Article 913-11 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code
Payment of compensation fund aid is made after submission of the final additional cost. In exceptional circumstances, an initial payment may be made on a provisional basis at the substantiated request of the delegated production company justifying particular difficulties.For works covered by b of 2° of article 913-4, the beneficiary company shall pay the co-producer established in the State concerned by the agreement which has set up an aid fund…