Prior consultation with reading committees or readers is carried out in one of the following ways:
1° Only projects that have received a favourable opinion from reading committees or readers are submitted to the commission for an opinion. If the reading committees or readers give an unfavourable opinion, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée will decide on the application on the basis of this opinion alone. However, if he considers it useful, he may submit the project to the committee for an opinion;
2° All projects are submitted to the committee for an opinion, after preparatory examination by the reading committees or readers indicating their recommendation.