Section 2: Transparency of operating accounts

Any distributor who, in his capacity as assignee or agent, has exploitation rights for the marketing of a feature-length cinematographic work eligible for financial support for production from the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée must, within six months of the theatrical release, and then at least once a year for the duration of the contract with the line producer, draw up and send to the latter the…

The form of the operating account as well as the definition of gross receipts, operating costs and general operating costs are determined by a professional agreement concluded between the representative organisations of producers of long-term cinematographic works, the representative professional organisations of distributors of these works, the professional authors’ organisations and the organisations for the collective management of authors’ rights mentioned in Title II of Book III of Part One…

The contract for the transfer of exploitation rights or the marketing mandate contract includes a clause recalling the obligations resulting from article L. 213-28.

The obligations resulting from article L. 213-28 are not applicable to operators of cinematographic entertainment establishments, television service publishers or on-demand audiovisual media service publishers in respect of the acquisition of broadcasting rights or rights to make available to the public on the services they publish in return for a fixed and definitive price.