Book II: Professions and activities

The classification committees mentioned in Article R. 211-27 view the works or documents in order to draw up a report for the chairman of the classification committee.

The report of the classification committee to which the matter has been referred characterises the work or document and, in particular, indicates the sequences or images likely to give rise to particular remarks with regard to the guidelines drawn up by the classification committee and the classification measures provided for by article R. 211-12 and the warning provided by Article R. 211-13. The report mentions the classification proposal made by…

When the members of the classification committee unanimously propose that a visa be issued authorising cinematographic representation for all audiences without a warning, or when only one of them proposes the warning provided for in article R. 211-13 or one of the specific performance bans provided for in article R. 211-12, the chairman of the classification committee mentioned in Article R. 211-29 decides, in the light of the report, whether…

Referred to by its chairman under the conditions set out in Article R. 211-6, the classification committee views the works or documents in order to give its opinion to the Minister for Culture.

The Minister for Culture will give reasons for any warning, specific ban on screenings or refusal to grant a cinema licence, and may make them public.