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Article L232-1 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The contract concluded by a publisher of on-demand audiovisual media services for the acquisition of rights relating to the making available to the public of a cinematographic work shall specify the period after which such making available may take place. Where there is a professional agreement relating to the period applicable to the mode of exploitation of cinematographic works by on-demand audiovisual media services, the period provided for by this…

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Article L233-1 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The contract concluded by a television service publisher for the acquisition of rights relating to the broadcasting of a cinematographic work stipulates the period after which this broadcasting may take place. Where there is a professional agreement relating to the period applicable to the method of exploitation of cinematographic works by television services, the period stipulated by this agreement is binding on the service publishers and the members of the…

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Article L234-1 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The professional agreements mentioned in articles L. 232-1 and L. 233-1 may be made compulsory by order of the competent State authority on condition that they have been signed by professional organisations representing the cinema sector and, as the case may be : 1° One or more professional organisations representing the sector or sectors concerned ; 2° One or more professional organisations representing the sector or sectors concerned and a…

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Article L234-2 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The representativeness of a professional organisation or group of service providers is assessed in particular with regard to the number of operators concerned or their importance on the market in question. If it is necessary to determine the representativeness of a professional organisation or a group of service providers, the latter shall provide the competent State authority with the information available to them.

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Article L241-1 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The rules relating to the legal deposit obligation incumbent on those who produce or distribute cinematographic documents as well as those who publish or import videograms intended for private use by the public, are set out in the provisions of Title III of Book I of the Heritage Code.

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Article L251-1 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Any producer who, in his capacity as line producer, has taken the initiative and financial, artistic and technical responsibility for the production of an audiovisual work in the genres of fiction, animation, creative documentary or audiovisual adaptation of a live performance, eligible for financial support for production from the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée and whose successful completion he has guaranteed must, within six months of the…

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Article L251-2 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The form of the production account, the definition of the different categories of expenditure, the nature of the means of financing and the methods of amortisation of the cost of production are determined by one or more professional agreements concluded between the professional organisations representing producers of audiovisual works and, together or separately, professional organisations representing distributors of these works, professional organisations representing television service publishers, or a group of…

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Article L251-3 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The co-production contract, the financing contract and the contracts concluded with the authors and with any other natural or legal person benefiting from a share of the receipts from the exploitation of the work, conditional upon the amortisation of the production cost, shall include a clause recalling the obligations resulting from Article L. 251-1.

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Article L251-4 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée may, within three years of the date of completion of the audiovisual work, audit the production account mentioned in article L. 251-1 or have it audited by an independent expert. The purpose of this audit is to check the regularity and accuracy of the account. The line producer must provide the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée or the…

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Article L251-5 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Any distributor who, in his capacity as assignee or agent, has exploitation rights for the marketing of an audiovisual work in the genres of fiction, animation, creative documentary or audiovisual adaptation of a live performance and eligible for financial support for production from the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée must, within the first three months of the year following the year in which the work is first…

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