The production company has a period of three years from the date of issue of the prior authorisation to obtain final authorisation.
If this period is not respected, the production company is obliged to repay the aid it has received to the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée. However, at the reasoned request of the production company, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée may decide, taking into account the specific nature of the audiovisual work in question and the seriousness and nature of the difficulties encountered by the production company, to grant a new deadline or, exceptionally, to waive the repayment of all or part of the aid already paid.