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I.
Introduction
This call for proposals is based on the preparatory
action ‘Growth and Audiovisual: i2i Audiovisual’ in
the 2003 general budget of the European Union — preparatory
action within the meaning of the Interinstitutional
Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament,
the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline
and improvement of the budgetary procedure (OJ C 172,
18.6.1999, p. 1).
II. Subject
This call for proposals is open to independent European
production companies in the Member States of the European
Union.
The support is intended in particular for independent
European production companies with credit for financing
their trade debts (discount) for their projects:
- either from a partner establishment of the EIB group
(The EIB group's partners in the i2i audiovisual initiative
are shown on the EIB's website (www.eib.org,)
and the Annex to the guidelines for call for proposals
EAC/21/03.),
- or from another bank or financial institution, in
which case the company concerned must have received
development support (Slate Funding) under the MEDIA
Plus programme.
Countries
with a low audiovisual production capacity
The producer will have to have concluded a funding agreement
for the trade debts to realise the project:
- either from a partner establishment of the EIB group
(The EIB group's partners in the i2i audiovisual initiative
are shown on the EIB's website (www.eib.org,)
and the Annex to the guidelines for call for proposals
EAC/21/03.),
- or from another bank or financial institution, in
which case the company concerned must have received
development support (Slate Funding and/or simple project)
under the MEDIA Plus programme.
Independent European production companies that have
obtained funding under the MEDIA Plus development programme,
whose project is entering the pre-production/ production
phase and with credit for financing the trade debts
for their project will have priority.
The object of the support is to encourage access to
external funding which may be available from banks and
financial institutions for independent European production
companies.
The aims of the support are, in particular, to:
- cut the cost of audiovisual insurance cover for the
production of films and audiovisual works: Module
1 — support for the item ‘Insurance’ in a production
budget;
- reduce the cost of the performance guarantee for the
production of a film or audiovisual work: Module
2 — support for the item ‘Performance guarantee’
in a production budget;
- reduce the cost of a loan to cover trade debts for
the production of a work: Module 3 — support
for the item ‘Loan charges’ in a production budget;
The ‘Production of a work’ comprises the preparation
phase, the production phase and the post-production
phase up until delivery of the negative.
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