1. Identity, business customers and scope

These Terms are issued by STUDIO 51, a French single-member limited liability company with share capital of €10,000, registered with the Créteil Trade and Companies Register under SIREN 529 707 275 and SIRET 529 707 275 00010, registered office at 51 bis rue Raymond Lefebvre, 94250 Gentilly, France, VAT FR34 529707275, contact: contact@studio51.fr.

They apply exclusively to business customers acting for purposes relating to their trade or profession and govern venue hire, the filming stage, the hangar and technical options.

STUDIO 51 is not currently accepting new bookings from private individuals or consumers. No consumer mediator has been appointed. This suspension is not retrospective, does not amend existing contracts and does not remove statutory consumer rights.

The quotation states the service, venue, date and start time, duration, equipment, crew, price and special terms. Written special terms prevail in the event of inconsistency.

2. Formation and applicable version

The contract is formed when the business customer accepts the quotation and the identified Terms. Acceptance commits the customer to pay the agreed amounts. Failure to pay an advance is not withdrawal or cancellation.

The quotation must state: “The business customer acknowledges having received and accepted, before signature, the STUDIO 51 Terms and Conditions, version CGV-STUDIO51-2026-10-01-PRO-01, attached to the quotation or available through its link.” This version applies only to quotations accepted from its effective date and is not retrospective.

3. Duration and overtime

Unless agreed otherwise in writing, a day consists of 10 hours including setup and strike. Each overtime hour started is charged at €150 excluding VAT, excluding crew overtime in the quotation. A customer delay does not automatically extend the booking.

4. Prices and payment

Prices exclude VAT unless stated otherwise. Applicable taxes are added at the prevailing rate. No discount is granted for early payment.

Unless agreed otherwise in writing: 60% is due on order after acceptance of the quotation and these Terms; the remaining 40% must be paid before filming and before the venue is made available, including setup; a same-day order must be paid in full before access; accepted additions are invoiced within a final invoice payable within ten days of issue; if there are no additions, a zero-balance final invoice is issued. Payment is completed only when cleared funds are received.

5. Late payment

Any amount unpaid when due bears interest from the day after the invoice due date, without prior reminder, at an annual rate equal to three times the applicable French statutory interest rate. The customer is also automatically liable for the statutory fixed €40 recovery charge. Additional evidenced recovery costs may be claimed where permitted.

6. Suspension of access

Where failure to pay constitutes a sufficiently serious breach, STUDIO 51 may suspend access to premises, equipment and technical resources until payment is regularised. Written notice is given. Suspension is not cancellation, does not release the customer and does not extend the booking automatically.

7. Termination for payment default

Failure to pay either advance may lead STUDIO 51 to terminate the contract. STUDIO 51 first sends a formal demand by a method proving receipt, referring to this clause, the amount due, a reasonable cure period having regard to the shoot date and possible termination. If the default continues, STUDIO 51 may give written notice of termination, its reasons and effective date. Statutory rights concerning a sufficiently serious breach remain applicable.

8. Cancellation notice and calculation

Cancellation must be emailed to contact@studio51.fr. It takes effect when the complete message reaches STUDIO 51’s mailbox, evidenced by the receiving server timestamp. Another channel takes effect only after written acknowledgement.

Time limits are exact 24-hour calendar-day periods in the Europe/Paris time zone, counting back from the start in the quotation: “more than 15 days” means strictly before the instant 15 × 24 hours before the start; “between 15 and 7 days inclusive” runs from exactly 15 × 24 hours through exactly 7 × 24 hours before the start, both included; “less than 7 days” means after that last instant.

9. Customer cancellation

More than 15 days before the start, 60% of the accepted quotation’s total amount including VAT remains payable. Between 15 and 7 days inclusive, 60% remains payable. Less than 7 days before the start, 100% remains payable.

The amount remains payable if no advance was paid. Advances are non-refundable up to the amount due. All sums received are credited against it and are not added to it. Any excess is refunded. There is no double recovery for the same loss.

10. No-show and filming prevented by payment default

A no-show on the scheduled day makes 100% of the quotation’s total amount including VAT payable. Where filming is prevented by payment default and the contract is validly terminated for that breach, the Clause 9 bands apply by the termination date, even if no advance was paid.

Compensation is not cumulative with the full price of an unperformed service for the same loss. Services performed and third-party costs actually incurred are handled separately without double recovery. Article 1231-5 of the French Civil Code remains applicable.

11. Rescheduling

Rescheduling must be agreed in writing. Subject to availability, advances may be transferred to a new date within six months of the original date. The agreement states the date and payment deadlines. Payment default creates no automatic right to reschedule.

12. Use, additions and damage

Additional services, equipment, crew, extensions or expenses are charged only where stated in the quotation, a special term or an evidenced customer agreement. The customer must follow capacities, schedules, safety instructions and restrictions. The hangar is hired empty unless options are included; it is neither soundproofed nor air-conditioned. Amplified music, flash photography and public access are prohibited under the quotation terms.

The customer is responsible for damage directly caused by the customer, its staff, contractors, guests, equipment or sets, subject to proof and applicable law. Specific insurance, deposit, cleaning, reinstatement, set-removal, rigging or capacity requirements appear in the quotation or schedules when applicable.

13. Force majeure

Force majeure is governed by Article 1218 of the French Civil Code. The affected party informs the other promptly. Consequences depend on the impediment, services already performed and applicable law.

14. Governing law and disputes

French law applies. The parties seek an amicable solution before proceedings. Failing agreement, ordinary jurisdiction rules apply.