Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

The application for provisional approval must be accompanied by the following information and supporting documents:

1° A presentation of the cinematographic or audiovisual work in French or English, including the screenplay, synopsis and, where applicable, the literary and graphic bibles;

2° A copy of the contract concluded between the French executive production company and the production company whose head office is located outside France, or any preparatory document attesting to its intention to contract with the French executive production company. If it is written in a language other than French or English, the original version must be accompanied by a full translation into French or English;

3° A detailed estimate of production costs, specifying the costs to be incurred in France;

4° A provisional financing plan;

5° A provisional list of authors specifying their nationality and, where applicable, their status as French residents;

6° A provisional list of performers specifying their nationality and, where applicable, their status as French residents, as well as the corresponding characters;

7° A provisional list of creative and production personnel specifying their employment, nationality and, where applicable, their status as French residents;

8° A provisional list of technical industries and other creative service providers established in France, specifying the work that will be entrusted to them;

9° A provisional list of the settings emblematic of France featured in the work when it belongs to the fiction genre;

10° The total number of days of filming and the number of days of filming in France anticipated, as well as the provisional work plan if the work is in the fiction genre;

11° A declaration on honour to the effect that the executive production company complies with the condition set out in the second paragraph of I of article 220 quaterdecies of the General Tax Code;

12° A fact sheet presenting the executive production company, together with a copy of the company's most recent articles of association and unique identification number.