French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Printed tickets state:1° The name of the cinema and the name of the municipality in which it is located;2° The serial number of the tickets;3° The category of seats to which they entitle the holder;4° The name of the manufacturer, dealer or importer.

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…

Printed tickets are numbered in an unbroken series for each fare category and issued in numerical order.Tickets are detached when they are handed out to spectators.

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…

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…

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…

Ticket manufacturers, importers or merchants declare their deliveries of printed tickets, specifying:1° The names and addresses of the cinematographic establishments to which they are sent;2° The number of tickets delivered, by category of seats, as well as the ticket numbers.These declarations are sent by the above-mentioned persons to the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée and to their tax department within eight days of delivery.Operators of cinemas who…