French Cinema and Moving Image Code

A list of reference works is drawn up each year for the purpose of calculating the sums representing the automatic financial assistance to which production companies are entitled.

To be included on the list of reference works, audiovisual works must meet the following conditions: 1° Belong to the genres of fiction, animation, creative documentary and audiovisual adaptation of live performances; 2° Where works belong to the creative documentary genre and are inserted within programming slots devoted to the broadcasting of magazines other than those mentioned in 2° of Article 311-80, they must have a duration per unit work…

Where final authorisation is granted in the year following that in which the programme is first broadcast or first made available to the public on a television service or on-demand audiovisual media service, the publisher of which meets the conditions laid down in 1° or 2° of Article 311-8 and has contributed to the initial contribution mentioned in the same article, the work will be included on the list of…

For a series, inclusion on the list of reference works may be made, on a provisional basis, for episodes that have been broadcast or made available to the public during the previous year on a television service or on-demand audiovisual media service, whose publisher meets the conditions laid down in 1° or 2° of Article 311-8 and has contributed to the initial contribution mentioned in the same article, which was…

An audiovisual work may be included on the list of reference works until 15 January of the year following that in which the work was first broadcast on a television service or made available to the public on an on-demand audiovisual media service whose publisher meets the conditions laid down in 1° or 2° of Article 311-8 and has contributed to the initial contribution referred to in the same article,…

The application for registration must state the title, genre and duration of the work in question.It must be accompanied by:1° Either a broadcast certificate or a certificate of availability to the public, issued by the publisher of the service(s) concerned and stating the date of broadcast or availability to the public, the time of broadcast and the duration of the audiovisual work;2° Or a duly completed and certified acceptance by…

In the event of a dispute or difficulty of interpretation as to whether an audiovisual work belongs to a given genre for inclusion on the list of reference works, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée may consult the specialist committee responsible for awarding selective grants.