The production company has a period of three years from notification of authorisation for payment to obtain prior authorisation.
Failing this, the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée may decide, depending on the progress of the project and the proof of expenditure provided by the production company, either to request repayment of the aid already paid or to waive repayment of all or part of it.
In exceptional circumstances and at the reasoned request of the production company, the period mentioned in the first paragraph may be extended by a period not exceeding six months, by decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée.