Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

The application for provisional approval is submitted by the executive production company.

The application for provisional approval must be accompanied by the following information and supporting documents: 1° A presentation of the cinematographic or audiovisual work in French or English, including the screenplay, synopsis and, where applicable, the literary and graphic bibles; 2° A copy of the contract concluded between the French executive production company and the production company whose head office is located outside France, or any preparatory document attesting to…

The executive production company is notified of the provisional approval decision or the decision to refuse provisional approval. The provisional approval decision mentions the date of receipt of the application by the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée and states that, in the light of the information and supporting documents mentioned in article D. 331-58 the film or audiovisual work in question meets the conditions set out in…