Paragraph 1: Purpose and terms of allocation

Exceptional selective financial aid will be awarded to the most vulnerable companies selling cinematographic works abroad. These companies carry out quality work and their business has been particularly affected by the deterioration in the conditions for promoting and marketing cinematographic works abroad as a result of the health crisis.

Exceptional grants are awarded to foreign sales companies that:1° Meet the conditions set out in article 721-4;2° Regularly sell cinematographic works abroad.Companies that have marketed abroad at least three cinematographic works during each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 or, if the company began its activity in 2018, 2019 or 2020, during each of the years following the year of creation, are considered as having a regular activity of…

Exceptional grants are awarded and their amount is determined taking into account :1° The financial difficulties encountered by the foreign sales company in 2020 and 2021;2° The quality of the promotion and marketing of cinematographic works released in cinemas abroad;3° The size of the foreign sales company;4° The share of turnover resulting from the foreign sales of cinematographic works in the company’s total turnover;5° Aid already received by the foreign…

The granting of exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of national framework scheme no. SA.62102 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 16 March 2021 C(2021) 1902, 9 December 2020 C(2020) 9072, 20 May 2020 C(2020) 3460 and 25 May 2020 C(2020) 3532, on the basis of scheme no. SA.56985 for business support authorised by the European Commission by decision of 20 April 2020, C(2020) 2595.