Germany

[DE / NZ] Co-production Agreement Signed

IRIS 2005-3:1/34

Kathrin Berger

Institute of European Media Law (EMR), Saarbrücken/Brussels

New Zealand and Germany signed a joint film agreement in Wellington on 9 February 2005.

A committee including representatives of the film, TV and video industries will be set up to implement the agreement.

The purpose of the agreement is to promote economic and cultural co-operation between the two countries. Provided they meet certain conditions, joint productions involving German and New Zealand film-makers will be treated as national productions in both countries. This means that financial support can also be claimed in both countries.

References

Abkommen zwischen der Regierungen von Deutschland und Neuseeland über die Koproduktion von Filmen vom 9. Februar 2005
Co-production agreement between Germany and New Zealand of 9 February 2005

This article has been published in IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory.