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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-52

…ies made before registration on the list of reference works, the sums calculated may be distributed and entered in accordance with different procedures.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Investment in production

Article 311-64

…s of television services responsible for broadcasting it or by the publisher or publishers of on-demand audiovisual media services responsible for making it available to the public, meeting the condit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-6

…eleased in cinemas or broadcast on a television service or made available to the public on an on-demand audiovisual media service over the last three years; 2° Writing or directing two cinematographic…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-29

…meet the following conditions: 1° Belong to the genres of fiction, animation, creative documentary and audiovisual adaptation of live performances; 2° Where works belong to the creative documentary g…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Allocation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-57

…of investing the sums entered in their automatic audiovisual production account for the production and preparation of audiovisual works that belong to one of the following genres:1° Fiction;2° Animat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Allocation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-58

…one or more television service publishers or by an hourly cash contribution from one or more on-demand audiovisual media service publishers, meeting the conditions laid down in 1° or 2° of Article &l…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 311-88

For prior authorisation, the application must be submitted at least one month before the end of the shooting or, for works in the animation genre, at least one month before the end of the production o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 311-98

…visual work, the amount of aid granted may not exceed 40% of the amount of the preparation expenses and may not exceed €100,000.For audiovisual works in the animation genre that are original creations…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Automatic financial aid

Article 311-26

Automatic financial support for the production and preparation of audiovisual works gives rise to the allocation of investment allowances.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Calculation methods for creative documentaries

Article 311-49

…al to €160,000; 2° Second group: works for which the hourly cash contribution is less than €160,000 and greater than or equal to €25,000; 3° Third group: works for which the hourly cash contribution i…

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