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Article L124-2 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Unless otherwise stipulated in the contract and recorded in the public film and audiovisual register or in the options register, the beneficiary of one of the rights referred to in 2° and 3° of article L. 123-1 duly registered, and upon production of the statement provided for in article L. 125-1, collects alone and directly, notwithstanding any opposition other than that based on a legal lien, up to the amount…

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Article L124-3 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Under penalty of nullity, no sale by public auction, whether voluntary or forced, of a cinematographic or audiovisual work or of any of its components may be carried out until fifteen days after a summons to attend the sale, which the pursuing party must serve on each of the creditors entered in the public film and audiovisual register or in the register of options, at the address given in the…

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Article L124-4 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Where the sale of these assets has not taken place by public auction, the purchaser who wishes to secure himself from the proceedings of the registered creditors is required, on pain of forfeiture and at the latest within fifteen days of the summons to pay being served on him, to notify all these creditors at the address they have elected in their registrations: his surname, first names and address, the…

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Article L125-1 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée issues to all those who request it either a copy or an extract of the information entered in the public film and audiovisual register or the register of options and the documents submitted in support of entries or publications, or a certificate if there is no entry or publication. However, for option contracts registered under article L. 123-2, it only issues…

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Article L126-1 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée is authorised to communicate to distributors, producers, authors and beneficiaries with delegated revenue rights, as designated in agreements, judgements and any other acts entered in the public film and audiovisual register or in the register of options, all information relating to revenue and any other products arising from the exploitation and export of cinematographic works in which they have rights. The…

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Article L126-2 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Distributors, producers, authors and beneficiaries with delegated revenue rights, as designated in agreements, judgements and any other deeds entered in the public film and audiovisual register or in the register of options, are required to provide the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, at its request, with all information relating to payments made to them by exhibitors, distributors and producers of cinematographic works respectively. The above-mentioned persons are…

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