The département may, after consultation with the municipal council of the commune in which the business concerned is located, award subsidies to existing businesses whose purpose is to operate cinemas under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. These grants may only be awarded to establishments which, regardless of the number of screens, achieve a weekly average of less than 7,500 admissions or which are classified as art cinemas under conditions set by decree.
Subsidies may also be awarded to these same companies for the creation of a new establishment meeting the criteria mentioned in the first paragraph. The conditions for awarding these subsidies are set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
These subsidies may not benefit companies specialising in the screening of films referred to in article 279 bis of the General Tax Code.
This aid is awarded in accordance with the stipulations of an agreement between the exhibitor and the département.