At the initiative of the representative of the State in the department, the mayor of the municipality in which the site is located, the president of the public inter-municipal cooperation establishment mentioned in b of 1° of II of article L. 212-6-2, of the person mentioned in e of the same 1° or of the president of the mixed syndicate mentioned in the same e and of any person with an interest in acting, the decision of the departmental cinematographic development commission may, within a period of one month, be appealed to the National Cinematographic Development Commission. The Commission nationale d’aménagement cinématographique gives its decision within four months of the date of referral.
A referral to the Commission nationale d’aménagement cinématographique is a mandatory prerequisite to a contentious appeal, failing which the latter will be inadmissible.
This appeal is also open to the cinema ombudsman.