LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

of July 15, 2021 No. ZR-302

About cinematography

Accepted by National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on June 30, 2021

Chapter 1. General provisions

The purpose of this Law - to provide development of the sphere of cinematography in the Republic of Armenia, to create sufficient legal guarantees and to promote creation, distribution, display and promotion of national movies, preserving and ensuring availability of film heritage and the film chronicle.

Article 1. Subject of regulation of the Law

1. This Law establishes the principles of state policy in the field of cinematography, the purposes and forms of the state assistance, power of the state and other bodies, governs the legal, organizational and financial relations in cinema activities.

Article 2. Legislation on cinematography

1. The relations connected with cinematography are regulated by the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia (further - the Constitution), international treaties of the Republic of Armenia (further - the international agreements), this Law, other laws of the Republic of Armenia (further - the law) and other regulatory legal acts adopted according to this Law.

2. If international treaties establish other regulations, than are provided by this Law, then regulations of international treaties are applied.

Article 3. The basic concepts used in the Law

1. In this Law the following basic concepts are used:

1) the national movie - the movie meeting the conditions specified in article 13 of this Law;

2) the helping person - legal entity or physical person which gratuitously allocates money for the purpose of creation, distribution and preserving movies without intervention in these processes and acquisitions of valuable interests;

3) classification - differentiation of the movie on criteria of age restriction of the audience;

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