Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
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Updated 7 Nov 2023

The amount of the direct allocation is set at:
1° 40% of dubbing costs for each foreign version, up to a maximum of :

- 70 per minute for two foreign versions per work chosen by the company;
- €50 per minute for other foreign versions;
- 8% of the amount of the sale for multi-territory contracts including more than three language versions.

For the first season of a series, the amount of the direct allocation is set at 45% of the expenditure relating to the dubbing of each of the foreign versions, subject to the aforementioned ceilings;
2° 50% of the expenditure relating to English subtitling and 45% for each of the other foreign versions, subject to a maximum of :

- 16 per minute for a foreign version per work chosen by the company;
- €10 per minute for other foreign versions;

3° 45% of the cost of translating scripts and presentation files for each of the foreign versions, up to a maximum of €8 per minute;
4° 50% of the cost of voice-overs in English and 45% for each of the other foreign versions, up to a maximum of :

- 32 per minute for a foreign version per work chosen by the company;
- €25 per minute for other foreign versions;

5° 50% of the cost of reformatting in international format, up to a maximum of :

- 2,500 for a fifty-two minute work;
- €2,000 for a twenty-six minute work;

6° 50% of the cost of producing demonstration tapes in foreign or bilingual French and foreign versions, up to a maximum of :

- 2,500 for a series comprising more than three episodes or a catalogue of works;
- €1,000 for a single work, up to a limit of two works per year;
- €500 for other single works;

7° 50% of expenditure relating to the design, production and distribution of promotional materials, including in electronic form, up to a maximum of :

- 700 for the production of a one-page or double-sided promotional medium;
- €1,200 for the production of a multi-page promotional medium;
- €3,000 for the production of a catalogue per company per year;
- €1,500 for the production of a newsletter, up to a limit of two per company per year;

8° 35% of expenditure relating to the purchase of advertising space in the specialised trade press;
9° 50% of expenditure relating to the registration of works on platforms for viewing works installed at trade markets, up to a limit of €5,000 per company per year.

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