Subject to the provisions of article R. 5125-24, the exclusion of a member of a société d’exercice libéral de pharmaciens d’officine may be decided, when he contravenes the operating rules of the company, by the other members acting by the reinforced majority provided for by the articles of association, calculated by excluding members who have been sanctioned for the same acts or for related acts, the unanimity of the other members practising within the company and entitled to decide on the matter must be obtained.
No exclusion decision may be taken if the member has not been duly convened to the General Meeting, at least fifteen days before the scheduled date and by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, and if he has not been given the opportunity to present his defence on the precise facts of which he is accused.
A decision to exclude a member may be contested before the judicial court of the place where the registered office is located.
The shares of the excluded partner are either purchased by a buyer approved by the remaining partners, or purchased by the company, which then reduces its capital.
If no agreement can be reached on the price at which the shares are to be sold or the value at which they are to be bought back, the procedure set out in Article 1843-4 of the French Civil Code shall apply.