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Article R212-7-31 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The decision of the Commission nationale d’aménagement cinématographique, signed by its Chairman, is notified, within two months, to the Minister for Culture, to the applicants and to the author of the application for authorisation if he is not the applicant. The four-month period provided for in article L. 212-10-3 runs from the date of receipt of the appeal. The Prefect is notified of the Commission’s decision, which is displayed and…

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Article R212-8 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The rules relating to the time limit for examining the application for planning permission, the formalities to be observed in letters of notification of the extension of the time limit for examination or refusal of authorisation for the creation, extension or reopening to the public of cinematographic entertainment establishments, the birth of tacit decisions, the planning permission application file and the absence of prior approval in Ile-de-France are set out…

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Article R212-10 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The technical specifications of cinemas and technical projection equipment, compliance with which is a condition for the approval of a cinema entertainment establishment under articles L. 212-14 and L. 212-17, are set by decision of the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée taken pursuant to 2° of Article L. 111-3.

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Article R212-11 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Approval of a screening room and its technical projection equipment is granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée for a screening room and its technical projection equipment or, in the case of touring activity, for the technical projection equipment alone, on the basis of a file which is attached to the application for authorisation to operate and which includes all elements capable of…

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Article R212-12 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Approval derogating from some of the technical specifications required under article L. 212-14 may be granted by the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, under the provisions of article L. 212-17, to the operator of a cinematographic establishment who so requests: 1° If it is technically impossible to comply with some of these specifications due to specific architectural features or constraints linked to projection technology;…

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Article R212-12-1 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The application for approval mentioned in article R. 212-12 indicates the technical specifications with which the applicant cannot comply, the rooms concerned and the equipment in the establishment to which these specifications apply. It is accompanied by all the information and documents needed to justify the exemption requested, in particular the programming project in the case mentioned in 4° of article R. 212-12.

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Article R212-12-2 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The approval granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée in application of article R. 212-12 specifies: 1° The technical specifications from which derogations are made; 2° The cinemas and equipment of the establishment concerned; 3° When it is granted on the basis of 4° of article R. 212-12, its period of validity.

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Article R212-12-3 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

In order to issue the approval referred to in article R. 212-12, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée may consult, depending on the exemption requested, experts in the fields of cinema exhibition, architecture, cinema projection techniques, business management, accounting and financing, heritage conservation, as well as people working in the cultural field within local authorities.

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