Sub-paragraph 1: Exercise of the right of recourse

When lodged by the prefect or by the cinema ombudsman, the appeal to the Commission nationale d’aménagement cinématographique provided for in article L. 212-10-3 is made in the ordinary administrative form.

When lodged by persons other than the Prefect or the Film Ombudsman, the appeal is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Chairman of the Commission nationale d’aménagement cinématographique. Under penalty of inadmissibility, the appeal must state the grounds on which it is based and the interest of each appellant. Otherwise, notifications, summonses or other documents are validly addressed to the domicile of the first signatory.

For each appeal lodged, the chairman of the Commission nationale d’aménagement cinématographique informs the prefect that the appeal has been lodged.

The one-month appeal period provided for in article L. 212-10-3 of the Code du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée runs : 1° For the applicant, from the date of notification of the decision of the departmental film development commission; 2° For the prefect and the members of the departmental film development commission, from the date of the commission meeting or the date on which authorisation is deemed to have been…