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On 17 March 2021, the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (French audiovisual regulatory body – CSA), pursuant to Article 42-1 of the Law of 30 September 1986, imposed a fine of EUR 200,000 against the CNews television channel following remarks made by political commentator Eric Zemmour during the programme “Face à l'info” broadcast on 29 September 2020 (see IRIS 2021-5:1/26). Zemmour then asked the urgent applications judge of the Conseil d'Etat (Council of State) to stay the execution of the decision. He argued that execution of the decision would infringe...

On 16 April 2021, the Autorité de la concurrence (competition authority) issued an opinion in response to a request submitted by the Médiateur du cinéma (cinema ombudsman) in February 2021. In accordance with Article L. 213-6, para. 2, of the Code du cinéma et de l’image animée (Cinema and Moving Image Code), the ombudsman asked the competition regulator to examine the possibility of consultation between film distributors aimed at agreeing a regulated film release schedule until the situation returned to normal. It asked the competition authority to “set...

“Between mid-May and the beginning of summer, we will create a timetable for the gradual resumption of cultural activities,” said French president Emmanuel Macron on 31 March 2021 during his televised address announcing new restrictions on movement within France. The following day, the prime minister told parliament, “This reopening will take place as soon as the health situation allows it. The government will present this reopening strategy to parliament in due course.” Meanwhile, with more than 400 French and foreign feature films awaiting the reopening of cinemas, which...

In the final phase of the legislative reforms initiated at the end of 2020 to transpose the AVMS Directive, the bill “on the regulation and protection of access to cultural works in the digital age” was presented to the Council of Ministers on 8 April 2021 and will be debated by the Senate on 18 and 19 May 2021. The government’s decision to approve an expedited procedure means the new law could be adopted by the summer. The bill incorporates and reinforces some of the provisions of the bill on audiovisual communication and cultural sovereignty in the digital age that was tabled...

After finding that the Société d’Edition de Canal Plus (SECP) had failed to meet its obligations to contribute to the development of audiovisual production in the 2018 and 2019 financial years, the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (French audiovisual regulatory body – CSA) ordered the company to meet these obligations, which were laid down in Articles 40, 42 and 43 of the Decree No. 2010-747 of 2 July 2010 and which included an obligation to promote independent and French-language productions.  Canal Plus and its special-interest television channels...