Section 2: Structural aid for certain distribution companies

Selective financial aid is awarded each year to distribution companies that are doing a good job but are in a fragile financial position and have poor economic prospects.

Structural grants are awarded to distribution companies that:1° Regularly distribute new or repertory works. Companies that have distributed at least three cinematographic works during each of the two years preceding the application and that undertake to maintain this activity for the following year for at least three cinematographic works are considered to have regular distribution of previously unreleased works. Companies that have distributed at least three repertory cinematographic works during…

Structural grants are awarded to help cover the following expenses:1° Salaries paid to staff responsible for programming, administrative and accounting management and audience development, hired on fixed-term contracts of at least six months or hired less than four years ago on open-ended contracts, and related social security charges;2° Expenditure relating to promotional and innovation activities using digital communication methods;3° Expenditure relating to canvassing activities, particularly in connection with festivals and…

Structural grants are awarded on the basis of :1° The number and quality of cinematographic works actually distributed by the distribution companies during the previous year, the forecast distribution activity for the current year, the characteristics of the cinematographic theatres chosen for the representation of the works, the quality of the editorial line, as well as compliance with the commitments made in the aid agreement for the allocation of previous…

Structural aid is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid.

Selective financial aid is allocated each year to support the overall activity of distribution companies when the appropriations allocated to direct allocations based on the conditions of distribution of cinematographic works have not been fully used for the year in question.

Structural grants are awarded to distribution companies in addition to direct grants, depending on the conditions under which cinematographic works are shown.