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Whereas the European Commission is very keen to safeguard cultural diversity as part of the ongoing discussions at UNESCO, the Paris Administrative Court recently issued an important decision, cancelling the approval - and the related right to public aid - given by the Centre nationale de la cinématographie (national film centre - CNC) to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film " Un long dimanche de fiançailles ". Under the terms of the decree of 24 February 1999 on financial support of the film industry, feature-length films made by French companies or through international co-production are entitled to financial...

On 19 November, following the order handed down by the Conseil d'Etat on 20 August (see IRIS 2004-9:11), the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory body) signed an agreement with the Lebanese television channel Al Manar, which has close links with Hezbollah and is broadcast by the Eutelsat satellite. Under the terms of the agreement, the channel "must not infringe personal dignity, incite practices or conduct punishable under French criminal law, must respect the political, cultural and religious tendencies of European people, must not incite hatred, violence or discrimination...

Representatives of the Governments of the Swiss Confederation and the French Republic signed a new agreement on film co-production on 7 December 2004. The agreement replaces the one that was adopted in 1977 and revised in 1986. France is Switzerland's main partner in film production. Over the last four years, the two countries have co-produced 30 cinema films, which represents 40% of all international film co-productions in which Switzerland has been involved during that period. The agreement applies to cinema films of all genres (fiction, documentary, cartoon). It covers all films considered as...

On 6 March 1968, a Co-Production Agreement was signed between France and Czechoslovakia. It entered into force on 17 September 1968. After the dissolution of the ČSSR, the Agreement is upheld between France the Slovak Republic as the Successor State. The Agreement applies to cinematographic works made by one or more French producers in conjunction with one or more Slovak producers. Third country producers may join the co-production, if their country is linked to both France and the Slovak Republic by a films co-production agreement. Financial contribution shall be at least 30%. For further information...

On 27 October 1975, France and Yugoslavia signed a Co-Production Agreement, which entered into force on 21 September 1977, replacing the precedent Agreement of 7 July 1954. After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, as a successor state, has agreed with France to keep on applying the agreement and to maintain it in force. The co-production films must be made by French directors, technicians, and actors (it suffices though that they are resident in France), in conjunction with Macedonian directors, technicians, and actors. Third country producers may join...