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As expected, since it constitutes one of the key elements of the current reforms resulting from the transposition of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, the on-demand audiovisual media services (SMAD) decree was published and entered into force on 1 July 2021. Under the decree, foreign video on demand (VOD) platforms aimed at French audiences can be made subject to the same rules on financial contributions to cinematographic and audiovisual production as French-based services by way of derogation from the country-of-origin principle (Article 43-7 of the Law of 30 September 1986). The decree...

On 29 July, the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image – CNC) adopted eight new support measures designed to stimulate film exploitation, production and distribution, thanks to one-off state funding totalling EUR 90 million. The CNC president commented, "The public authorities are fully aware of the health pass’s impact on cinema attendance and the entire film industry. The CNC will be watching how the situation develops very closely, so we can ensure the health pass is successfully implemented while, at...

In a decision of 30 June 2021, the president of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image – CNC) refused to authorise nine open-air film screenings that were due to be held in the municipality of Garenne-Colombes every Saturday in July and August. The municipal authority then asked the administrative court’s urgent applications judge, on the basis of Article L. 521-2 of the Code of Administrative Justice, to stay the execution of the CNC’s decision and order the CNC to allow it to organise open-air screenings...

On 20 July 2021, the Conseil d’État (Council of State) received several suspension requests and applications for the protection of fundamental freedoms from professional cultural organisations in response to the decree of 19 July 2021 in which the Prime Minister had extended the obligation for visitors to cultural and leisure venues accommodating more than 50 guests to present a so-called health pass (negative COVID test, vaccination or recent recovery certificate) from 21 July. While the applicants did not dispute the legitimacy of the reasons for extending the health pass requirement,...

On 26 May 2021, the Conseil de déontologie journalistique et de médiation (Council for Ethical Journalism and Mediation – CDJM), a self-regulatory body, published four new opinions, two of which concerned well-known television and radio journalists. Since it was created in December 2019, the CDJM has received 407 referrals from members of the public regarding 164 different journalistic activities. It has issued an opinion in 34 of these cases, including the two described below, and dismissed 111, while 19 are still pending. In the first case, the CDJM received a complaint...