Section 2: Location and construction of cinemas

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…

For the Commission départementale d’aménagement cinématographique de Paris, the Paris City Council draws up a list of four arrondissement councillors from which the arrondissement councillor who is to sit on the Commission is chosen. If the arrondissement councillor called to sit is unable to do so, his or her replacement is chosen from the same list. The Ile-de-France Regional Council draws up a list of four regional councillors from which…

For each request for authorisation, a prefectoral order determines the composition of the departmental commission for cinema development. Local elected representatives are appointed in the capacity in which they are required to sit. The person qualified in film distribution and exhibition is proposed by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée in accordance with IV of article L. 212-6-2. The person qualified in sustainable development…

The members of the Commission départementale d’aménagement cinématographique shall fill in a form for the declaration of the interests they hold and the functions they exercise in an economic activity. No member may sit on the committee unless he/she has submitted this duly completed form to the chairman of the committee. Any member who fails to fulfil the obligations laid down in article L. 212-6-3 shall be automatically declared to…

The secretariat of the Commission départementale d’aménagement cinématographique is provided by the Prefecture.