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Article D212-69 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Admission consists of: 1° Either giving the spectator a ticket printed on paper taken from a counterfoil book, a roll or a vending machine. The admission charge in question is known as a “printed ticket”; 2° Or in the form of a paper ticket issued by an approved computerised system. The admission charge in question is called a “computer ticket”; 3° Or, if the spectator is not given a ticket,…

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Article D212-71 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The operators of cinematographic entertainment establishments may use different categories of tariffs that they determine for the admission of spectators.Each of the tariff categories is associated with one of the following four tariff families:1° Free tariff;2° School tariff;3° Unlimited tariff;4° Other tariff.Free admissions may not give rise to the payment of a fee of any kind whatsoever.

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Article D212-73 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Unless an exemption has been granted by the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, printed tickets may not be issued outside the box offices of cinematographic entertainment establishments.Operators of cinematographic entertainment establishments are required to display the different prices charged in a visible manner at each of the establishment’s box offices.Information on the number of seats available in each cinema is made available at the establishment’s ticket offices…

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Article D212-75 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Printed tickets are issued in “immediate entry” or “pre-sale” mode under the following conditions: 1° Immediate entry sales concern tickets issued in the period immediately preceding the film screening. It is up to the operator of the cinema to define, for each screening, the moment at which the immediate-entry sale begins, which must occur between one and a half hours before the start of the screening. Each ticket issued for…

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Article D212-76 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Printed tickets are made up of two parts, one for the spectator and the other, called the “coupon”, for the ticket inspector. The part reserved for control is placed, after being detached, in a box specially allocated for this purpose, which is closed and contains only the coupons for the current session. The numbers on the control coupons are identical to those on the part of the tickets intended for…

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Article D212-77 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The operator of a cinema is responsible for the printed tickets in his possession. He must be able to show the tickets not yet used and to justify, if necessary, the missing quantities of tickets.In the event of the sale of his establishment, he must justify that the transferee has taken back the tickets in stock or that they have been destroyed.In the event of cessation of activity, he must…

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