In the event that the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Management Board of a company covered by this Title notes that the air carrier operating licence or the traffic rights granted by virtue of international agreements from which the company or, as the case may be, its subsidiary in which it holds, directly or indirectly, the majority of the capital and voting rights, benefits, is in danger of being called into question, due either to a change in its shareholding, assessed with regard to the capital holding or voting rights thresholds set by a decree of the Conseil d’Etat, or, as a result of such a change, of a change in its effective control, within the meaning of Council Regulation (EEC) no. 2407/92 of 23 July 1992 on licensing of air carriers, annexed to this code, it shall inform the Minister responsible for transport and shall inform the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as well as the shareholders and the public, and may give notice to some of the shareholders to sell all or part of their shares. Shareholders other than those who are nationals of a Member State of the European Community or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or to any other agreement having the same scope in terms of air transport are given priority for such formal notice. The shares subject to the formal notice are determined in the order in which they are registered, starting with the last registered.