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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Organisation of certain film screenings

Article L214-5

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Exploitation on television services

Article L233-1

…g may take place. Where there is a professional agreement relating to the period applicable to the method of exploitation of cinematographic works by television services, the period stipulated by this…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of distributors

Article L251-5

Any distributor who, in his capacity as assignee or agent, has exploitation rights for the marketing of an audiovisual work in the genres of fiction, animation, creative documentary or audiovisual ada…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rights of preferred film production creditors

Article L312-2

The sums referred to in article L. 312-1 to which production companies may be entitled as a result of the exhibition of a given long-term cinematographic work are allocated by priority, according to t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Film ombudsman

Article L213-1

…minant position or any other situation the purpose of which is or may be to restrict or distort competition and which reveals the existence of obstacles to the widest possible distribution of cinemato…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Audit of operating accounts

Article L213-36

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, archite…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Organisation of certain film screenings

Article L214-4

…Arti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of distributors

Article L251-6

…ipts and operating costs and the conditions under which the opposable commission is negotiated are determined by one or more professional agreements concluded between the representative organisations…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L251-10

…ding exploitation account in accordance with sub-section 1 of this section. Within the time limits set out in Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and remedies

Article L261-4

…rights holders have the same remedies and, where applicable, the same procedures for the amicable settlement of disputes as those available to them in the event of non-compliance with the agreement p…

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