Only the following expenditure directly allocated to the preparation of the work, excluding the production company’s own operating expenditure, is eligible for investment of the sums entered in the audiovisual production account:
1° Remuneration paid to authors, including, where applicable, the authors of the original work;
2° Expenditure on the acquisition of literary and artistic rights, including, where applicable, the purchase of rights to archive images;
3° Salaries and remuneration of personnel collaborating on the preparation of the work corresponding to the period during which these personnel were actually employed on the preparation of the work;
4° Location scouting expenditure;
5° Expenditure on the design, development and modelling of characters and sets when the work belongs to the animation genre;
6° Expenditure on testing special effects;
7° Expenditure on the design and manufacture of models and media intended to present the initial visual and sound elements of the work;
8° Expenses relating to the search for and pre-selection of performers;
9° Expenses relating to expertise, documentation and archive research;
10° Expenses relating to the search for financial partners.