The producer’s safeguard or receivership proceedings do not result in the termination of the audiovisual production contract.
Where the production or exploitation of the work is continued pursuant to articles L. 621-22 et seq of the French Commercial Code, the administrator is required to comply with all the producer’s obligations, particularly with regard to co-authors.
In the event of the transfer of all or part of the business or liquidation, the administrator, debtor or liquidator, as the case may be, is required to establish a separate lot for each audiovisual work that may be the subject of a transfer or auction. The liquidator must notify each of the authors and co-producers of the work by registered letter one month prior to any decision on the transfer or any auction procedure, failing which the work shall be deemed null and void. The purchaser shall likewise be bound by the obligations of the assignor.
The author and co-authors have a right of pre-emption over the work, unless one of the co-producers declares himself to be the purchaser. Failing agreement, the purchase price is set by expert opinion.
When the company’s activity has ceased for more than three months or when liquidation is declared, the author and coauthors may request termination of the audiovisual production contract.