A programming group or agreement may be approved only if the following conditions are met:
1° All the members are licensed as cinema operators;
2° The group or agreement does not include more than one member who, in the previous year, accounted for more than 0.5% of admissions in mainland France in all its establishments;
3° The grouping or agreement does not include a member who, during the previous year, accounted for more than 0.5% of admissions in mainland France, in all of its establishments, and who is already a member of another grouping or agreement;
4° No programming agreement binds the grouping or cartel to another grouping or cartel;
5° All the members are bound to the grouping or cartel by the programming contract;
6° The programming commitments made by the grouping or cartel are approved under the conditions set out in sub-section 2.