The general meeting of each establishment shall vote each year, no later than 30 November of the year preceding that for which it is drawn up, on a preliminary budget which complies with the general principles applicable to the budgets of public administrative establishments, subject to the adaptations provided for by this title to take account of the specific characteristics of the establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry.
A joint order of the ministers responsible for the supervision of chambers of commerce and industry and for the budget may provide for the postponement of this date until the following 31 March.