Company shares may only be transferred with the approval of all the members.
The Articles of Association may, however, stipulate that such approval is to be obtained by a majority that they determine, or that it may be granted by the managers. They may also waive the requirement for approval of transfers to partners or to the spouse of a partner. Unless otherwise provided for in the Articles of Association, transfers to ascendants or descendants of the transferor are not subject to approval.
The proposed transfer is notified, with a request for approval, to the company and to each of the shareholders. It is notified only to the company when the Articles provide that approval may be granted by the managers.
Where two spouses are simultaneously members of a company, transfers made by one of them to the other must, in order to be valid, result from a notarial deed or a private deed that has acquired a date certain other than by the death of the transferor.