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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article L234-2

The representativeness of a professional organisation or group of service providers is assessed in particular with regard to the number of operators concerned or their importance on the market in ques…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Tax deductions and reductions for overseas investments

Article L333-2

…oductive investments they make in the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and La Réunion, in the audiovisual and film production and broadcasting sectors, or in respect of su…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Access to the cinema

Article L212-31

…la concurrence, specifies the terms of the association contract provided for by articles L. 212-29 and L. 212-30. This contract may not contain any clause relating to the programming of the associate…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 7: Control of cinema box office receipts

Article L212-34

…rice of the admission charge that would have been given to the spectator, under the same conditions and for the same screening, if he had not chosen this offer or had not benefited from it, this price…

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

Article L213-2

Within the framework of the missions listed in 1° and 2° of article L. 213-1, the Film Ombudsman may be approached by any natural person or legal entity concerned, by any interested professional or tr…

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

Article L213-35

…t or have it audited by an independent expert. The purpose of this audit is to check the regularity and accuracy of the account. The distributor or, where applicable, the line producer sends the Centr…

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

Article L214-6

…authorisation is granted taking into account the date of issue of the cinema licence, the location and number of screenings, the social and cultural interest of the performances and the local situati…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Control of video exhibition revenues

Article L222-1

…Article L. 221-1 must keep up-to-date documents enabling the origin and conditions of exploitation to be identified, as well as the revenue from the exploitation of the…

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

Article L251-8

…L. 251-5 do not apply to publishers of television services and publishers of on-demand audiovisual media services in respect of acquisitions of broadcasting ri…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Notification

Article L261-1

…t provided for in the same article L. 132-27, to a person not subject to the said article L. 132-27 and not having the status of co-producer of the work or works concerned, or any other operation with…

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