Any grouping of exhibitors of cinematographic entertainment establishments shall be constituted as a legal entity.Programming agreements are the result of conventions concluded between exhibitors of cinematographic entertainment establishments.
The articles of association of a grouping or the constitutive agreements of a cartel guarantee the provision of effective services to the members of the grouping or cartel and define the conditions under which they are liable for payment.
The agreement establishing a programming agreement :1° Designates a member to act as the lead company;2° Provides that the lead company is delegated the task of entering into contracts with distributors of cinematographic works on behalf of all the members of the agreement and that this delegation is accompanied by financial responsibility for the proper performance of contracts or, failing this, joint and several liability on the part of each…
A programming group or agreement may be approved only if the following conditions are met:1° All the members are licensed as cinema operators;2° The group or agreement does not include more than one member who, in the previous year, accounted for more than 0.5% of admissions in mainland France in all its establishments;3° The grouping or agreement does not include a member who, during the previous year, accounted for more…
The programming contract, concluded between a group and the exhibitors of cinematographic establishments who are members or between the members of an agreement, provides for :1° A term of performance which may not exceed three years and the conditions for its renewal;2° A period for termination and a period of notice in the event of non-renewal;3° The conditions for determining the programming fee;4° Provisions to ensure the protection of the…
The application for approval of a programming group or agreement is sent to the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée.This application must be accompanied by:1° The group’s articles of association or the agreement setting up the cartel;2° The programming contracts signed between the group and the exhibitors of cinemas that are members or between the members of the cartel;3° The programming commitments that the group…
Approval is granted to the legal entity forming the programming group and to the lead undertaking in the programming agreement.
If the President of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée remains silent for more than three months on an application for approval, this will be deemed to constitute a decision of acceptance.
Approval is granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée for the duration of the approval of programming commitments.
The holder of the authorisation must notify the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée of any change in the composition, articles of association or constituent agreement of a programming group or agreement within a period of no more than fifteen days, and the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée will issue an amending authorisation under the conditions set out in this sub-section.
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