Resumen de France: : Publication of code for allocating CNC aid
The “règlement général des aides financières” (general regulations on financial assistance - RGA) of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée (national centre for the cinema and animated images - CNC) were published in the French official journal on 10 February 2015. These regulations are the final stage of the codification of legislation on the cinema and thereby constitute the first ever code for allocating CNC aid. Without actually changing the legislation, it repeals and replaces the entire body of eleven decrees and the hundred or so decisions of various kinds in the field of financial support. The texts which were in force previously have been retained, and the changes made essentially concern the form of the document. Nevertheless, the changes set out in the Bonnell report (see IRIS 2014-2/21) on aid for production and distribution regarding documentaries and audiovisual fiction, the modernisation of aid for the online showing of cinematographic and audiovisual works, particularly with the creation of an automatic aid in favour of editors of on-demand audiovisual media services other than catch-up television services, have been incorporated in the regulations. Another new feature, as announced in November 2014, is that the RGA has introduced a ceiling on the remuneration payable to writers, performers, and producers of full-length cinematographic works. If these ceilings are exceeded, such works will not be eligible for automatic selective aid support investment.
