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 enabling them to identify the takings for each cinematographic programme shown in their establishments. These documents are made available to agents from the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée and agents from the tax authorities, who are responsible for inspections, and are kept by the exhibitors in accordance with the procedures set out in I of article L. 102 B of the livre des procédures fiscales ;
3° At the end of each film week, operators of cinemas send the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée a declaration of the revenue generated for each film programme shown in their cinemas. This declaration is sent electronically. They also send this declaration of takings to distributors and to a collective management organisation under Title II of Book III of Part One of the Intellectual Property Code responsible for music rights where there is an agreement between such an organisation and the cinema owners or their representatives. However, the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée may take responsibility, on behalf of exhibitors, for transmitting the declaration of receipts, in any form whatsoever, to distributors and, where applicable, to the aforementioned collective management organisation;
4° Ticket manufacturers, importers or merchants declare to the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée the delivery of tickets to cinematographic establishments;
5° Manufacturers and suppliers of computerised ticketing systems have these systems approved by the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, on the basis of their compliance with specifications, and declare to the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée the delivery of these systems to cinematographic establishments;
6° Installers of computerised ticketing systems declare to the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée the installation of these systems in cinemas. They also declare, as do the operators of cinemas, the state of the numbering counters whenever they are put into service, whenever there is a change of location and whenever there is any technical modification requiring the intervention of the manufacturer or supplier.