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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-30

…311-8 and has contributed to the initi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: General calculation methods

Article 311-36

The weighted duration is set for each genre of audiovisual work. It may give rise, depending on the case, to bonuses or increases depending in particular on the conditions under which the works were m…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-43

…re is less than €460,000 and equal to or greater than €60,000.II. - The coefficients applied to the duration of the works are as follows:1° First group: 3;2° Second group: the coefficient varies betwe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-44

…urly expenditure of less than €350,000 and more than €122,000. II - The coefficients applied to the duration of the works are as follows: 1° First group: 3.7; 2° Second group: the coefficient varies b…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-52

In the case of co-productions, the sums calculated are entered in the automatic audiovisual production account of each of the production companies in proportion to the amount of automatic aid or selec…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Investment in production

Article 311-64

…311-8 and who have contributed to the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-3

Selective financial aid is awarded to authors for the conception of a formalised version and for the writing of an elaborated version of audiovisual work projects. For the application of the provision…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-6

…r audiovisual works that have previously received either financial support from the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, or financial support under the agreements with local authorities men…

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

Article 312-12

…to Innovation in Animation, after consultation with reading committees in accordance with the procedures set out in 2° of Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-29

…311-80, they must have a duration per…

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