Chapter II: Cinematographic exhibition sector

At the initiative of the representative of the State in the department, the mayor of the municipality in which the site is located, the president of the public inter-municipal cooperation establishment mentioned in b of 1° of II of article L. 212-6-2, of the person mentioned in e of the same 1° or of the president of the mixed syndicate mentioned in the same e and of any person with…

Prior to the expiry of the appeal period or, in the event of an appeal, prior to the decision of the Commission nationale d’aménagement cinématographique, planning permission may not be granted or construction undertaken and no new application may be submitted to the Commission départementale d’aménagement cinématographique for the same plot.

The mayor of the municipality in which the cinemas are located, who is a member of the departmental cinematographic planning commission whose decision is the subject of the appeal, is heard by the national cinematographic planning commission when he or she so requests.

A Government Commissioner appointed by the Minister for Culture attends the meetings of the Commission nationale d’aménagement cinématographique.

The chairman of the Commission nationale d’aménagement cinématographique has the casting vote in the event of a tie.

If an application for authorisation is rejected on substantive grounds by the Commission nationale d’aménagement cinématographique, no new application may be submitted by the same applicant, for the same project and on the same plot of land, for a period of one year from the date of the national commission’s decision.

The Commission nationale d’aménagement cinématographique takes its decisions without instruction from any authority. These decisions may not be overturned.

A decree in the Conseil d’Etat shall set out the terms and conditions for the application of this paragraph.