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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Calculation methods for creative documentaries

Article 311-48

Only works with an hourly cash contribution of €12,000 or more will be taken into account.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Production advances

Article 311-65

Advances may be granted to production companies which, either in respect of audiovisual works they have previously produced during the current year, or in respect of new audiovisual works for which th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Production advances

Article 311-68

For the production of a given work, the advance is allocated and its amount fixed after evaluation of the financial situation of the production company, taking into account the investment allocations…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Investment for the preparation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-71

The investment for the preparation of the sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account is subject to the issue of a payment authorisation.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Investment for the preparation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-76

Automatic preparation aid is considered an integral part of the financing of the work when it goes into production.

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

Article 311-96

The decision to grant aid is taken after consulting the relevant specialist committee.

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

Article 312-26

The aid is awarded in the form of a grant.The amount of aid is set at €50,000.

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

Article 311-97

…to obtain, taking into account its situation or the nature of the work, either a decision in principle to grant selective production aid, or prior authorisation when an automatic account has been open…

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

Article 312-25

Beneficiaries of aid have ten months from the date of the decision to grant aid to submit the developed version of the project to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.In exceptional circ…

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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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