2006 No. 2656
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production Order 2006
Made
Coming into force
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of October 2006
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production1 was opened for signature by member States of the Council of Europe and other States party to the European Cultural Convention2 on 2nd December 1992.
The United Kingdom ratified the Convention on 9th December 1993 and it came into force for the United Kingdom on 1st April 1994.
The Convention requires the Contracting Parties to apply those benefits which they grant to national films to European cinematographic works falling within the scope of the Convention.
Accordingly, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by paragraph 4(5) of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 19853, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production Order 2006 and shall come into force on 11th October 2006.
2
In this Order “Convention” means the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production.
3
For the purposes of this Order a State is a Contracting Party to the Convention if—
a
under Article 16 of that Convention, that State has ratified, accepted or approved that Convention, or
b
under Article 18 of that Convention, that State has acceded to it,
and the Convention is in force in relation to that State.
Treatment as a British film2
A film shall be treated as a British film for the purposes of Schedule 1 to the Films Act 1985 if it is made in accordance with the terms of the Convention and if—
a
where there are two co-producers, one is established in the United Kingdom and the other is established in a State which is a Contracting Party to the Convention, or
b
where there are three or more co-producers, one is established in the United Kingdom and at least two others are established in different States each of which is a Contracting Party to the Convention.
Revocation3
The Orders specified in the Schedule are revoked.
SCHEDULERevocations
1
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production Order 1994 (No.1065).
2
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) Order 1994 (No. 1904).
3
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1994 (No. 3218).
4
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) Order 1995 (No. 1298).
5
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1995 (No. 1963).
6
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1995 (No. 2730).
7
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) Order 1996 (No. 2600).
8
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1996 (No. 3169).
9
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) Order 1997 (No. 870).
10
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997 (No. 1319).
11
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1997 (No. 1743).
12
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) Order 1999 (No. 3131).
13
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) Order 2000 (No. 1555).
14
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) Order 2001 (No. 411).
15
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2001 (No. 3931).
16
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) Order 2002 (No. 1398).
17
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2002 (No. 2635).
18
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) Order 2003 (No. 828).
19
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2003 (No. 2630).
20
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) Order 2004 (No. 724).
21
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2004 (No. 2031).
22
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2004 (No. 3043)
23
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) Order 2005 (No. 247).
24
The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2005 (No. 1464).
(This note is not part of the Order)