Chapter II: Cinematographic exhibition sector

The Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission is set up by prefectoral decree, published in the Recueil des actes administratifs.

When a cinema development project is planned for the territory of several municipalities or cantons, the municipality or canton in which the project is to be implemented is deemed to be the municipality or canton in whose territory the largest proportion of the total surface area of all the cinemas for which authorisation is requested is located. The mayor of the municipality in which the project is to be implemented…

The prefect may be represented by a civil servant from the prefectoral corps assigned to the department to chair the commission départementale d’aménagement cinématographique.

A prefectoral order appoints the leading figures in sustainable development and regional planning, dividing them into two colleges. These qualified persons serve a three-year term and may not serve more than two consecutive terms. If they lose the capacity by virtue of which they were appointed or in the event of their resignation, death or removal outside the borders of the département, these qualified persons are immediately replaced for the…

When the area of cinematographic influence of the project, as shown in the applicant’s file, extends beyond the boundaries of the département, the prefect of the département in which the project is located determines, for each of the other départements concerned, the number of elected representatives and leading figures qualified in sustainable development and regional planning to complete the composition of the commission. The number of elected representatives may not…