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Comité Central

English translation: Central Committee


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French term or phrase:Comité Central
English translation:Central Committee
Entered by: Maciej Andrzejczak
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20:11 Oct 12, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Management / merger
French term or phrase: Comité Central
Parallèlement à ces projets d’opérations, il est porté à la connaissance de votre Comité Central que, à la date du xxxx 2008, la société yyyy aura pour nouvelle dénomination sociale zzz.

the text describes the merger details between two French companies
Maciej Andrzejczak
Local time: 09:54
Central Committee
Explanation:
in the corporate environment, corporations use Board of Directors, which have the fidiciuary responsibility, Management Committees or Executive Committees which do not represtn shareholders, but they are formed of Senior Management
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ali shamseddine
Lebanon
Local time: 10:54
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ok, thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4Central Committeeali shamseddine
3 +1Apex Committee / Central Works Committee
mohanv
4Central Works Council
Sara Freitas
2headquarters
Sébastien Ricciardi


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Central Committee


Explanation:
in the corporate environment, corporations use Board of Directors, which have the fidiciuary responsibility, Management Committees or Executive Committees which do not represtn shareholders, but they are formed of Senior Management

ali shamseddine
Lebanon
Local time: 10:54
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
ok, thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sébastien Ricciardi
16 mins

agree  Yolanda Broad
6 hrs

agree  narasimha CSN MURTHY
9 hrs

agree  Carla Selyer
11 hrs
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
headquarters


Explanation:
I guess you'd have figured out central comittee on your know so here's another possibility

Sébastien Ricciardi
France
Local time: 09:54
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Apex Committee / Central Works Committee


Explanation:
Some more suggestions:
Apex Committee, involving top management for major recommendations / decisions
Central Works Committee, if employees / workers are involved

mohanv
India
Local time: 13:24
Native speaker of: Native in TamilTamil

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sara Freitas: agree with second answer except Council not Committee
8 hrs
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Central Works Council


Explanation:
Hard to say without more context, but it seems highly likely to me that this is referrng to the "comité central ***d'entreprise***" which would need to be officially informed of such changes in a merger or acquisition situation.


    Reference: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?mode=dbl&lang=en&ihmlang=...
Sara Freitas
France
Local time: 09:54
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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