Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Without prejudice to the provisions of the Construction and Housing Code applicable to establishments open to the public, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (National Centre for Cinema and Moving Images) approves cinematographic entertainment establishments operated under the conditions set out in the provisions of articles L. 212-2 to L. 212-5, in respect of each of their cinemas and the technical equipment in those…

Authorisation to open a cinema to the public may not be granted until approval has been obtained. Any substantial change to the characteristics described in the application for approval, affecting a cinema or its technical equipment, requires the issue of an amending approval.

Withdrawal of approval for a given venue is tantamount to withdrawal of authorisation to open that venue to the public.

The conditions for issuing and withdrawing approval are set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. In particular, this approval is subject to compliance with technical specifications which the decree may entrust to the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée to define under 2° of article L. 111-3. The decree sets out the conditions under which the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de…