The production company has a period of three years from the date of issue of the prior authorisation to obtain the final authorisation.
If this period is not respected, the production company is required to reimburse the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée for the aid it has received. 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 repayment of all or part of the aid already paid.