Section 3: Selective financial aid

The aid is granted in the form of an advance.The aid is the subject of an agreement signed with the production company.The agreement cannot be implemented until the investment has been approved.

After consultation with the relevant committee, repayment of the grant may be requested in whole or in part if the work produced differs substantially from the project for which the grant was awarded.

Without prejudice to the dispositions de l’article D. 312-1 du code du cinéma et de l’image animée, l’aide est remboursée sur les sommes calculées conformément aux articles 211-24 to 211-35, after application of an excess set at €50,000. Repayment is made up to the expiry of the periods stipulated in the aforementioned articles, in a proportion that may not be less than 25% of the sums calculated and up to…

Where the production company does not provide proof that, having regard, in particular, to the financing plan submitted for investment approval and the number of deferred payments relating to the expenditure listed in 4° of article L. 312-2 of the Code du cinéma et de l’image animée, all the financial possibilities available to it to ensure normal repayment of the aid have been implemented, repayment may, without prejudice to the…

The granting of aid is the subject of two decisions:1° A provisional decision accepting the principle of granting aid. In order to obtain this decision, the application must be submitted by the delegated production company within a timeframe that allows the relevant selective production aid committee to formulate its opinion before the cinematographic work is released for screening;2° A final allocation decision after the amount of aid has been determined.