The Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique acts on referral from sworn agents approved under the conditions defined in Article L. 331-2 who are appointed by:
– regularly constituted professional defence organisations;
– collective management organisations;
– the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée.
The authority may also act on the basis of information forwarded to it by the public prosecutor or on the basis of a bailiff’s report drawn up at the request of a rights holder.
It may not be seized of facts dating back more than six months. This period is twelve months in the case of information forwarded by the public prosecutor.
The Commission may not be seized of facts dating back more than six months.