Any cinema that is a member of a programming group or agreement is bound to this group or agreement by a programming contract. This contract must provide for the payment by the establishment to the group or to the lead company of the agreement, in return for the services provided, of a programming fee that takes into account the resources of the establishment and the services provided to it.
The purpose of film programming commitments is to ensure the diversity of film offerings and the widest possible distribution of cinematographic works in the public interest.
For the purposes of this section, the following are cinema programming commitments 1° Commitments made by the programming groups or agreements mentioned in article L. 212-19 and approved by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée ; 2° The commitments made by the operators of cinematographic establishments who directly and solely ensure the programming of the cinematographic establishments of which they own the business, and…
I.-The approval provided for in 1° and 2° of article L. 212-23 is issued by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée on the basis of the compliance of programming commitments with the purpose defined in article L. 212-22. Account is taken of the subscriber’s position in the catchment area(s) in which it operates. Programming commitments approved by the President of the Centre national du…
The implementation of the programming commitments mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 212-23 is examined by the Film Ombudsman under the conditions set out in article L. 213-5. The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée is responsible for monitoring compliance with the programming commitments mentioned in article L. 212-23.
A decree in the Conseil d’Etat, issued after obtaining the opinion of the Autorité de la concurrence, sets out the terms and conditions for the application of this section. It shall specify in particular: 1° The procedures for issuing and withdrawing approval for programming groups or agreements ; 2° The other obligations of the programming contract concluded between a group and its member undertakings or between the member undertakings of…
Any operator of a cinematographic entertainment establishment who intends to set up a formula for access to the cinema giving the right to multiple admissions in a number not defined in advance must request prior approval from the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée. Substantial modification of the package is also subject to prior approval. Approval is granted if the conditions set out in articles…
In order to grant the authorisation provided for in article L. 212-27, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée must ensure, on the basis of measurable economic data, in particular that provided by the exhibitor with its application, that a reference price per seat is set, taking into account changes in the average price of single tickets sold by the exhibitor, the situation of the…
Any cinema exhibitor who joins an approved access formula is subject to the conditions of the approval. Any exhibitor who does not benefit from the guarantee provided for in article L. 212-30 is obliged to apply, in the contracts for the granting of cinematographic representation rights that he concludes, the reference price applied by the exhibitor who holds the approval in application of article L. 212-28.
When requesting the approval of an access formula in application of article L. 212-27, any cinema exhibitor who achieves more than 25% of admissions or takings in a given catchment area or more than 3% of takings at national level must offer exhibitors in the same catchment area whose market share represents less than 25% of admissions or takings in the area in question, with the exception of those achieving…
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