations relating to your company, click on the link below and find the details of the mandatory records for your company.
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3. What should the register of partners contain?
Mandatory information is specified in article 51 of the aforesaid decree.
You will find a list of them in our legal summary, available on our site > legal summary of the register of partners.
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4. Why dematerialize its register of partners?
Since the records that must be kept may be numerous, and the latter must be kept at the company's head office, the saving of space guaranteed by a dematerialization solution can be a significant advantage to take into account in choosing the way in which a company's records are kept.
From a legal point of view, a civil society whose statutes provide for the obligation to keep a register of partners may also provide by statute that it be kept dematerialized.
Axiocap offers a solution for dematerializing your legal registers such as meeting records Or the records of movements of securities, but also proposes the dematerialization of general meetings with electronic voting.
The possibility of dematerializing the register of partners was also provided for by our solution. All the legal notices provided for in article 51 of Decree No. 78-704 of 3 July 1978 are included. Discover all the advantages of dematerializing your partner register using the Axiocap solution > the dematerialization of the register of partners.
