Support fund for national daily political and general news with low advertising resources
The aid is divided into three sections and was created by Decree No. 86-616 of 12 March 1986 as amended.
Les bédeficitires
Daily newspapers (minimum publication of 5x/week), recognised by the Joint Committee on Publications and News Agencies (CPPAP) as having a political and general information character.
Eligibility:
*Section 1*
- Have a selling price per issue between 80% and 130% of the average selling price weighted by the annual distribution in France of national daily political and general information, the average selling price shall be calculated on the basis of the average selling prices in the current edition observed during the calendar year preceding the year in which the aid was granted;
- Have an average circulation not exceeding 250,000 copies and an average circulation in France not exceeding 150,000 copies in the fiscal year preceding the year of grant;
- Having advertising revenues that represented less than 25% of total revenues.
*Section 2*
- Not be eligible for aid granted under the first section of the Fund;
- To have a selling price per issue of less than 130% of the average selling price weighted by the annual distribution in France of national daily political and general information, the average selling price is calculated from the selling price on 1 January of the year in which the aid was granted;
- Have an average circulation not exceeding 250,000 copies and an average paid circulation in France not exceeding 150,000 copies in the fiscal year preceding the year of grant;
- Having advertising revenues that represented less than 25% of total revenues.
*Section 3*
- Have received assistance under the first section for at least 3 years;
- To have a selling price per issue of less than 80% of the average selling price weighted by the annual distribution in France of national daily political and general information, the average selling price is calculated from the selling price on 1 January of the year in which the aid was granted;
- Have advertising revenues that accounted for less than 35% of total revenues.
Amount of aid
The amount of aid granted to a publication may not exceed 25 % of its total revenue, excluding public subsidies, for the year preceding the year in which the aid was granted.
*Section 1*
A unit rate is obtained by dividing the appropriations available under Section 1 by the distribution figure, corrected, of all eligible daily newspapers in Section 1. For each daily, the corrected distribution figure corresponds to the difference between twice a reference value, fixed annually by a joint order of the Minister responsible for the budget and the Minister responsible for communication, and the number of copies actually sold by that daily in the year preceding the year in which the aid was granted. The aid allocated to each daily is equal to the unit rate of subsidy multiplied by the distribution figure for that daily’s adjusted data.
*Section 2*
A unit rate shall be obtained by dividing the appropriations available under Section 2 by the number of copies actually sold in the year preceding the year in which the aid was granted, by all eligible dailies in Section 2. The aid allocated to each daily shall be equal to the unit rate of subsidy multiplied by the number of copies actually sold by that daily.
*Section 3*
A unit rate shall be obtained by dividing the appropriations available under Section 3 by the number of copies actually sold in the year preceding the year in which the aid was granted, by all eligible dailies in Section 3. The aid allocated to each daily shall be equal to the unit rate of subsidy multiplied by the number of copies actually sold by that daily. A title will only be eligible for support under the third section for a maximum of three years. A security losing the benefit of the third section during one of these three years may claim the benefit of the first section if it fulfils the conditions.
The deadline for applications is 31 May 2022.
You can submit your application through the Easy Steps platform, the link to which can be found at the bottom of the page
To submit a request, you can download the file at the bottom of the page.
You can also download the form at the bottom of the page, and send it with all the documents requested to:
pluralisme.presse@culture.gouv.fr
Please consider naming your documents concisely.
Supporting documents with a large volume can be deposited on the server France transfer. Using other file sharing platforms (Google Drive, Dropbox...) does not guarantee that documents will be received correctly.
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