Sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account may also be invested to acquire the foreign exploitation rights to cinematographic works mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article 721-6. These sums may not be invested when the foreign sales companies are also the companies that produced or co-produced the works concerned, except when the co-producing foreign sales companies invest the sums to acquire the foreign exploitation rights from the other co-producer(s).
Only contracts for the acquisition of foreign exploitation rights signed on or after 1 October 2016 will be taken into account.
The sums may be invested no later than one year after the first commercial showing of the works in cinemas in France.
These sums may not be invested:
1° For long-term cinematographic works produced by production companies that have not been authorised to invest the sums registered in their automatic account in application of article 211-19;
2° For long-term cinematographic works produced as part of a financial co-production, with the exception of cinematographic works that have benefited from aid to world cinemas.
The sums invested are repaid if the cinematographic work is not produced or, for works mentioned in 1° of article 721-6, if production approval is not granted.