Brussels, 21/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has launched a public consultation, on Monday 20 June, as the first step of a review of the criteria used to apply EU state aid rules to member states' financial support for making and distributing films.
Assessment of state aid to the cinema industry is currently governed by the rules set by the Commission communication of 2001, which was extended in 2009 (see EUROPE 8059 and 9828). The criteria that apply, and will be valid...