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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-1

In order to encourage the resumption of filming of cinematographic or audiovisual works, a compensation fund is set up to contribute, through the payment of financial aid to delegated production compa…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-21

For the grant to be awarded, operators of cinemas must complete and submit electronically, by 31 October 2021 at the latest, a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée. For…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Postponement of the expiry date of certain sums held in the automatic account

Article 916-23

For sums registered on the automatic account or on the automatic accounts grouped into circuits opened in respect of cinematographic entertainment establishments which were due to expire on 31 Decembe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 916-44

The commission is made up of twelve members, including a chairman, chosen for their expertise in the fields of manufacturing, production or distribution of cinematographic, audiovisual and multimedia…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-15

In order to support the film exhibition sector, which has been particularly affected by the covid-19 epidemic and its economic and financial consequences, exceptional aid is being granted in the form…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-18

The aid is awarded partly in the form of a grant and partly in the form of a repayable advance on the sums calculated in accordance with articles 232-4 et seq.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-27

To be eligible for aid, exhibitors must have organised at least one screening with paid admissions during 2020 in each cinema for which aid is requested.For cinemas created in 2020 and whose opening t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 916-45

The aid is awarded in the form of a grant.The aid is the subject of an agreement concluded with the beneficiary company or organisation. This agreement sets out, in particular, the terms and condition…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-1

In order to encourage production companies to contribute to the revival of theatrical exhibition of cinematographic works, the rates for calculating the sums representing the automatic financial aid t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-12

For sums held in the automatic account of distribution companies that were due to expire on 31 December 2020, the period referred to in 2° of article 123-8 is extended by one year.

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