Are founding minutes mandatory in Algeria?

They are not an imposed form. The company is incorporated by notarial deed containing the articles of association, and the first manager is most often appointed there. Founding minutes are a customary document, useful to record the founding meeting, when the manager is appointed separately, or when a third party asks for the document. Confirm with your notary what applies to your file.

Who signs the minutes?

The chair of the meeting, the secretary and the partners present. Provide one original per partner, plus one copy for the registered office and one for the incorporation file.

Can the template be used for an EURL?

Yes, with adaptation. An EURL has no meeting: meeting wording becomes decisions of the sole partner, the bureau disappears, and the decisions are kept in a register at the registered office. The structure of the resolutions stays the same.

What must the capital resolution contain?

The amount of capital, the number of shares and their nominal value, the allocation by name between partners, the amount actually released at incorporation and the reference of the deposit certificate. Those figures must reconcile exactly.

Why a dedicated powers resolution?

Because it authorises the manager, or any holder of a copy, to complete the BOAL publication and the CNRC filing alone. Without it, each formality requires reconvening all the partners, which stretches the calendar for no reason.

Is the file in English?

No. Company deeds in Algeria are drafted in French or Arabic before a notary, so the file is provided in French to be directly usable. This English page explains the document; the download stays French.

Founding general meeting minutes template for an Algerian SARL or EURL

The minutes recording the adoption of the articles, the release of the capital and the appointment of the first manager. A customary document rather than an imposed form: in Algeria it is the notarial deed containing the articles that incorporates the company. Free Word download, no sign-up.

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What founding general meeting minutes are

The minutes of the founding general meeting are the written record of the meeting at which the future partners adopt the articles of association, note that the capital is subscribed and released, and appoint the first manager. It is an evidentiary document: it fixes in writing who attended, what was decided and by what majority.

Its function is easier to grasp once you remember that the company does not exist yet when it is signed. The signatories are founders, not yet partners of a registered legal person. The minutes record their joint decisions, the notarial deed gives them force, and registration in the trade register brings the company into existence.

Are they mandatory for an Algerian SARL?

Precision matters here, because many templates found online suggest otherwise. Under Algerian law a commercial company is incorporated by notarial deed. That deed, which contains the articles of association, is what counts. In the vast majority of files the first manager is designated directly in the articles, and separate minutes are then unnecessary.

Founding minutes are therefore a customary document, useful in concrete situations: when the partners want a distinct record of the founding meeting, when the manager is appointed by a decision taken outside the articles, when a bank, a partner or a landlord asks for the document, or simply to prepare the notary appointment properly.

Our template is published in that spirit. It claims no mandatory character, and the file itself says so on its first page. Ask your notary whether, in your configuration, the manager is appointed in the articles or by separate minutes.

What the minutes must carry

The identification header: company name followed by the words société en formation, legal form, share capital and registered office address.
The date, time and place of the meeting.
Full identity of the partners present or represented: name, date and place of birth, nationality, address, identity document number and number of shares held.
A statement that those present or represented hold all the shares, which allows the meeting to deliberate validly.
The composition of the bureau: chair of the meeting and secretary.
The agenda, item by item, before the resolutions.
The resolutions themselves, numbered, each followed by the majority obtained.
The closing time, the place and date of drafting, then the signatures.

The five resolutions in the template

First resolution, adoption of the articles. The meeting records the article-by-article reading of the draft and adopts it. This locks the name, the corporate purpose, the registered office and the capital.
Second resolution, subscription and release of the capital. It sets out the number of shares, their nominal value, the allocation between partners and the amount actually released at incorporation, with the reference of the deposit certificate.
Third resolution, appointment of the manager. It identifies the manager, fixes the term of office and records that the manager accepts and is not subject to any prohibition or incompatibility.
Fourth resolution, remuneration. It settles between a paid and an unpaid mandate, and provides for reimbursement of expenses incurred in the company's interest against receipts.
Fifth resolution, formalities. It empowers the manager, and any holder of a copy, to carry out the BOAL publication and the CNRC filing. Without it every formality requires reconvening all the partners.

The EURL case: decisions of the sole partner

An EURL has no meeting, since it has a single partner. Decisions that would normally belong to the body of partners are taken by the sole partner alone and recorded in writing.

The template adapts easily: replace the meeting wording with decisions of the sole partner, delete the bureau and the attendance sheet, keep the numbering of resolutions and file the decisions in a register kept at the registered office. The structure is otherwise identical.

Mistakes that make minutes useless

A company name spelled differently from the negative certificate or the articles. One accent or one extra space creates a file inconsistency.
Figures that do not reconcile: stated capital, number of shares multiplied by nominal value, and the sum of contributions must all give the same number.
Omitting the powers resolution, which then forces the partners to reconvene for every formality.
No mention of the majority obtained on each resolution.
Minutes signed afterwards at a date that does not match what actually happened. Back-dated evidence proves nothing.
A single signed original. Provide one per partner, plus one for the registered office and one for the file.

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Document d'usage et non imprimé imposé. En Algérie, c'est l'acte notarié contenant les statuts qui constitue la société, et le premier gérant y est le plus souvent nommé directement. Demandez à votre notaire si un PV séparé est nécessaire dans votre configuration.