The following are subject to approval by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée:
1° Programming commitments signed with a view to their approval by programming groups and agreements;
2° Programming commitments that operators of cinemas mentioned in II of article L. 212-24:
a) For all establishments with at least six cinemas;
b) For their other establishments which together account for at least 25% of admissions each year in their catchment area, provided that during the previous year they accounted for at least 0.5% of admissions in mainland France. The threshold is reduced from 25% to 8% for establishments located in the departments of Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne, which are considered as a single catchment area. The same obligation applies to operators who have links that are such as to establish a community of economic interests between them, and who together fulfil these conditions, in particular operators who have a partner, a majority shareholder or a common manager.
Each year, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée draws up a list of exhibitors required to make programming commitments. Each exhibitor is notified of the decision to register.