Article L217-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code
I.-A single act of communication to the public is the process by which, for the purpose of communication to the public, a broadcasting organisation, from the national territory or the territory of another Member State of the European Union, transmits its programme-carrying signals, in such a way that they are not accessible to the public during that transmission, to a signal distributor who transmits those programme-carrying signals to the public….