XVI.
FINANCING
| 1. |
All participants
(other than the producing organization)
shall pay a participation fee to the
Permanent Services, as a contribution to
the producing organization's production
costs, as well as to the EBU coordination
costs, fixed by the Eurovision Song
Contest Reference Group and approved by
the Television Committee. In the event of
a participant having to withdraw, these
fees may be revised. The producing
organization shall charge participants
directly CHF 1,200 for each commentary
position required. |
| 2. |
Participants which
have not paid their participation fee by
31 August 2001 may be excluded from the
Contest Final in 2003, following a
recommendation from the Eurovision Song
Contest Reference Group approved by the
Television Committee. |
| 3. |
Members which were
not admitted in 2002 but which have
announced their desire to participate in
2003 must broadcast the 2002 Contest
Final and are therefore obliged to pay a
broadcast fee corresponding to 50% of
what their fee would have been had they
participated in the 2002 Contest Final.
This fee will be remitted to the
producing organization. |
| 4. |
Any other
television organization which is granted
the express authorization to broadcast
the Contest Final shall pay the EBU an
agreed broadcast fee, which shall be
forwarded to the producing organization. |
| 5. |
All expenses
incurred in organizing and broadcasting
the Contest Final, over and above the
total participation fees and broadcast
fees, shall be borne by the producing
organization, with the exception of:
| (a) |
All expenses
incurred by each participant
relating to its own participation
(such as fees and travel and
subsistence costs for the artists
or artists, commentator, jurors,
official representatives, etc.).
Such expenses shall be the full
responsibility of each respective
participant and cannot be
refunded. |
| (b) |
The cost of relaying
the Contest Final over the
Eurovision network (together with
the correspondence expenses
incurred by the Permanent
Services). Such costs shall be
shared in accordance with
existing cost-sharing rules. |
|
| 6. |
Each participant
shall bear its own costs related to the
national contest. |
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