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Book IV: Inspections and penalties

Article R411-1 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The agents mentioned in Article L. 411-1 are individually commissioned by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, for a renewable period of five years. To issue the commission, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée checks that the agent is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the Agreement on…

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Article R411-2 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

No agent may be appointed if he or she has been convicted of a criminal offence entered in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record, or in an equivalent document if he or she is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.No agent may be appointed to inspect a person with whom he or…

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Article R411-4 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Commissioned officers shall take the oath before the judge of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction their administrative residence is located, at the seat of this court or, where applicable, of one of its local chambers. The oath shall read as follows: “I swear that I will perform my duties well and faithfully and that I will not reveal or use anything that comes to my knowledge during the performance…

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Article R411-5 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Commissioning is automatically terminated when the holder no longer performs the duties for which he or she was commissioned. It is also terminated by reasoned decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée when the conditions provided for in articles R. 411-1 et R. 411-2 cease to be fulfilled. The interested party is informed in advance of the reasons for and nature of the…

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Article R412-1 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The use of one of the persons mentioned in Article L. 412-3 is part of a memorandum of understanding signed with the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée which defines the technical expertise assignment(s) to be carried out and specifies the conditions under which they will be carried out. The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée ensures that the persons…

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Article R412-2 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The protocol includes a clause stipulating that the persons mentioned in Article L. 412-3 shall, in the performance of their duties, ensure that there is no conflict of interest. To this end, before a technical expertise assignment is entrusted to him/her, the prospective person shall confirm to the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée that he/she has no professional relations over the previous three years…

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Article R412-3 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

For each technical expertise mission, a mission order specifying its purpose is drawn up by the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée and issued, individually and by name, to the person in charge of it. When this person is commissioned to accompany the agents on site during a control operation, the mission order indicates that it is equivalent to commissioning within the meaning of Article…

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Article R414-1 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The minutes provided for in articles L. 414-1 and L. 414-3 include: 1° The surname, first name, position and administrative residence of the official issuing the fine; 2° Where applicable, the surname, first name and position of the person mentioned in Article L. 412-3; 3° The date, time and place where the inspection operations were carried out; 4° A statement of the facts observed which may constitute a breach or…

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