French Cinema and Moving Image Code

A financial penalty may be imposed by the Minister responsible for culture on the transferring producer in the event of failure to comply with the notification obligation set out in Article L. 261-1. Before imposing a financial penalty, the Minister for Culture notifies the objections to the transferring producer, who has a period of fifteen working days in which to submit written observations. The amount of the fine may not…

In the event of non-compliance by the beneficiary of the operation with the obligations imposed on it by the Commission de protection de l’accès aux œuvres (Commission for the Protection of Access to Works), the rights holders have the same remedies and, where applicable, the same procedures for the amicable settlement of disputes as those available to them in the event of non-compliance with the agreement provided for inarticle L….