SUBSIDIES ALLOCATED BY SCPP IN 2022
As every year, this report aims to report to the
partners of the SCPP and the Ministry of Culture on the use of the sums
allocated for grants either directly or indirectly by the SCPP.
> View the list of grants awarded in 2022
1/ FINANCING GRANTS
The SCPP had, for this purpose, in 2022, a total amount of 12,388,928 Euros in 2017, including :
• 6,739,120 euros, corresponding to 25% of Private Copying, that the SCPP must dedicate to Grants.
• 3,175,325 Vuros from the balance of non-distributable technical amounts.
• 1,748,420 Euros which is the balance of the 2021 Grant budget ("Selective Assistance" balance: 1,010,034 euros, "Drawing Rights" balance: 738,386 Euros),
• 491,664 Euros in grants approved during previous periods that were cancelled in 2022 and reincorporated into the Selective Assistance budget for 2022.
• and 234,399 Euros in "Drawing Rights" grants approved during previous periods that were cancelled by the producers in 2021 and reincorporated into the budget for 2022.
2/ ALLOCATING THESE SUMS
The SCPP's entire grant budget was allocated by
the Board of Directors as follows :
a - 5,938,794 Euros for the "Drawing Rights" budget (which is 5,956,550 Euros for the initial budget from which 11,683 Euros of 2022 Drawing Rights waivers have been subtracted and 6,073 Euros of beneficiaries of selective grants prior to the acceptance of the 2022 final budget).
b - 6,450,135 Euros for the “Selective Grants" budget (which is 5,940,715 Euros of the initial budget, 491,664 Euros in cancelled grants from prior years and reincorporated, 11,683 Euros of 2022 Drawing Rights waivers, 6,073 Euros of beneficiaries of Selective Grants prior to the acceptance of the 2022 final budget.
The "Selective Assistance" budget was allocated in accordance with the decision of the General Shareholders' Meeting for :
• Grants for sound recordings : 3,091,745 Euros (2,975,111 euros + 107,166 euros in cancelled grants from prior years + 3,894 Euros of 2022 Drawing Rights waivers + 5,574 Euros of beneficiaries of Selective Grants prior to the acceptance of the 2022 final budget).
• Grants for music videos : 970,037 Euros (595,022 Euros + 47,737 Euros in cancelled grants from prior years + 3,894 Euros of 2022 Drawing Rights waivers + 322,885 Euros of the balance of the 2022 live performance budget + 11,780 Euros of beneficiaries of Selective Grants prior to the acceptance of the 2022 final budget).
• Grants for live performances : 464,114 Euros (486,836 Euros + 296,269 Euros in cancelled grants from prior years + 3,894 Euros of 2022 Drawing Rights waivers – balance remaining of 322,885 Euros added to the 2022 music video budget).
• Grants for special projects : 1,533,245 Euros (1,883,745 Euros + 9,500 Euros in cancelled grants from prior years - 300,000 Euros for marketing grants - 60,000 Euros to support the payment of Minimum Guaranteed Advances).
• Marketing grants : 330,992 Euros (300,000 Euros + 30,992 Euros in cancelled grants from prior years).
• Grants to support the payment of Minimum Guaranteed Advances : 60,000 Euros.
3/ ALLOCATED GRANTS
During the 2022 period, the Commission met 12 times to examine 1,385 grant request applications (1,643 in 2020 and 1,385 in 2021). The Board of Directors granted, as proposed by the Commission, 1,218 grants (1,440 in 2020 and 1,255 in 2021) for an amount of 11,348,208 Euros (1) (i.e. 5,456,407 Euros in terms of "Drawing Rights" and 5,891,801 Euros in terms of Selective Grants).
• 87.94% of the requests were satisfied :
During the 2022 period, the SCPP signed 39
agreements with performance venues used to subsidise 206 "showcases" :
22 bodies benefited from an SCPP grant :
- in terms of Shows/Special Projects : for the fourth consecutive year (and for some for even longer), the Festival au Fil des Voix (16th edition), Les Victoires de la Musique (ceremony 2023), Mama (2022 edition), Réseau Printemps (Les Inouïes du Printemps de Bourges 2022), Association Disquaire Day (Disquaire Day 2022), Musicora (2022 edition), the SCPP concerts (during the Printemps de Bourges, Musicora and Mama), for the 2nd year, Association Vox (2022/2023 editions), Francofolies (2022 edition), and for the 1st year, Mila (Mila is celebrating its 20th anniversary).
- in terms of Training : for the fourth consecutive year (and for some for even longer), le Fair, Le Studio des Variété, ACP-La Manufacture Chanson, LKF & Partenaire, Piment Rouge Production, Le Workshop, Musiques Tangentes, and for the second year, Harmoniques and for the first year, All Access Musique (scholarships for music industry masters students).
- as organisations : (for more than four years running): Zone Franche and, for the first year, the National Music Centre (2022 contribution).
- finally, 397,891 euros was allocated to actions provided for in I.b) of Article R.321-6 of the French Intellectual Property Code, or "actions for defending, promoting, and informing taken in the interest of artists and their works".
The balance of the "Selective Grants" budget stood at the end of 2022 at 558,334 euros, and that of the "Drawing Rights" budget at 482,387 euros.
4/ BENEFICIARIES
In 2022,
• 84.98% of the SCPP's grant budget was directly allocated to phonographic producers or to their licensees, corresponding to 9,643,463 Euros.
• 4.63% to training institutions or bodies, corresponding to 525,740 Euros.
• 2.79% to special projects, corresponding to 317,000 euros.
• 4.09% to phonographic producers as part of agreements with performance venues, corresponding to 464,114 Euros.
• 3.51 % in terms of rights defending activities, corresponding to 397,891 Euros.
5/ THE COST OF MANAGING GRANTS
The cost of managing grants is covered by the
company's general budget. The SCPP does not take any sums from the grant budget
in order to finance this operation. Costs for this management are however
estimated for 2022 to be 264,413 euros.
6/ ALLOCATION PROCEDURES
All grant applications (other than those for special projects) are submitted to an Award Committee whose 9 members are elected each year by the General Assembly of the company.
All requests for grants (other than those pertaining to special projects) are submitted to an allocation Commission of which its 9 members are elected each year by the company's General Shareholders' Meeting. This Commission, in compliance with the rules set forth by the Board of Directors and which all of the requesters are informed of(2), proposes to the Board of Directors: for selective assistance, whether or not a grant is allocated and the amount accorded, and, for applications using drawing rights, after a check on eligibility and that the requested amount complies with current ceiling rules, the allocation of the grant. The Board of Directors approved by the General Shareholders' Meeting, after having heard a representative of the Commission, decides on whether or not to approve the proposed grants. The payment of grants is conditional upon the declaration of the titles mentioned in the assisted projects in the SCPP catalogue (during the payment of the first part for video music projects and during the payment of the balance for sound recording projects).
50 % of the grant is paid before the project is carried out, and the remaining 50 % is paid on presentation for :
- creating sound recordings : of 2 CDs or the screen shot of available tracks on a download site. (A check is carried out via sampling of one "Drawing Rights" dossier and one "Selective Grants" dossier per month, in order to make sure that the allocated grant does not represent more than 50 % of the actual recording costs). The payment of the balance of the grant is conditional upon the declaration of the titles mentioned in the assisted project in the SCPP catalogue and the provision of payslips or invoices for services (according to the allocation rules - see Article 2-2.) for the main artists and accompanying artists included in the provisional budget. The lack of remuneration for an artist must be justified.
- Music Videos : a DVD copy of the clip or the screenshot of the video available on a broadcast site, the copy of the audiovisual production contract or invoices paid to produce the clip, making it possible to check that the allocated grant does not represent more than 70% of actual production costs. Music videos must be declared in the SCPP catalogue.
- the marketing grant : if the album is already marketed at the time of submitting the application, the grant will be paid in one instalment, on prior presentation of the physical or digital album declared in the SCPP catalogue and following the provision of invoices evidencing the funding making it possible to check that the allocated grant does not represent more than 50 % of the funding with a ceiling of 20,000 Euros. If the album is not yet marketed at the time of submitting the application, the grant will be paid in two instalments: 50 % paid on notification of the award of the grant and 50 % paid on presentation of the physical or digital album declared in the SCPP catalogue as well as the invoices evidencing the funding making it possible to check that the allocated grant does not represent more than 50 % of the funding with a ceiling of 20,000 Euros. These elements must be confirmed no later than one year following the award of the grant.
- Grants to support the payment of Minimum Guaranteed Advances : the contribution is paid with the balance of the grant awarded under the sound recording production grant, to which it is added and contributes, subject to the producer providing an acknowledgement of payment of the advance on royalties that was the subject of the request, signed by the lead performer.
The verifications concerning the creation of sound recordings are submitted to the Commission for approval only when the amounts granted need to be revised. For the marketing grant all of the verifications are subject to the approval of the Commission. The first half of the grant is recovered by the SCPP if the project does not take place. For the marketing grant, if the minimum amount of the funding fails to reach a minimum threshold of 15,000 Euros (5,000 Euros for classical jazz and traditional music), the grant will be cancelled and where the first instalment has been disbursed, it must be reimbursed.
Only grants allocated for artist training and show-cases, in performance venues that are approved by the SCPP, are paid in full in a single payment after proof that they have taken place and following declaration of the titles of the album that are the subject of the promotion campaign in the SCPP catalogue.
(2) These rules are mentioned on the grant request application.
