Dr Christophe Germann
Avocat - Rechtsanwalt

Attorney at law admitted to the bar of Geneva and authorized
to practise in Switzerland and in the European Union.

   
 

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Germann Avocats has completed its work on a study for the European Commission on state aid for the European film industry as part of a European consortium consisting of Attentional (former name David Graham & Associates) of UK, Rambøll Management of Denmark, and led by UK-based Cambridge Econometrics.

The Study on the Economic and Cultural Impact, Notably on Co-productions, of Territorialisation Clauses of State Aid Schemes for Films and Audiovisual Productions has successfully tackled a complex and highly controversial issue, looking at the possible legal, economic and cultural impact of territorial conditions attached to State Aid. Please find the full report and the documentation of the stakeholders' workshop below.

Germann Avocats assisted in particular with work on the analysis of the legal aspects of territorialisation requirements from the perspective of culture and competition policies within the 25 Member States covered by the study. The detailed findings and analysis of the legal part of this study is contained the country database below.

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  Study on the economic and cultural impact, notably on co-productions, of territorialisation clauses of state aid schemes for films and audio-visual productions for the European Commission (Directorate-General Information Society and Media)
   

Legal Database

(Electronic Annex to the Part A of the Study)
   

   General Report
   
   Member State Synthesis Sheets and Attachments

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Acknowledgements

Legal Report by Germann Avocats

Part A of the EU Film Study on the economic and cultural impact, notably on co-productions, of territorialisation clauses of state aid schemes for films and audio-visual productions was written by Dr. Christophe Germann with important contributions for the Member States Synthesis Sheets, Output Tables and Charts from:

Dr. Delia Ferri
(main legal Consultant for the Synthesis Sheets)
Johanna Jaeger
(main Consultant for the Output Tables and Charts)

   
Dr. Marwa Daoudy

(Consultant)

Gritt Knirie Sogaard
(Consultant)

Brigitte Vézina
(Consultant)

Andrzej Jakubowski
(Consultant)

John Morijn
(Consultant)

Ljuba Kostadinova
(Consultant)

Dr. Cristina Poncibò
(Consultant)

The authors would like to thank the national lawyers from the 25 Member States who advised us, and everyone else who helped us in the production of this report, in particular Robert Gujski for the database.