Translation of "European Film Distribution Office " (English → French) :

11. Stresses that the important step of reaching a partial political agreement with the Council on the proposal for the Media programme should not be undermined by reduced funding for the programme; asserts that this would undermine the programme's strategic contribution - via its digitisation processes - to the strengthening of the audiovisual sector and the information society, as well as its smooth operation at a time when its success is steadily growing and being recognised by stakeholders; emphasises that a reduction in funding would mean less overall investment in the European ...[+++] audiovisual industry, in particular in new and future Member States and in countries with limited audiovisual production capacity; recalls that nine out ten European films distributed outside their country of production received support from the Media programme and the fact that requests for support from Media have increased by 120% in the last five years;

– Establish a system of selective aid for non-national European film distribution intended for European distributor groupings and grant them direct aid where they exist on a permanent basis.

- Increase the market share of European films distributed outside their country of origin from the current 11% to 20% in 2013 [20].

Since the inception of MEDIA II, the number of European films distributed outside their country of origin has risen by 85%.

The number of European films distributed outside their national territory doubled over the lifetime of the programme, from 246 in 1996 to 499 in 2000.

As for MEDIA II's impact on circulation, the number of European films distributed outside their national territory doubled over the lifetime of the programme, from 246 in 1996 to 499 in 2000.