For the purposes of I of Article 220 sexies of the French General Tax Code, a delegated production company is a production company which, as part of a co-production, takes the initiative and financial, technical and artistic responsibility for the production of a work and guarantees its successful completion.
For the same work, the status of delegated production company may only be granted to a maximum of two production companies, provided that they act jointly.
A production company which, apart from a co-production, fulfils the conditions mentioned in the first paragraph on its own is considered to be a delegated production company.
In the case of a co-production, the delegated production company acts in the name and on behalf of the other production company or companies. It is expressly designated for this purpose in the co-production contract.