9.3. The Minister of Industry, Commerce, Science and Technology may issue directives on the objectives and the orientation of the company in the exercise of the functions conferred on him by this Act.
The directives referred to in the first paragraph must be submitted to the Government for approval. When they are so approved, they are binding on the company, which must comply with them.
Every directive issued under this section and every document pertaining thereto must be tabled before the National Assembly within 15 days of its approval by the Government. If the directive is issued while the National Assembly is not sitting, the directive and every document pertaining thereto must be tabled before it within 15 days of the opening of the next session or resumption, as the case may be.
Such a directive authorizing the company to make investments shall be the subject of a debate in the Committee on Labour and Economy summoned for that purpose within 30 days of its tabling.
Third persons are not bound to see to the carrying out of this section, which cannot be invoked by them or set up against them.
1979, c. 82, s. 6; 1984, c. 36, s. 36; 1988, c. 70, s. 2; 1994, c. 16, s. 51.