The audiovisual work is deemed completed when the final version has been established by mutual agreement between, on the one hand, the director or, where applicable, the co-writers and, on the other hand, the producer.
The matrix of this version may not be destroyed.
Any modification of this version by addition, deletion or change of any element requires the agreement of the persons mentioned in the first paragraph.
Any transfer of the audiovisual work to another type of medium with a view to another mode of exploitation must be preceded by consultation with the director.
The authors’ own rights, as defined in article L. 121-1, may only be exercised by them in respect of the finished audiovisual work.