The implementation of the programming commitments mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 212-23 is examined by the Film Ombudsman under the conditions set out in article L. 213-5. The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée is responsible for monitoring compliance with the programming commitments mentioned in article L. 212-23.
A decree in the Conseil d’Etat, issued after obtaining the opinion of the Autorité de la concurrence, sets out the terms and conditions for the application of this section. It shall specify in particular: 1° The procedures for issuing and withdrawing approval for programming groups or agreements ; 2° The other obligations of the programming contract concluded between a group and its member undertakings or between the member undertakings of…
Any operator of a cinematographic entertainment establishment who intends to set up a formula for access to the cinema giving the right to multiple admissions in a number not defined in advance must request prior approval from the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée. Substantial modification of the package is also subject to prior approval. Approval is granted if the conditions set out in articles…
In order to grant the authorisation provided for in article L. 212-27, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée must ensure, on the basis of measurable economic data, in particular that provided by the exhibitor with its application, that a reference price per seat is set, taking into account changes in the average price of single tickets sold by the exhibitor, the situation of the…
Any cinema exhibitor who joins an approved access formula is subject to the conditions of the approval. Any exhibitor who does not benefit from the guarantee provided for in article L. 212-30 is obliged to apply, in the contracts for the granting of cinematographic representation rights that he concludes, the reference price applied by the exhibitor who holds the approval in application of article L. 212-28.
When requesting the approval of an access formula in application of article L. 212-27, any cinema exhibitor who achieves more than 25% of admissions or takings in a given catchment area or more than 3% of takings at national level must offer exhibitors in the same catchment area whose market share represents less than 25% of admissions or takings in the area in question, with the exception of those achieving…
A decree of the Conseil d’Etat, issued after consultation with the Autorité de la concurrence, specifies the terms of the association contract provided for by articles L. 212-29 and L. 212-30. This contract may not contain any clause relating to the programming of the associated exhibitors’ cinemas, nor any clause relating to exclusive membership of an access formula.
Control of receipts from the exploitation of cinematographic or audiovisual works and documents in cinematographic entertainment establishments is organised under the following conditions: 1° Exhibitors of cinematographic establishments issue an admission ticket to each spectator or record and keep in a computerised system the data relating to admission, prior to any access by the spectator to a cinematographic theatre; 2° Operators of cinematographic establishments must keep up to date documents…
Admission to a film show organised by the operator of a film theatre is an individual right. Pricing is organised by category in accordance with procedures laid down by regulation. Except by way of derogation, admission tickets that are not linked to a computerised ticketing system may not be issued outside cinemas. The admission fee is retained by the spectator until the end of the film show.
It is an offence for the operator of a cinema to offer a spectator, irrespective of the terms of the offer, the sale of an admission ticket to a cinema screening: 1° Either combined, with or without a price supplement, with the delivery of a good or the provision of a service; 2° Or as part of an online sales or booking service, may not result in a reduction in…
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