Subject to payment, under the conditions provided for in article D. 312-1 of the Code du cinéma et de l’image animée, preferential claims listed in article L. 312-2 of the same code, production companies holding an automatic cinema production account have the option of investing the sums entered in this account:
1° For the production or co-production of short cinematographic works;
2° For participation in the financing of the production of short cinematographic works. This investment is only authorised for projects that have been selected for a festival grant. It must be made within two years of the projects being selected.