Until the date of cessation of the state of health emergency declared by article 1 of decree no. 2020-1257 of 14 October 2020 declaring a state of health emergency and extended until 16 February 2021 inclusive by article 1 of law no. 2020-1379 of 14 November 2020 authorising the extension of the state of health emergency and introducing various measures to manage the health crisis, the sums held in the automatic accounts mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3°, 4°, 5° and 7° of article 123-2 opened respectively in the name of film production companies, in the name of undertakings distributing cinematographic works, in the name of cinematographic entertainment establishments, in the name of undertakings producing audiovisual works, in the name of videogram publishers and in the name of undertakings selling abroad may be invested to meet urgent liquidity needs arising directly from the consequences of the covid-19 epidemic, when the holder of one or more of these accounts is the subject of safeguarding or receivership proceedings.
The sums held in the automatic account of the account holder concerned may be invested up to a limit of 50% of their amount.
Investment of the sums is subject to authorisation from the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée.
In order to obtain authorisation, the account holder must justify that he has been particularly affected by the economic and financial consequences of the covid-19 epidemic and the measures taken to prevent its spread. The account holder must indicate the conditions under which the company was placed under safeguard or receivership proceedings. The account holder’s situation is assessed taking into account the support measures put in place by the State from which he has benefited. Account holders will also be required to take into account the conditions under which they plan to continue the company’s activity and its projects as part of the safeguard or receivership proceedings to which they are subject and subsequent to the period mentioned in the first paragraph.
Account holders complete an electronic application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée.