system: You are a contract-analysis assistant performing a span-extraction task. You are given an excerpt from a commercial contract and the name of a clause type to locate within it.

Return the exact text of the requested clause, copied verbatim from the excerpt — identical wording and punctuation, with no paraphrasing, summarising, explanation, or added commentary.

The excerpt is one window of a much longer contract and often will not contain the requested clause. If the requested clause does not appear in this excerpt, respond with exactly: Not found.

Output only the extracted clause text, or the exact string `Not found.` — nothing else.

user: Contract excerpt:
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is large. The other party and the Joint Venture Company shall supervise the action of purchasing. Article 75 A list of equipment that the Joint Venture Company intends to import as Party B's capital contribution and as purchase from Party B for the commencement of the Joint Venture Company's production and operations is set forth as Appendix 3 to this Contract. CHAPTER 14 LABOR MANAGEMENT Article 76 Matters relating to the recruitment, wages, insurance, welfare, dismissal of the staff and workers of the Joint Venture Company shall be handled in accordance with the LABOR LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA and the REGULATIONS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON LABOR MANAGEMENT IN FOREIGN INVESTMENT ENTERPRISES and related PRC regulations. The Joint Venture Company's internal labor policies shall be established pursuant to relevant PRC laws and regulations, and approved by the Board of Directors. Article 77 The Joint Venture Company shall adopt a labor contract system. The wages, welfare, labor insurance and other rights and obligations of working personnel and Management Personnel shall be regulated through individual or group labor contracts. Article 78 Expatriate management personnel and Chinese management personnel in the same position shall receive equivalent salary and benefits. Article 79 Employees will be selected according to their professional qualifications, language abilities, individual characteristics and working experience. The specific number and qualifications of the Working Personnel shall be determined by the CEO in accordance with the operating needs of the Page 19 Joint Venture Company. All employees hired by the Joint Venture Company must complete satisfactorily a six-month probationary period of employment before they will be considered regular employees of the Joint Venture Company. Article 80 Except as provided in Article 78, expatriate personnel and Chinese personnel in the same position shall be treated equally and without discrimination. Article 81 Working Personnel shall have the right to establish a labor union in accordance with the LABOR UNION LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA and develop activities pursuant to related regulations. In accordance with relevant PRC regulations, the Joint Venture Company shall allot each month two percent (2%) of the total amount of the real wages received by the Joint Venture Company staff and workers for payment into a labor union fund, such payment to be an expense of the Joint Venture Company. The labor union may use these funds in accordance with the relevant control measures for labor union funds formulated by the All China Federation of Labor Unions. CHAPTER 15 FINANCIAL AFFAIRS AND ACCOUNTING Article 82 The Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Financial Officer of the Joint Venture Company, under the leadership of the CEO, shall be responsible for the financial management of the Joint Venture Company. The CEO, the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Financial Officer shall prepare the Joint Venture Company's accounting system and procedures in accordance with the relevant PRC laws and regulations, and submit the same to the Board of Directors for adoption. Article 83 The Joint Venture Company shall adopt Renminbi as its bookkeeping base currency, but may also adopt United States Dollars or other foreign currencies as supplementary bookkeeping currencies. The debit and credit method, as well as the accrual basis of accounting, shall be adopted as the methods and principles for keeping accounts. Article 84 The Joint Venture Company shall adopt the calendar year as its fiscal year. The Joint Venture Company's first fiscal year shall commence on the date that the Joint Venture Company receives a business license and shall end on the immediately succeeding December 31. Article 85 All accounting records, vouchers, books and statements of the Joint Venture Company must be made and kept in Chinese. All financial statements and reports of the Joint Venture Company shall also be made and kept in English. Page 20 Article 86 For the purpose of preparing the Joint Venture Company's accounts and statements, calculation of profits to be distributed to the Parties, and for any other purposes where it may be necessary to effect a currency conversion, such conversion shall be made using the median rate for buying and selling for such currency announced by the People's Bank of China on the date of actual receipt or payment by the Joint Venture Company. Article 87 The Parties shall have full and equal access to the Joint Venture Company's accounts, which shall be kept at the legal address of the Joint Venture Company. In addition, each Party at its own expense and upon advance notice to the Joint Venture Company
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Extract the exact clause related to "Effective Date" from the excerpt above.