France: : New Decree defines rules for scheme for television editors’ contribution to independent production

• Autores: Amélie Blocman
• Localización: IRIS: Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, ISSN-e 1023-8565, Nº. 6, 2015, págs. 15-16
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Decree implementing the reform of the scheme for contribution to independent audiovisual production, following on from the Act of 15 November 2013 on the independence of the public-sector audiovisual scene, was published on 29 April 2015. The aim of the reform was to allow editors of television services to hold producer shares in those audiovisual works for which they have provided a considerable proportion of the financing. The Decree defines this “considerable proportion” as 70% of the production estimate for an audiovisual work, and lays down the conditions for television service editors holding secondary rights and commercialisation mandates as a result of this. A service editor may henceforth hold producer shares, either directly or indirectly, if it has financed at least 70% of the production estimate for the work; this estimate is appended to the co-production contract. In this respect, the editor must meet a number of conditions