Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

For broadcasting approval and payment of direct subsidies, the delegated production company or companies and the distribution company or companies must jointly submit the application file before the first commercial showing of the work or programme in cinemas.

The amount of direct allocations is calculated once a year by applying a flat rate of 57 euro cents per paid admission, corresponding to the screening of the work or programme, made during the calendar year preceding the one during which this calculation is made, as soon as the total number of admissions made during this calendar year reaches the threshold of 1,500.Admissions are taken into account for a period…

Direct allocations are paid during the first half of each year:1° To delegated production companies, 70% of the amount. Where there is more than one delegated production company, payment is made on the basis of the agreements between them;2° To distribution companies, 30% of the amount. If there is more than one distribution company, the payment is made on the basis of the agreements between them.