Presentation of press distribution aid

Distribution aid is divided into two sections.

The distribution of overall aid between the two sections is carried out by the Director-General for Media and Cultural Industries.

Aid under the first section is allocated:

- national French-language political and general information dailies, appearing at least five times a week and benefiting from the registration certificate issued by the Joint Committee on Publications and News Agencies;

- national publications of at least weekly periodicity of political and general information, printed on newsprint for at least 90% of their surface area and for which the selling price and the period of presentation for sale of each issue are comparable to those of national dailies.

To apply for assistance, please visit the ministry’s dedicated page.

Aid under the second section is allocated:

- printed publications having obtained the registration certificate issued by the Joint Committee on Publications and Press Agencies and benefiting from the provisions of Article D. 19-2 of the French Postal and Electronic Communications Code, who distribute their publications abroad.

The reduction of the cost of the carriage abroad of titles distributed by issue is the subject of aid under the second section, either directly to the press publishers, or through an approved press distribution company or one of the persons mentioned in I of article 13 of the aforementioned law of 18 October 2019.

An application submitted by an approved press distribution company or one of the persons mentioned in Article 13 of Law No. 2019-1063 of 18 October 2019 relating to the modernization of press distribution with a view to the distribution abroad of a title is exclusive of any request submitted individually by the publisher for the same title.

To apply for assistance, please visit the ministry’s dedicated page.

CONTACT

Tristan LAUNAY
Adviser to the Office for the Economic Regime of the Press and Information Professions
tristan.launay@culture.gouv.fr