Union provisions are necessary for maintaining the capital, which constitutes the creditors' security, in particular by prohibiting any reduction thereof by distribution to shareholders where the latter are not entitled to it and by imposing limits on the right of public limited liability companies to acquire their own shares.
Tá gá le forálacha Aontais chun an caipiteal a chothabháil, arb ionann é agus slándáil na gcreidiúnaithe, go háirithe trí thoirmeasc a chur ar aon laghdú a thiocfadh air trí dháileadh a dhéanamh ar scairshealbhóirí i gcás nach bhfuil siadsan i dteideal é a fháil agus trí theorainneacha a fhorchur ar an gceart atá ag cuideachtaí poiblí faoi dhliteanas teoranta a gcuid scaireanna féin a fháil.