The decisions of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique mentioned in articles R. 331-36 to R. 331-38 and R. 331-41 are notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the parties, who may, within a period of one month, lodge an appeal for annulment or reversal with the Paris Court of Appeal. The increases in time limits provided for in article 643 of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to this appeal.
The letter of notification must indicate the time limit for the appeal and the methods by which it may be exercised. It shall include in an annex the names, capacities and addresses of the parties to whom the authority’s decision has been notified. The time limits for appeal are not enforceable against the author of the appeal if the letter of notification does not include the information provided for in this paragraph.
These decisions and the minutes referred to in articles R. 331-34 and R. 331-40 are made public by any means and, in any event, in the case of decisions, in the Official Bulletin of the Ministry of Culture. The authority may provide for limited publication to take account of the legitimate interest of the parties in ensuring that their secrets protected by law are not divulged. A copy of these documents is sent to the minister responsible for culture and, in the case of disputes relating to the interoperability of technical measures, to the minister responsible for industrial property.
The authority may charge all or part of the costs of the proceedings to the applicant whose application is rejected or to the defendant when an injunction or financial penalty is issued against it. These costs include, where applicable, the cost of the expert report referred to in article R. 331-31 and the cost of publishing the decision.
Monetary penalties and periodic penalty payments are recovered in the same way as State debts unrelated to taxes and property.