France's audiovisual legislation requires 60% of airtime to be dedicated to European works, defined as those produced or majority-financed by companies established in the EU. To qualify, these companies must not be controlled, directly or indirectly, by non-EU producers, and key management positions must be held by EU nationals.
"Article 6
Audiovisual works originating in the European Economic Community and cinematographic works originating in the European Economic Community are those which:
1. Are produced by an enterprise whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Economic Community and whose chairman, director or manager and the majority of whose administrators are nationals of one of these States, provided that this enterprise personally takes or shares jointly and severally the initiative and the financial, technical and artistic responsibility for the production of the works in question and guarantees their successful completion and that it is not controlled, within the meaning of Article 355-1 of Law No. 66-537 of 24 July 1966, referred to above, by one or more producers established outside the European Economic Community;
2. Are financed with contributions of at least 50% of their final cost provided by nationals of Member States of the European Economic Community or by companies having headquarters in one of these States;
3. Are subject, at least two-thirds of the final cost, to production expenditure in the European Economic Community;
4. Are produced with the participation of performing artists, creative collaborating technicians and authors, in particular directors, screenwriters, dialogue writers, musicians, residents of a Member State of the European Economic Community in a proportion of two thirds;
5. Use technical services carried out two-thirds of which are carried out in film studios, laboratories or sound studios located in the European Economic Community.
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Article 13
I. - For each of their programmes, television service publishers reserve, in the total time devoted annually to the broadcasting of audiovisual works, at least:
1. 60% for the distribution of European works;
2. 40% for the distribution of works of original French expression. [...]" (Decree No. 90-66 of January 17, 1990, Articles 6 and 13 [google translation])
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"Article L233-3
I. - A company is considered, for the application of sections 2 and 4 of this chapter, as controlling another:
1.  When it directly or indirectly holds a fraction of the capital giving it the majority of voting rights in the general meetings of this company;
2. When it alone holds the majority of voting rights in this company by virtue of an agreement concluded with other partners or shareholders and which is not contrary to the interests of the company;
3. When it actually determines, by the voting rights it has, the decisions in the general meetings of this company.
II. - It is presumed to exercise this control when it has, directly or indirectly, a fraction of the voting rights greater than 40% and no other partner or shareholder holds, directly or indirectly, a fraction greater than its own.
Article L233-4
Any shareholding even less than 10% held by a controlled company is considered to be held indirectly by the company which controls this company." (Commercial Code, implemented 21 September, 2000, Articles L233-3 and L233-4 [google translation])
Decree No. 90-66 of January 17, 1990, Articles 6 and 13 [google translation]
Commercial Code, implemented 21 September, 2000 [google translation]
[<a href="https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/JORFTEXT000000342173">Decree</a>],[<a href="https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/section_lc/LEGITEXT000005634379/LEGISCTA000006161293/?anchor=LEGIARTI000031564650#LEGIARTI000031564650">Code</a>]