Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

The classification, labels and aid awarded in year n are renewed in year n + 1. When general measures taken by the public authorities to prohibit or restrict access to cinematographic establishments affect the economic situation of the art house exhibition sector, the classification, labels and aid renewed, re-evaluated in application of article 231-27, or awarded pursuant to Article 231-28, in year n + 1, may be renewed in year…

By way of derogation from article 231-26, the classification, labels and aid, as well as, where applicable, the direct allocations provided for in articles 231-3 and 231-6 and the selective aid provided for in article 412-11, allocated in year n are subject to re-evaluation in year n + 1 in the following cases:

Cinema operators may submit an application for a first classification in year n+1 in the following cases:1° Opening of the cinema between 1st January and 31st December of year n-1;2° Refusal to classify the cinema and to grant aid in year n;3° Absence of application to classify the cinema and to grant aid in year n.

Where the second paragraph of Article 231-26 : 1° Classification, labels and aid, as well as, where applicable, the direct grants provided for in articles 231-3 and 231-6 and the selective aid provided for in article 412-11, renewed, re-evaluated or allocated in year n + 1 are subject to re-evaluation in year n + 2 if one of the cases mentioned in 1° to 4° of article 231-27 occurred between…

I.-In year n, the decision to award a classification, a label and a grant is taken after receiving the opinion of the art cinema commission meeting in a regional formation. The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée may, if he considers it useful, consult the national arthouse film commission for a further review. II.In year n + 1: 1° The decision to renew is taken…

The aid is awarded in the form of a grant.

The aid is granted to operators of art house cinemas in operation at the time of notification of the decision to grant the aid.In the event of a change of operator during the reference period or between this period and the date on which the decision to grant the aid is taken, the aid is paid to the new operator if the latter provides sufficient guarantees that the activities for…