When a professional agreement, made compulsory on the basis of Article L. 132-25 of the Intellectual Property Code, as it stood prior to Law 2016-925 of 7 July 2016 on the freedom of creation, architecture and heritage, or Article L. 132-25-1 of the same code, provides in particular for the definition of the production cost of a feature-length cinematographic work, the terms and conditions of its depreciation and net revenues, the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée may carry out or have carried out by an independent expert an audit of the operating account drawn up by the line producer pursuant to this agreement.
The line producer shall send the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée or the independent expert all the documents or items required to carry out the audit.
The Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée sends the draft audit report to the line producer, who submits his comments. The final audit report is sent to the line producer and to the authors listed in article L. 113-7 of the said code.