Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

In order to support the cinema exhibition sector, which has been particularly affected by the energy crisis, the sums entered in the automatic cinema exhibition accounts may be invested and the advances provided for in article 232-16 may be allocated in order to help offset the additional costs resulting from the energy consumption linked to the activity of these establishments between 1 December 2022 and 31 March 2023.

In order to invest the sums entered in the automatic account or to benefit from an advance, the operators of cinematographic entertainment establishments must justify for each establishment: 1° Particular financial difficulties, in particular with regard to the size of their liabilities and their short-term cash flow situation; 2° A doubling of the amount of the bill relating to energy consumption compared to that corresponding to the same consumption period…

For each request, the amount invested, the amount of the advance granted or, where applicable, the total of these two amounts, may not exceed 30% of the additional energy costs incurred by the operator, before benefiting from the support schemes put in place by the State, compared to the same consumption period in the previous year. If the amount corresponding to the same consumption period in the previous year was…

The total amount of sums allocated under the provisions of this Title may not exceed the following ceilings:1° With regard to the sums invested, 35% of the sums entered on 31 January 2023 in the automatic account opened for the institution concerned or in the automatic accounts grouped into circuits ;2° With regard to advances, 30% of the amount resulting from the application of the coefficients provided for in article…