Financial penalties are recovered in the same way as State debts other than taxes and property. The proceeds are paid to the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée.
The representative of the State in the département may, within one month of receiving the report referred to in article L. 414-4, give formal notice to the operator of the cinema concerned to reduce the number of screens or spectator places to the number stated in the cinema development authorisation granted by the competent cinema development commission. Failing this, it may issue an order, within a fortnight, to close the…
It is punishable by a fine of 7,500 euros for any person to obstruct control operations carried out pursuant to the provisions of articles L. 411-1, L. 411-2 and L. 412-1 in article L. 412-4.
It is punishable by a fine of 45,000 euros to put into circulation or represent a cinematographic work that lacks the exhibition visa provided for in article L. 211-1 or in breach of the conditions mentioned on this visa.
As soon as the offence has been established, the criminal investigation department may seize the print run and exploitation media of the works unlawfully put into circulation or represented. The procedures set out in articles 56 and 57 of the Code of Criminal Procedure apply to this seizure.
In the event of conviction to the penalty provided for in Article L. 432-1, the court may, in addition, prohibit the convicted person for a period not exceeding ten years from exercising either a managerial function or any industrial or commercial activity in the cinema sector. If the convicted person is the manager or agent of a legal entity, the judgement may order the latter to pay the fine jointly…
When, in the event of a breach of the provisions of article L. 212-32 and the provisions of article L. 222-1, the Commission du Contrôle de la Réglementation has imposed a financial penalty which has become final, pursuant to 3° of article L. 422-1, the criminal court hearing the same or related cases may order that this financial penalty be deducted from the amount of the criminal fine imposed subsequently.
Failure to carry out the measures taken by the State representative in the département as provided for in article L. 425-1.
Unless one or more of the administrative sanctions provided for in 2° to 7° of article L. 422-1 in the event of failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 212-32 and the provisions of article L. 222-1 have been imposed, the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée may, in the event of criminal proceedings for the same acts and, where applicable, for related…
The Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée may lodge a complaint and bring a civil action under the conditions set out in article L. 331-3 of the French Intellectual Property Code.
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