Points relating to creators and creative collaborators are only awarded if the creators and creative collaborators are either French nationals or nationals of a Member State of the European Union, a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, a State party to the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production of the Council of Europe, or a European third State with which the Union or the European Community has concluded agreements relating to the audiovisual sector. Foreigners other than the aforementioned European nationals who are French residents are treated in the same way as French citizens.