The form of the production account, the definition of the different categories of expenditure that make up the account and the nature of the means of financing are determined by a professional agreement concluded between the professional organisations representing producers of feature-length cinematographic works, the professional authors’ organisations and the organisations for the collective management of authors’ rights mentioned in Title II of Book III of Part One of the Intellectual Property Code. The agreement may be made compulsory for all interested parties in the sector of activity concerned by order of the competent State authority.
In the absence of a professional agreement made mandatory within one year of the promulgation of Law 2016-925 of 7 July 2016 on the freedom of creation, architecture and heritage, the form of the production account, the definition of expenses for the preparation, direction and post-production of a work and the nature of the means of financing are set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.