French Cinema and Moving Image Code
In forceThe sums referred to in article L. 312-1 to which production companies may be entitled as a result of the exhibition of a given long-term cinematographic work are allocated by priority, according to the order of preference below and within the conditions and limits set by decree, to the payment of outstanding debts relating to this work, listed under the following production items:
1° All sums recovered by the State ;
2° The salaries and remuneration of workers, performers, technicians, authors, adapters, scriptwriters and dialogue writers, with the exception of remuneration allocated in any capacity whatsoever to the managers, chairmen or directors of production companies;
3° Payments and contributions relating to the salaries and remuneration listed above;
4° Invoices from shooting, mixing and special effects studios, development and printing laboratories, including exploitation copies, and technical equipment rental companies, insofar as these invoices relate specifically and exclusively to the actual production of the film.
For the purposes of this article, only claims due within eighteen months of the start of filming are considered preferential.
